VDA #4, Comments #1

VDA #4

NPR Science News (Arbor Embolism & Long Term Science)

original response due: 11:59pm; Wednesday, November 28th

An Arbor Embolism and Long-Term Science are two articles on NPR's website right now.  I'd like you to read both articles, but then only choose one series of questions to respond to for your VDA#4.

An Arbor Embolism Questions:

1. What is an embolism, as it pertains to humans?

2. What is an embolism as it pertains to plants/trees?

3. What implication does this discovery have in terms of global concern?

Long-Term Science Questions:

1. What is Richard Lenski studying and why does he think it's important?

2. What is Telewski studying and why does he think it's important?

3. What benefits do you see in performing long-term scientific studies like these? 

Comments #1

Communicating With Others

response to two classmates due: 11:59pm; Friday, November 30th

Sometime on Thursday or Friday, you must read your classmates' responses to VDA #4 and choose two in which to comment.  You MUST choose one classmate that selected the same article as you and another who did not.  Your comments must be at least four complete sentences in length and must be applicable to science and the article at hand.  You will receive no credit for comments that are shorter than four sentences or comments that are not relevant to the topic.