Chemistry Final Paper - due April 9th

Here is the information for your Final Paper in Chemistry:

1. Choose a subject covered in the AIMC Chemistry Curriculum
2. Your paper will be an analysis of how your chosen subject connects with your Oriental Medicine studies here at AIMC.
3. Guidelines: 500 – 1000 words
   
4. Optional - feel free to add a Concept Map.
   
5. You can submit your paper electronically if you wish to laurence_spears@yahoo.com

Assignments for Week Thirteen - Cognition: Bringing Forth a World

Blog assignments for this week:

• Would you agree that "to live is to know"?
  
• Memory and magic - how might you view things differently now?
  
• Post a comment to one of your classmates' blogs

Chemistry Class Blog List

Here is the latest list of class blog addresses:

http://brownrabbit-chem.blogspot.com/

http://leslieroeth.blogspot.com/

www.bcchemistry.blogspot.com

www.dzaftchem.blogspot.com

http://lisevernasco.blogspot.com

www.aruychem.blogspot.com

http://aimcchemlisa.blogspot.com/

www.aimctrainwreckchem.blogspot.com

http://rachelchem.blogspot.com/

Invitation to join the Physics and Biology Field Trips - March 26th and 28th, both at 11:30

You are welcome to join our Physics field trip - to have your aura photographed - confirmed for Wednesday, March 26th, from 11:30 onwards at:

Psychic Reality
1630 Webster St.
Oakland, Ca. 94612

Psychic Reality is located on the corner of 17th Street and Webster in downtown Oakland - close to both downtown Oakland BART stations. Street parking is generally available.

http://www.psychicreality.com/
Call 800 557 3233 or if local 510 251 6560

Please note - This will be in place of our regular Physics and Chemistry classes that day.

You are also more than welcome to join our Biology Class Field Trip on Friday, March 28th at 11:30.
We'll be touring Charles Chocolates here in Emeryville.
Charles Chocolates is located at 6529 Hollis Street, between 65th and 66th Streets.
Please confirm with Larry as numbers will be limited.

http://www.charleschocolates.com
510 652 4412 / 888 652 4412

Assignments for Week Eleven - Cell Biology

Blog assignments for this week:

• Describe connections you are making between cell biology and your TCM studies
• Check out the link on How Cells Divide: Mitosis vs. Meiosis below, and post your impressions.
• Check out the other links on cell biology below
  
• Post a comment to one of your classmates' blogs

Check out the following links:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/divide.html
How Cells Divide: Mitosis vs. Meiosis
By Rick Groleau

http://wine1.sb.fsu.edu/krebs/krebs.htm
The Citric Acid (Krebs, TCA) Cycle

http://www.johnkyrk.com/krebs.html
A cool animation site

http://mrskingsbioweb.com/cell.html
Cells

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiosis
Meiosis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitosis
Mitosis

Chemistry Field Trip - Saturday, March 15th, 10:00 - 12:00

Thank you to everyone who attended our Chemistry Field Trip to the San Francisco Recycing Transfer Station on Saturday.

It was quite a tour - please feel free to blog about your experiences - an Extra Credit Assignment!

Assignments for Week Ten - Living Diversity

Blog assignments for this week:

• Examine your own immediate environment for diversity of species and post your findings.
• Check out the various links on cells below, and post your impressions.
• Take a look at Spike’s Gallery below
• Post a comment to a classmate’s blog

Check out the following links:

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/index.html
Introduction to Cell and Virus Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/animalcell.html
Animal Cell Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/bacteriacell.html
Bacteria Cell Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/plantcell.html
Plant Cell Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/virus.html
Virus Structure

http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/tour/cell/cell.htm
The Virtual Cell – Cell Biology


Spike's Gallery - A Selection of Aquatic Life.
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay05/swgallery1.