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Erin Nash

Nutrition Labels - An Analysis 21 Replies

Today, you analyzed a "healthy" food, as well as a food that you thought was not "healthy" In your post today, talk about when you learned when analyzing your food. Here is what I want you to cons...

Started by Erin Nash in Current Issues in Biology. Last reply by Laci Shoemaker Nov 24.

Sean Nash

Biomolecules and Human Health 22 Replies

Post your reflection from our last two class sessions... our breakdown & discussion of carbohydrates, the connection to diet plans, the role & behaviors of the various classes of carbohydra...

Tagged: monomer, polymer, health, diet, polysaccharides

Started by Sean Nash in Classroom Reflections. Last reply by Laci Shoemaker Nov 20.

Sean Nash

What is Life? 23 Replies

*Biology is the study of life & living things. Reflect here on Tuesday's discussion dealing with a deeper definition of what the word "life" really means. You can do this in several ways. Some ...

Tagged: science, medicine, controversy, debate, death

Started by Sean Nash in Current Issues in Biology. Last reply by Miranda Lynn Stanton Nov 11.

Sean Nash

Worthless Species? 33 Replies

Thanks to biotechnology, we are learning how to create new forms of life tailored to specific purposes. If it is acceptable to create desirable new species, is it all right to destroy undesirable o...

Tagged: worthless species, trophic pyramid, food web, reflection, pest

Started by Sean Nash in Classroom Reflections. Last reply by Miranda Lynn Stanton Nov 11.

Sean Nash

A Sonoran Desert Community 40 Replies

*A simulation... doggone it! On October 15th, we will be conducting another species diversity study. However, unlike the deciduous forest and freshwater pond communities here in our own town... th...

Tagged: reflection, community, ecosystem, population, comparison

Started by Sean Nash in Mini-Project. Last reply by Ally S Oct 16.

Sean Nash

What Is Science? 68 Replies

Use the thread below to engage in reflection about topics that were discussed in class last week. Discuss any "aha's" you had during our readings and or discussions. What did you learn? What finall...

Tagged: hypotheses, reflection, hypothesis, questioning, natureofscience

Started by Sean Nash in Classroom Reflections. Last reply by Sean Grinstead Oct 14.

Sean Nash

POND PREVIEW 46 Replies

In the space below, reflect on and extend your learning from our last session. I thought we did a really nice job of connecting to the knowledge we already possess on this topic. Not only did we co...

Tagged: MWSU, reflection, lab, ecosystem, pond

Started by Sean Nash in Classroom Reflections. Last reply by Terra Younger Oct 13.

Erin Nash

Diversity Field Study - A Terrestrial Ecosystem 16 Replies

In the space below, reflect on and extend your learning from our field study this week. Remember - this was the portion of the day where we each sampled a certain portion of forest - we examined th...

Started by Erin Nash in Current Issues in Biology. Last reply by Shelby Hawkins Oct 13.

Erin Nash

Levels of Biological Organization 3 Replies

To introduce you to the levels of biological organization, last time you went outside and attempted to find pictures for as many levels of biological organization you could. Those levels are as fo...

Tagged: ecology, biology, photography, organization

Started by Erin Nash in Current Issues in Biology. Last reply by Terra Younger Sep 29.

Erin Nash

Essay Rubric

For your quiz today, you will be composing an essay concerning the nature of science as well as the overall goal of science. Your essay needs to be a minimum of 5 paragraphs, and it needs to includ...

Tagged: rubric, hypothesis, science, of, nature

Started by Erin Nash in Current Issues in Biology Sep 13.

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I'll also post it in the "images" section so you can get a look at the detail.

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Kerstyn Bolton

What are Carbs, Lipids and Proteins?.. I can tell you!

"Structure and Function" is the very first thing I wrote down on my paper when we started our Chalk Talk; when I wrote this I really didn't understand how much I was going to learn over the next few weeks. We first started with writing down the word Capillarity, which is a property of water that causes water to rise above. We learned this to help us understand how water molecules work. Water is the base of mu… Continue

Posted by Kerstyn Bolton on November 24, 2009 at 2:30am — 2 Comments

Coleman Wade Babcock

The fuel of Life


Technically I and you all are the same. Yes we may have different thoughts, feelings, and perspectives, but it’s what is inside of us that makes us so similar. It is what fuels us and gives us the energy to be unique that makes us so identical. It is the things like sugars, lipids, amino acids and nucleic acids that gives our bodies the power to live. Essentia… Continue

Posted by Coleman Wade Babcock on November 23, 2009 at 10:30pm

Ali Bargu

NO FATS – NO CARBS AND WITHOUT ANY PROTEINS! THAT’S WHAT I WANT!

Everywhere in our lives we get bombed with the newest diets and ideas to lose weight and live healthy. After the laws about the Nutrition facts labeling passed everyone should be able to judge if their food is healthy or not. But OH! Wait! There is just one Problem:
Who knows what Carbohydrate Percentages, Nutrition labels and boxes say about food? What is fiber? And why is everybody in the TV and in magazines telling me different stuff about fats and Proteins? There is one big rea… Continue

Posted by Ali Bargu on November 23, 2009 at 9:17pm — 1 Comment

Laci Shoemaker

Carbs, Lipids, & Proteins. OH MY!

The last few weeks in Biology, we've been learning about bio-molecules and human nutrition. The main things we have talked about and taken notes (or Chalk Talk) on so far were carbohydrates, proteins and lipids and how they are all made up. I also found out that I was wrong about a lot of things, I had a lot of misconceptions about what I thought carbs, proteins and lipids were. I also had misconceptions about the diet plans, and diet pills and how they are all just a waste of money and time.

T… Continue

Posted by Laci Shoemaker on November 23, 2009 at 9:12pm

james d green

difference in "I want" and in "i need" ((THROUGH A WRESTLERS P.O.V.))

Today after practice when we were getting ready to get a beak down coach said something that brought me straight to our whole topic of carbs and fats and proteins. he was talking about how he has been where we are, having to cut the weight and keeping it in close range. the thing he said was "There is a difference in how much you wanna eat, just cuz its there and what you need or should eat" a few examples of his were say your at a pizza hut when your friends are skarfing on some pizza and your… Continue

Posted by james d green on November 23, 2009 at 8:30pm

Amanda Dixon

Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Lipids. Proteins monomers are amino acids; there are 20 different comm…

Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Lipids.

Proteins monomers are amino acids; there are 20 different commonly known amino acids. Each protein is put together by different variations of the different amino acids. There polymers are polypeptides. Amino Acids get there finger print by their "R group" and they also have a carbonyl group. When in comes to Nutrition they have 4 calories per gram of protein. The best way to get protein is by eating foods with lots of protein in it. When you eat vegetables i… Continue

Posted by Amanda Dixon on November 23, 2009 at 8:17pm

Miranda Lynn Stanton

Nutrition

Nutrition is very important to the human diet. Here are some nutrition facts to help make a better decission on what you eat.

Carbohydrates are very important to the human body. Carbohydrates provide people with energy to get us through the day. There are simple and complex carbohydrates. The best foods you can eat are whole grains, vegetables, and fruits. There are 4 calories per gram.

Glucose is the most common carbohydrate. This gives you a quick burst of energy. This is not good when you n… Continue

Posted by Miranda Lynn Stanton on November 23, 2009 at 7:55pm

Kylie Warner

"The Chemistry of Living Things"

Throughout the last few weeks of class, I’ve learned so much. From notes to our class discussions, so many things have been brought to my attention and changed my prospective on biology. Not only about the carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins but about how misleading the media is and how uninformed people are about their health, including myself.

One thing that I learned and that played a major part in the rest of the unit was I did not know that carbohydrates are sugars. I’m not sure what I tho… Continue

Posted by Kylie Warner on November 23, 2009 at 7:00pm

Sean Grinstead

What is A Molecule Anyways?

Well a molecule is the simplest unit of an element. They ware important because they fuel our bodies in several different ways. We learn in class how we use some of these molecuse to fuel our bodies. The ones that we use that our class that we talked about are protiens, lipids(fats), and carbohydrates. you would think that all of these things are very similar because the are all made of the same three elements carbon. Hydrogen, and Oxygen. and in the past week I've found that they are all very d… Continue

Posted by Sean Grinstead on November 23, 2009 at 6:35pm

Shandis Cruz

Another Piece of the Puzzle?

Did you know that your body is like a puzzle; it is very complex and relays on every piece to create a complete product. There are so many pieces to this puzzle that many people don't quite understand, which enables them to get the picture, and that's okay. This not-so-complete picture has really became apparent in today's generation. Unfortunately, we have literally been fed countless misconceptions into what we can and can't put into our bodies. The fact of the matter is that it's not about th… Continue

Posted by Shandis Cruz on November 22, 2009 at 5:14pm — 1 Comment

 
 

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Today after practice when we were getting ready to get a beak down coach said something that brought me straight to our whole topic of carbs and fats and proteins. he was talking about how he has been where we are, having to cut the weight and kee...
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Ali Bargu commented on Sean Nash's video 'Mmmmmmm.... hot dogs!'
i dont eat hotdogs anyways ... buuutt there are FAR more gross things that we eat than that :)
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Kerstyn Bolton commented on Kerstyn Bolton's blog post 'What are Carbs, Lipids and Proteins?.. I can tell you!'
Abby, why you dogging on my post? I worked really hard :(
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Abby Lucas commented on Sean Nash's video 'Mmmmmmm.... hot dogs!'
Cole...some things are better off not said out loud.
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Abby Lucas commented on Kerstyn Bolton's blog post 'What are Carbs, Lipids and Proteins?.. I can tell you!'
All I can say is...VERY creative title there, Kerstyn. ... And it DOES appear as if you have typed a bit more than the group from last year--maybe two or three words more...
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Laci Shoemaker replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Nutrition Labels - An Analysis'
According to the little BMR thing, I need 1069 calories per day. This opened my eyes because not everything you eat is healthy, or at least the stuff that you think is healthy really is not, and I like the fact that we learned how to calculate th...
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Coleman Wade Babcock commented on Sean Nash's video 'Mmmmmmm.... hot dogs!'
Im actually kind of hungry now
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Laci Shoemaker commented on Shelby Hawkins's photo 'glucose'
This is pretty much my favorite. :)
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Laci Shoemaker ... :))
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Ally S ; my flickr page-- http://www.flickr.com/photos/44699028@N08/ -- check out my pictures. i edited a lot of them. :)
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Shelby Hawkins commented on Shandis Cruz's blog post 'Another Piece of the Puzzle?'
Shandis this is a cool theme!!!!!
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Ali Bargu commented on Ali Bargu's blog post 'NO FATS – NO CARBS AND WITHOUT ANY PROTEINS! THAT’S WHAT I WANT!'
sorry for the error in the picture of the protein...! I will fix it! I made it myself and it was too late! One of those Oxygens has to have 2 bondings!
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Ali Bargu commented on Shelby Hawkins's photo 'glucose'
shelby shelby leighhhhhh :) good job... lets look at the person in the yellow hodie behind the modell... that makes all this unique!
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Kerstyn Bolton added a blog post
"Structure and Function" is the very first thing I wrote down on my paper when we started our Chalk Talk; when I wrote this I really didn't understand how much I was going to learn over the next few weeks. We first started with writing down the wo...
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Technically me and you all are the same. Yes we may have different thoughts, feelings, and perspectives, but its what is inside of us that makes us so similar. It is what fuels us and gives us the energy to be unique that makes us so identical. I...
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Everywhere in our lives we get bombed with the newest diets and ideas to lose weight and live healthy. After the laws about the Nutrition facts labeling passed everyone should be able to judge if their food is healthy or not. But OH! Wait! There i...
November 23

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