BIOLOGY TODAY

By: Patricia Giordano, Angela Rought and Jason Ottero

Homeostasis by Pat

GiordanoPhotosynthesis by Jason Ottero

By Angela Rought

HOMEOSTASISOur body’s Ability

Maintain EquilibriumArticle: Homeostasis the Basis of Lifehttp://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Gavin_Stone Article: Islet Homeostasis Protein May Be New Target For Type 1 Diabetes Treatment

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240068.php Lab: Fight or Flighthttp://users.lmi.net/kyra/WW1/GJ_LP3Homeostasis.pdf Lab : Osmosis http://ilovebacteria.com/eggosmosis.htm

WHAT IS PHOTOSYNTHESIS?Photosynthesis

http://www.dnr.sc.gov/ael/personals/pjpb/lecture/lecture.html

Symbiotic photosynthesis

http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=125278(On symbiotic photosynthesis)

Two plants can be put by a window, one in a box out of the light and one in direct sunlight. The plant with more sunlight will grow better while the plain in the box will wither, showing that plants need the sun as an energy source through photosynthesis

EVOLUTIONU.S. Fish and Wildlife: http://www.fws.gov/endangered/

The Perfect Cow:

http://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/nature/files/2008/12/the-perfect-cow.pdf

Labs: Gel Electrophoresis and Beaks of Finches