1. Summarize the common themes in biology and explain how each of those themes helps us understand life.
2. Use an example to outline the process by which science is discovered, such as the example in the lecture video. State the observation(s), hypothesis(es), prediction(s), experiment(s), and possible outcomes. Do not use the same example as in the lecture video.
3. Darwin was not the first one to propose that living organisms evolve. What Charles Darwin did was to propose a mechanism that explains how evolution occurs, which he called Natural Selection. In less than 200 words, summarize what Natural Selection is.
4. Both, cellulose and starch are composed of many glucose molecules joined together in long chains. A) Indicate what type of biomolecules these are, identify the monomer and the polymer. B) Us, humans, we can digest starch but not cellulose. Why can’t we digest cellulose if it’s composed of glucose just like starch? Explain, making a connection between structure and function of biomolecules.
5. Some fats, like oil, are liquid at room temperature, while others, such as butter, are solid. A) Explain how the structure of these molecules determines whether they are liquid or solid. B) Somethings, such as sugar, easily dissolve in water while others, like oils, don’t dissolve in water. What aspect of the molecule’s structure determine whether it dissolves in water or not?
6. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disorder caused by different types of mutations, many of which prevent ions from moving across cell membranes. Normally there are channel proteins that allow passage of the ions, but in patients with one kind of CF these proteins seem odd. Closer examination shows that these proteins display the correct amino acid sequence. However, they fail to do their job. A) Given that the primary structure of the protein is correct, what can you infer about the DNA sequence of this patient, is there a mutation? Explain. B) Why is the primary structure insufficient to guarantee the proper function of the protein?

Complete this Code.org lesson:

https://studio.code.org/s/csp2-2019/stage/4/puzzle/1 (Links to an external site.)

Put all of the images and the answers to the questions in a Word (or other) document. You should be able to paste the images into your document. Then upload the document to this Canvas assignment. Everyone has to submit their own document. You may work together, but each person needs to make their own images.

For steps 3, 4, 5, and 9, save the image and copy and paste it into your document.

For step 7, answer the following questions:

1. Describe what you see when you change the “bits per pixel” to 24. How is it different from the original image?
2. Explain why this change occurs.

For steps 10 and 11, answer the questions in the Word document.

The Internet Society (Links to an external site.), or ISOC, is an American non-profit organization dedicated to ethics, education, and outreach on internet-related matters. They provide free online courses on many issues related to the internet, including modules on digital footprint (Links to an external site.).

For our purposes, this simple introduction will help acquaint you with the importance of understanding what a digital footprint is, and why the “I have nothing to hide” approach isn’t necessarily the best one to take regarding your digital presence–a footprint which may include everything from social media to making a purchase with a credit card at your neighborhood restaurant.

This is just an introduction before you move on to doing the Digital Footprint Inventory Form, which focuses more specifically on the types of devices and peripherals you use, but later in the semester we’ll get into more detail about these and other personal information risks–as well as ways to avoid them.

Knowing what information is tracked with these digital resources, would you consider closing some of your accounts or not visiting some sites, etc. ? If so why and which ones? If not, why? What accounts, sites, apps, technology, etc. would you keep open or using, no matter what information is tracked? What information are you most concerned about being tracked? What information would you not care being available publicly?

Respond to these questions in a Word or Google document that is formatted with standard margins, Times New Roman 12 point font, and double spaced. Response should be in paragraph form and at least 100 words.

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As we work toward the evidence paper that will be your major assignment in this course, we’ll make several steps along the way as we look at the research process and connect it with personal information management. The first step in this process will be to choose a topic you’d like to explore. Your topic must be related to information or technology in some way, and it must be a topic that can be approached from multiple perspectives. That doesn’t mean it needs to be a traditional “pro-con” type of argument, although it can. For instance, I’ve had students look at the pros and cons of bringing technology into the elementary school classroom (more of a traditional two-sided topic approach), but I also had a student who wanted to research dog breed bans and approached it by comparing media coverage of aggressive dog breeds with scientific articles about those breeds.

Here’s a link to some topics that have been written about before (Links to an external site.).

If you are on the fence about a topic, feel free to include more than one topic for instructor feedback. You should include more than a single word or phrase and instead discuss your topic in specific detail.

At this point, you just need an idea and a sense of how it can be approached from multiple perspectives. You can find some resources to help with topic development on the LIS 200 research guide (http://uncg.libguides.com/lis200 (Links to an external site.)), and I encourage you to use this worksheet to help you brainstorm about your potential topic. You don’t need to turn it in, but students in past semesters have found it helpful, especially when you’re completing the Evidence Evaluation Survey assignment later.

What you do need to submit for this module is a brief description of your topic and an explanation of how it can be approached from multiple perspectives. If you have questions about this, please email me.

Your topic submission should be formatted with standard margins, Times New Roman 12 point font, and double spaced. Response should be in paragraph form and at least 100 words

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Briefly describe the topic you would like to explore. It should be a topic that is related in some way to information or the media and can be debated or argued. These can stretch pretty far, but let me know if you have questions or are considering changing or focusing your topic.

After describing your topic, construct a brief plan for how you will identify, access, organize and manage information for your Evidence Paper. Include in this plan some measures for protecting your digital privacy and security.

Specifically:

1. What resources will you use to find information on your topic? How will you use the library resources? Will you search the web, too?
2. What search terms are you considering using?
3. What information will you obtain to identify and cite your sources?
4. How will you organize your sources? Print them, for example? Create e-folders and store them electronically? Where? How will you name the files you save?
5. How will you ensure your sources are reputable?
6. Will you need passwords to utilize library databases? Is your own laptop password protected for privacy?
7. How will you ensure you don’t lose your work in the case of an event that causes you to lose data – a power outage, for example? Or a hard drive failure?

Respond to these questions in a Word or Google document that is formatted with standard margins, Times New Roman 12 point font, and double spaced. Response should be in paragraph form and at least 250 words.

GRADED DISCUSSION WEEK 2

How many of us would like to accumulate a cool million dollars by the time we retire? Money doesn’t buy happiness but it sure does pay the bills.

1. Go to the CNNMoney.com web site and play with the Millionaire calculator.

https://money.cnn.com/calculator/pf/millionaire/

Enter your current savings, contribution, and average return and the result will indicate how long it will take for you to accumulate your first MILLION.

2. Go to how fast will your savings grow, at http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/savingscalc/savingscalc.html and check how much your money could grow if you enter the number of years. Play with several of the values like savings per month and expected rate of return and notice how the number of yours changes.

3. Answer at least three of the five questions below. Comment of two of your peers as well.

a) What happens to the length of time it takes you to become a millionaire when you increase your savings per month?

b) What happens when you increase the expected rate of return?

c) How do taxes impact your accumulation?

d) Why are marginal tax rates important instead of average? What rate should you use for an expected return?

e) What should you do if you want to become a millionaire sooner than the calculator indicates?

Each of you will have different conditions and constraints. Have fun and play with the calculators. If you know of another fun and informative calculator, feel free to share this with the class.