Journey of Man Part 1 and Living Cells

Hi All,

At the halfway point of the Journey of Man, I hope that you are enjoying the scientific and cultural intensity of this film. Spencer Wells sums up the common difficulty of bridging science and culture when he asks, "What do you do when everything you believe in flies in the face of everything you know?" As a good scientist, he sets out with a set of hypotheses to gather data and test those hypotheses. Please answer the following two questions in your science notebooks for Monday, January 28th:
1. For you, what was the most profound or useful scientific information or phenomenon addressed in the film so far? How and why did it affect you?

2. What was the most interesting or profound cultural element addressed in the film so far ? How and why did it affect you?

Finally, also for Monday, 1/28, please freewrite in as much detail as you can in response to this prompt:
What are living cells?

Last Gasp for Extra Credit

Hey All,

One last chance for extra credit:

In the previous post, I gave the details for the reflection on Sylvia and David's talk on 1/10. Please follow those guidelines, and have your reflection to me by the end of school this Friday, 1/25. The talk is about 1 hour and 20 minutes long, and it is on all six of the computers in the main room in the Save the Bay folder on the desktop. The file is nearly 1 GB in size, so a high capacity flash drive will be needed to take it home with you (feel free to do so). Please be detailed in your reflections.

Reflection on Sylvia McLaughlin and David Lewis

Please respond to the following prompt in a DETAILED PARAGRAPH (1 point):
What are three things that you heard in Sylvia or David's presentations or answers that surprised or impressed you? and why did this information affect you?

Prompt #2 (.5 points):
Based on the information, what is one SIGNIFICANT thing that you can do to protect the Bay? Explain why this action has a significant effect.