ACCHS Western Sciences 2018

Friday, August 10, 2018

Our Western Sciences Potluck! - 11:00 - 3:30 in Room 201 on Monday, August 13th

Please join us on Monday, August 13th, for our Western Sciences Potluck

We'll be in Room 201 to celebrate our last week of the Summer Trimester.

And - as a special treat - come for our Biology Research Presentations at 9:00!

You are most welcome to bring family members to help celebrate too

And thank you Michelle!

Larry

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Biochemistry - 6 August - Cognition

Your Final Blog Assignments for Biochemistry!

Post your thoughts on one of our class discussions
Post a comment to a classmate's blog
Enjoy your break!

Your Biochemistry Paper is due on August 13th - our last class, and our Western Sciences Potluck!
"Integrating TCM and Biochemistry"
You may choose to select one of the topics presented in class as your focus, and I also welcome your own perspective on a different aspect of Biochemistry.
And you may bring your paper to class, or email a Word or pdf file - your paper should be 1000 words or so

Biophysics - 6 August - Bionics

Your Final Blog Assignments!

Ø Would you support the development of a “bionic” person?

Ø Would your opinion be any different if this were for a military purpose?

Ø Respond to a classmate’s blog

Your Biophysics Paper is due August 13th

- our last class, and our Western Sciences Potluck!
“Describe connections you can make between Biophysics and your TCM studies”
(500 to 1000 words)

You may bring your paper in on Monday, or email your Word or pdf file

Monday, July 30, 2018

Biochemistry - 30 July - Living Diversity

1. Blog Assignments

Ø “Restroom Hand Dryers Are Blowing Bacteria Everywhere”

What are your reactions to this?

Ø Post your thoughts on one of our class discussions

Ø Post a comment to a classmate’s blog

2. Check out the following links:

https://www.cbd.int/iyb/doc/prints/factsheets/iyb-cbd-factsheet-sustainable-en.pdf

Sustainable use of biological diversity

http://greatlakesecho.org/2014/03/27/from-indiana-to-latvia-connecting-the-seeds-of-environmental-justice-agricultural-biodiversity/

Connecting environmental justice and biodiversity

Biophysics - 30 July - Energy Medicine and Energy Fields

Blog assignments for this week:

Acupuncture as effective energy medicine
What conclusions can you draw from Kirlian photography
Human intent as it affects health
Respond to another classmate’s blog

Check out the following links on the Institutes of Biophysics in China:

http://users.eastlink.ca/~cabbages/psi/usbeijin.pdf
Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China

http://english.ibp.cas.cn/rh/ri/
The Research group in the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R.China

http://159.226.118.206/detailt.aspx?newsno=8094
Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Biology - 30 July - Vaccination and Public Health Policy

Your Final Blog Assignments:

 Is compulsory vaccination the most effective public health policy in your view?

 Post a brief paragraph describing why you chose your Research Topic

 Post a comment to a classmate’s blog entry

Our Biology Research Presentations are next week!

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Class blog addresses

Here is the latest list of class blog address:

https://cheekyqi.blogspot.com/

https://ginamarks.wordpress.com/

alohachella.blogspot.com

CivilizedDiseases.wordpress.com