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SCI 115 Introduction to Biology Full Course STR
SCI 115 Full Course Discussions STR

SCI 115 Week 1 Discussion STR
For your primary post, select ONE of the following discussion topics. Please select only one of the three topics listed. Using your own words, write a primary post of at least 125 words that follows the instructions. Be sure to address everything listed in the instructions. Each topic has two subtopics [a, b]; please address both of them.

Your primary post is worth up to 14 points. Also, make a substantive reply to a fellow classmate on any topic. Use your own words. You don’t need to use any sources other than the ones specified, but if you do use other sources, you must cite them.

Topic 1. Climate Change / Terrestrial Species. Watch the 7.5 minute video by Jim Cox (1)* about how climate change affects the “species range” of terrestrial species. This video can be found in the “Instructor Insights” of Week 1. Based on the video, address the following:

Describe three things you learned from the video.
Explain how the video relates to the field of biology.
Topic 2. Evo-devo. Watch the video (2)* featuring Sean Carroll discussing the science of evolution and the field of evolutionary-developmental biology (evo-devo).

Describe three things you learned from the video.
Tell me what these things teach us about biology.
Topic 3. The cusp of a revolution in medicine. In a recent op-ed, Craig Venter (3)* shares his opinion that we are “on the cusp of a revolution” in medicine. Venter also addresses the issue of human germline editing, which is something we discuss in a later part of this course. For now, let me just note that editing the human germline means making permanent changes to the DNA of eggs, sperm, or a fertilized ova. Such changes would be permanent and would be passed on to future generations.

Describe three things you learned from this opinion article.
Explain how this article relates to biology.
*References (in Strayer Writing Standards format).

James F. Cox, 2016, Climate change and species range (version 2), Found in course shell Week 1, Instructor Insights tab or via the following link: https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/956951/uiconf_id/38285871/entry_id/0_y2jwwltc/embed/dynamic
Erik Olsen, June 25, 2007, Sean Carroll on evolution and the science of evo-devo, https://www.nytimes.com/video/science/1194817104756/the-science-of-evolution.html
Craig Venter, December 13, 2017, Genetic sequencing is the future of medicine, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/wp/2017/12/13/human-genome/

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.