Other People, Other Classes, Other Worlds
Scitable by Nature Education: Blogs (primarily undergraduates, but a couple are from high school students)
Medical: i-Med Student Blogs, Pediatric Resident's blog
Extreme Biology (older blogs, but still worth reading/reviewing)
Medical: i-Med Student Blogs, Pediatric Resident's blog
Extreme Biology (older blogs, but still worth reading/reviewing)
Anatomy Blog Sites
Anatomy Calendar
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Weekly Three Questions, Every Friday
Source: Brian Bennett
1. What tasks have you completed recently?
2. What have you learned recently? 3. What are you planning on doing next to improve your understanding or reinforce your learning? The goal of this is to offer you the opportunity to explain where you stand with your learning and what you will do next to practice or reinforce it or check for mastery; basically, a recap of the last two weeks and goals for the next two weeks. These don't have to be theses, but enough information should be listed to adequately answer them. Remember, learning doesn't just happen; this is a chance for you to evaluate how and what you do that helps you the most. Ideas, Thoughts, Tangents...
Listed below are some of the specific blog assignments you are responsible for, grouped according to the concept being covered. The other blogs are of your choosing, but should be relevant to the course. Don't forget that an integral component of blogging is commenting: any comment you make should be 'listed' in your blog timeline, i.e., a post of some sort, along with the link to the blog/comment (this way I can see you being professionally social).
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_Digital Native or Finding Your Passion (TBA)
by Mr. T in DC (creative commons)
_Two Parts: 1) Fill out the author area - something interesting, not too personal; 2) First Blog - choose one of the two topics: something you are passionate about; why you are or are not a digital native
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Tissue? (Flipped 3.2e)
Watch the TEDTalk by Fio Omenetto.
Next read this: http://tinyurl.com/6m7v5cy.
How does all this tie in to cell differentiation? What implications does it have on our definition of tissues? How does it reinforce the themes of anatomy (form and function) and physiology (homeostasis)? |
Skin, More Important Than You Think (Flipped 4.2d)
Explain the anatomy of the skin, focusing upon form and function (how structures are uniquely suited to the particular job/duty being performed); AND explain the physiology of the skin and its role in homeostasis of the body as a whole and how homeostasis of the organ system is maintained.
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Skeletal System Blog (Flipped 5.5b)
image by Vesalius
You have now, in essence, covered two systems: integumentary & skeletal. In this blog discuss how these two systems are physiologically related.
Extra Credit Blog (DUE 11 Nov) Did you read the Scientific American article, "Egil's Bones?" Explain the physiological and anatomical changes going on in the bones that produces those symptoms. |
Musculo-skeletal Injuries (EC: 12 Dec.)
Choose a location: shoulder, knee, elbow, hip or ankle. Choose an injury: torn ligament (be specific), dislocation, or fracture.
Now the work begins:
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System Update: Anatomy & Physiology (Flipped 6.4c)
from maricopa.edu
Explain the anatomy of skeletal muscle, focusing upon the microscopic form and function (how structures are uniquely suited to the particular job/duty being performed).
Explain the physiology of skeletal muscle: this is everything from how the muscles contract to how it obtains energy to do it. In addition, explain the system's role in homeostasis of the body.
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Extra Credit Blog: Remote Controlled (S: 8 Apr) (Y: 24 Jan)
Watch this brief video. The remote controlled roach - both extremely cool and extremely creepy. What ethical implications and/or dilemmas does this point out? What about people? What does it mean for us?
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Extra Credit Blog: How Does the Brain Work? (S: 18 Apr) (Y: 17 Feb)
Just about anyone, even a ten year old, can explain how the heart works -- it pumps the blood. So, how does the brain work? Before you ever take notes or read your book or start the nervous system, provide a synopsis of what you know (or think you know) about how the brain does what it does.
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The Nervous System (S: 23 Apr) (Y: 18 Feb)
from TED.com
"From an engineering standpoint, this is the greatest challenge one can imagine: trying to restore the most incredible machine in the universe." Todd Kuiken
First, explain the statement above: why is the nervous system (and brain) the 'most incredible machine.' Second, watch his TED Talk and explain why what he has done is so significant and the how behind it (based on what you have learned in this section). |
Hormones and Stress (S: 28 Apr) (Y: 7 Mar)
from Dr. Wayne, blog
Stress, long term vs. short term, has very different effects upon the body and homeostasis. In class, we went through your stress inventories, and discussed ways of reducing stress.
First, explain the difference between long and short term stress. Then, comment upon what you chose to do for 'stress reduction.' Don't forget the update in a week evaluating how it worked. |