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Welcome to Biology (Chinook Academy, Keska Kemper)

Image: http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo13

human migration

Modern world migration (past 20 years),
from Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital.

Historic human migration from: 

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncscotts/Y-DNA/Migration%20Maps/Y-Migration_Map.jpg




Pros & Cons of genetic testing: http://www.utexas.edu/features/2007/ancestry/

Oregon Predictions from our Australian Rain Gradient Study

LAB: Can our Australian Rain Gradient Study help us make predictions about Oregon?

done in class, 12/1/2015. Turned in to Basket. 

Oregon Precipitation map (1981-2010)

Oregon Vegetation Carbon map (current and projected)

Oregon Mean Annual Temperature Map- Current and projected

Foldable: Photosynthesis and respiration

Here's where I got this idea from: 

OR? this one:

Neuroscience, Learning and YOU.

Brain as a muscle video

Are Viruses Alive?

VIDEO
Discovery News: Are Viruses Alive? 
If viruses can steal (pirate) a host cell's immune system, Tufts University researchers argue that viruses are alive.

ARTICLE: Scientific American 12/2004

image taken from ThisPlace,
Jesse Agar's animation "Are Viruses Alive"

VIDEO
ThisPlace/ aka Jesse Agar
A very speedy overview of connection between viruses, DNA/RNA, and cellular functions all spun together in a 5 minute animated video.  A little philosophical and much of this we'll get to in the next month.