Introduction+and+Big+Ideas

All of biology can really be reduced to EIGHT big ideas. Everything we will study this year is simply an expansion of one (or more) of these topics. We will start the year with an overview of these eight ideas.
 * 1) **Scientific Method** - Science is a process that involves both deductive and inductive reasoning.
 * 2) **Evolution** - The organisms living on Earth today are the modified descendants of their ancestors.
 * 3) **Emergent Properties/Organization** - New properties emerge at each level in the biological hierarchy.
 * 4) **Matter & Energy** - Organisms interact with their environments, exchanging matter and energy.
 * 5) **Structure/Function** - Structure and function are correlated at all levels of biological organization.
 * 6) **The Cell** - Cells are an organism’s basic units of structure and function.
 * 7) **DNA** - The continuity of life is based on heritable information in the form of DNA.
 * 8) **Regulation** - Feedback mechanisms regulate biological systems.

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Your assignment: Guidelines for this assignment are available in the file below: Guidelines for Assignment
 * 1) Pick a science article or journal entry found online
 * [|Science in the News] is a good place to start looking
 * [|Biology News Net] is another site with RSS feeds - the most recent is posted below.
 * 1) Post your entry on the discussion board on this page (claim it first!!)
 * 2) Review it and relate it to these big ideas(post again) (Follow guidelines given)
 * 3) Respond to TWO of your classmates/make changes as recommended
 * 4) Write an essay comparing THREE of the big ideas in your article to one reviewed by a classmate.
 * 5) Upload your completed essay to this page

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