Introduction

 DNA holds your unique genetic code  Type I Diabetes is the inability to produce insulin  Cancer is uncontrolled cell division  Why do you care?

 fossil fuels are carbon based compounds  coal, oil and natural gas are all fossil fuels  combustion of fossil fuels produces CO 2  Why do you care?

 Energy comes in many forms  Energy can do work  Work = Force x Distance  Why do you care?

 use what we’ve learned in previous classes  to critically examine science “controversies”  using scientific processes and methodologies  In other words, we’ll be applying prior knowledge.  We’ll also be learning a little bit of new stuff, too  Nuclear chemistry  Biochem  Forensics  Environmental science

 Learn more about what science is all about  Learn how science interacts with  the environment  religion  the law  ethics  politics/public policy  energy policy

 Nuclear power generation  Global warming  Genetic technology  cloning  gene therapy  stem cell research  Environmentalism vs. economic development  Medical research  Alternative energy sources  And others that you’ll suggest and I’ll add later

 Understand the “nature of science”  skeptical  evolving  based on observations  direct and indirect  structured effort to expand knowledge  searching data to uncover patterns  using patterns to make predictions

 Each quarter  solo topic presentation  duo topic presentation  article summaries  group debate presentation  Worksheets  Quizzes  Tests  PARTICIPATION !!!