What Is Life?
Read each statement. Write a 100-word summary explaining how that media piece supports that statement and include reference citations.
1. Find a media piece—article, video, presentation, song, or other—related to the scientific method, creating hypotheses, or designing experiments. Include the link or reference citation for the piece and describe how it helped you better understand how the scientific method is used to create hypotheses and experiments.
2. Find a media piece—article, video, presentation, song, or other—that recognizes the fundamental concepts of chemistry in biology. Include the link or reference citation for the piece and describe how it helped you better understand how fundamental concepts of chemistry affect biology.
3. Find a media piece—article, video, presentation, song, or other—that describes the energy metabolism of cells. Include the link or reference citation for the piece and describe how it helped you better understand the energy metabolism of cells.
4. Find a media piece—article, video, presentation, song, or other—that compares structures and functions of different cell types. Include the link or reference citation for the piece and describe how it helped you better compare structures and functions of different cell types.
5. Discuss what life means to you after completing questions 1–4.
Works Cited
Iverson, Dave (producer). (2009, Jan 29). My Father, My Brother and Me. 29 Jan 2009. Web. 27 May 2012. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/parkinsons/view/
Minor, Emily J. "Busing myths and other business: MythBusters ' Minor Hyneman and Adam Savage create a hit TV show by combining curiosity, scientific method and a lot of explosives." Success Mar. 2012: 60+. General OneFile. Web. 28 May 2012.
Tsang, Gloria. "Go 'undiet ' to lose weight." Environmental Nutrition Nov. 2011: 3. General One File. Web. 27 May 2012.
University of
Cited: Iverson, Dave (producer). (2009, Jan 29). My Father, My Brother and Me. 29 Jan 2009. Web. 27 May 2012. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/parkinsons/view/ Minor, Emily J. "Busing myths and other business: MythBusters ' Minor Hyneman and Adam Savage create a hit TV show by combining curiosity, scientific method and a lot of explosives." Success Mar. 2012: 60+. General OneFile. Web. 28 May 2012. Tsang, Gloria. "Go 'undiet ' to lose weight." Environmental Nutrition Nov. 2011: 3. General One File. Web. 27 May 2012. University of Technology. Chained muscle tissue culture develops blood vessels and aligned structure. 18 Aug 2011. Web. 27 May 2012. http://www.tue.nl/en/university/news-and-press/news/chained-muscle-tissue-culture-develops-blood-vessels-and-aligned-structure/