Top ten Sci-Tech stories of the decade

The 21st century has been a busy year for advances in science and technology. This article explores what the author considers to be the top ten of these.

For this project you are to read the article and write a paragraph about one of the three biology related subjects listed below. Paragraphs should be at least three well constructed sentences.
1. DNA, Genomes, and Stem Cells

8. Vaccines and Emerging Infections

10. The Expanding Understanding of Human Ancestry

Next you should find another article about that topic, link to that article and write a well constructed 3 sentence paragraph about the information contained in your article. These are to be primary source articles and you may not use encyclopedias, like Wikipedia. While Wikipedia is a great resource for information, it relies on other sources for its information. You may use the references section to find the articles that they used to gather the information.

Make sure you put your ID and class section on your work. This project is due by midnight Sunday, 5/2. Remember that you need to do either this or the previous project. If you do both projects one will count for extra credit.

Spelling counts. Please do your project in a word processor and then cut and paste it into the comment box. Sloppy work really doesn't save you time, and it there are glaring spelling errors you will lose credit.

If you have problems, email me at aphsbio at gmail.com. Please tell me exactly what your problem was including any error messages.

Real or Hoax?

Many claims are made, that offer scientific evidence. But is this evidence valid? This project asks you to explore that question. I have chosen a product that offers scientific evidence for their product. And now I want you to see if that evidence makes sense, based on your understanding of the science involved, and your research.

Easy water makes the claim, "EasyWater is a water conditioner that physically changes the minerals in water to prevent them from forming scale". For this project, you should go to their site and take a look. Write a paragraph about how they say their product works. Paragraphs should be at least three well constructed sentences. Feel free to ask for additional information from them or to call them and question them about their product.

Next you should and write a well constructed 3 sentence paragraph about whether you think the science they explain is true and is this really an alternative to water softeners? To do this you should explain the true scientific facts about their claims vs the facts that you can verify independently.

Make sure you put your ID and class section on your work. This project is due by midnight Sunday, 4/18. Remember that you need to do either this or the next project. If you do both projects one will count for extra credit.

Spelling counts. Please do your project in a word processor and then cut and paste it into the comment box. Sloppy work really doesn't save you time, and it there are glaring spelling errors you will lose credit.

If you have problems, email me at aphsbio at gmail.com. Please tell me exactly what your problem was including any error messages.