Welcome to Mr. Cogbills Life Science Class What is Life Science What is everyday Life Science...

Welcome to Mr. Cogbill’s Life Science Class

• What is Life Science• What is everyday Life Science• Examples of Current Research at the University of

Hawaii at Manoa in Life Science• How Students are Graded (Assessment)• What are Standards (State and National)• What Students are Graded on (Experiments, Labs,

Projects, Field Trips)

LIFE SCIENCE (Biology)

• Definition(s)– The science of life and of living organisms, including

their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution.

– The life processes of a group or category of living organisms.

Everyday Biology

Everyday Biology

Everyday Biology

Pacemaker

Blood sugarmonitor

Everyday Biology

Categories of Biology

• Zoology

• Botany

• Virology

• Immunology

• Marine Biology

• Microbiology

• Conservational Biology

• Protozoology

• Oceanography

• Parasitology

• BioAnthropology

• Molecular Biology

• Genetics

• Anatomy

• Physiology

• Cell Biology

• Evolutionary Biology

• Ecology

• Entomology

• Developmental Biology

• BioEngineering

• BioChemistry

Graduate ProgramMasters Degree = 2 to 3 yrsPhD = 5 to 7 yrs

Most BioScience Programs Pay for your tuitionPay you a stipend (salary)Provide medical benefits

FellowshipsTAshipsGAships/RAships

Promoting Interest in Science

I am currently a collaborator and representative from Stevenson Middle School for the following grant proposal. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Initiative for Biomedical Research Institutions - 2007Queens Medical Center Ulu Kukui Project HHMI Grant Proposal (.pdf)

Drosophila Melanogaster(fruit fly/vinegar fly)

Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum (PXE)A multisystem diseaseAffects elastic tissueAffects skin, eyes, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular systems.

Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum (PXE)

Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum (PXE)

Purpose

• To figure out what this gene does in flies so that we can then apply it to humans.

How do we do this?

1. Determine when and where the gene products are found in the fly.

2. Determine if this fly gene can function like the human gene “in vitro”.

3. Mutate (mess up) the gene in flies and see what happens.

HAWAII SCIENCE

STANDARDSThis is what we are to teach in class according to the Hawaii Department

of Education. HCPS III

U.S. NATIONAL SCIENCE

STANDARDSThis is what students should be

learning according to the national standards set forth by the American Association for the Advancement of

Science.

ASSESSMENTThis is how lab/class work is graded.

RUBRICS

SEED GERMINATION

Controlled Variable Experiment

Guide Book

CELL CYCLE

Mitosis

GENETICS: The Science of Heredity

TRAITS

SOLAR SPRINTHECO

Additional Information Located

on our CLASS WEB PAGE

Check out our web page at:

http://www.stevensonmiddleschool.com/cogbill

Or go to www.stevensonmiddleschool.com and click on class web pages and look for Mr.

Cogbill’s web page link.

Any Questions?