Assignments for Week Twelve - Cell Biology

Blog assignments for this week:

• Describe connections you are making between cell biology and your TCM studies
• Check out the link on How Cells Divide: Mitosis vs. Meiosis below, and post your impressions.
• Check out the other links on cell biology below
  
• Post a comment to one of your classmates' blogs

Check out the following links:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/divide.html
How Cells Divide: Mitosis vs. Meiosis
By Rick Groleau

http://wine1.sb.fsu.edu/krebs/krebs.htm
The Citric Acid (Krebs, TCA) Cycle

http://www.johnkyrk.com/krebs.html
A cool animation site

http://mrskingsbioweb.com/cell.html
Cells

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiosis
Meiosis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitosis
Mitosis

Chemistry Final Paper - due December 11th

By special request, here is the information for your Final Paper in Chemistry:

1. Choose a subject covered in the AIMC Chemistry Curriculum
2. Your paper will be an analysis of how your chosen subject connects with your Oriental Medicine studies here at AIMC.
3. Guidelines: 500 – 1000 words
   
4. Optional - feel free to include a Concept Map!
   

If this is your first trimester and you're not yet taking Oriental Medicine classes, then your paper should be an analysis of how your chosen subject connects with your reasons for studying Oriental Medicine.

Your paper is due on December 11th, our last class, although you're welcome to submit your paper earlier if you wish.

Assignments for Week Eleven - Living Diversity

Blog assignments for this week:

• Examine your own immediate environment for diversity of species and post your findings.
• Check out the various links on cells below, and post your impressions.
• Take a look at Spike’s Gallery
  
• Post a comment to a classmate’s blog

Check out the following links:

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/index.html
Introduction to Cell and Virus Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/animalcell.html
Animal Cell Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/bacteriacell.html
Bacteria Cell Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/plantcell.html
Plant Cell Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/virus.html
Virus Structure

http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/tour/cell/cell.htm
The Virtual Cell – Cell Biology


And from the class notes, the link to Spike's Gallery - A Selection of Aquatic Life.
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay05/swgallery1.

Chemistry Class Blog List

Here is the laest list of class blog addresses:

http://annepasdeloup.blogspot.com/

http://www.sandydoeschemistry.blogspot.com/

http://www.futurosity.com/chem/

http://franceschemicalsoup.blogspot.com/

http://www.chem-08.blogspot.com/

http://chemistrywithabby.blogspot.com/

http://chemystery2008.blogspot.com/

http://gwenchem.blogspot.com/

http://crystalblogarama.blogspot.com/

http://chemquestsonal.blogspot.com/

http://moreqispleasechemistry.blogspot.com/

www.thareechemaimc.blogspot.com

Field Trip to the Asian Arts Museum - Nov 6th

Post your impressions of the Afghanistan exhibition at the Asian Arts Museum

*** An Extra Credit Assignment! ***

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This term's Chemistry Field Trip will take place this Thursday November 6th when we visit the Asian Arts Museum in San Francisco for their Matcha program.

This month's Matcha theme is Afghanistan.
The program runs from 5:00 - 9:00 and costs $5.00 admission.

The nearest BART station is Civic Center.

As we are traveling from different directions, plan on meeting up at the Asian Arts Museum between 6:00 and 6:30 near the Afghan food exhibit area.

Please feel free to arrive earlier if convenient, and to stay as long as you wish.

Note that there is a special Afghan food tasting - I'm told it's best to arrive early.
There will also be performance from Ballet Afsaneh - not to be missed.

And our next formal Chemistry class will meet as usual on November 13th at AIMC.

Namaste

Larry

Assignments for Week Nine - The Chemistry of Life

Blog assignments for this week:

• What are your thoughts on the ethics of “gene therapy”
• Check out and review the one of these Definitions of the “Chemistry of Life”
• Check out and review one of these Animations of General, Organic and Biochemistry
• Post a comment to a classmate’s blog

Check out the following links:

http://keywen.com/en/BIOCHEMISTRY/
DEFINITIONS (“The Chemistry of Life”)

http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/genobc/
Animations
General, Organic and Biochemistry
University of Akron

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochemistry
Wikipedia

Assignments for Week Eight - A Question of Balance

Blog assignments for this week:

• Discover your “Semiconductor of the Week” and post a brief description
• Check out the Welcome to Chembalancer! link and post your comments and results to your blog
• Also check out the General Chemistry :: Balancing Equations :: Tutorial - and post your comments and results to your blog
• Post a comment to a classmate’s blog

Check out the following links:

http://www.dun.org/sulan/chembalancer/default.htm
Welcome to Chembalancer!

http://www.wfu.edu/~ylwong/balanceeq/balanceq.html
General Chemistry :: Balancing Equations :: Tutorial

http://richardbowles.tripod.com/chemistry/balance.htm
Balancing Chemical Equations

http://www.geocities.com/hankmcintyre/AntiOx_pH-all_info.html
pH Balance: Acid & Alkali & Anti-Oxidants

http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/food/2238
Restore your health by creating balance in your diet.