Snowball Earth Origin

Personally, I did not enjoy the book. It didn't get all that interesting until the last couple of chapters. Before that, it spewed facts in my face and lacked an intriguing plot. I learned a lot from this book, but You would be better off reading a science journal, magazine, or website. Otherwise, it was an okay book.

Two weeks have passed since the beginning of the new semester, and in contrast to my mixed feelings regarding Biology 110 and Public Speaking, this has proven to be my favorite class. Thus far, we have covered early Native American settlements, the Columbian exchange, and the efforts of the Europeans (particularly the Spanish, French, English and Dutch) to colonize the New World. In addition to these lectures, we have already taken our first test, which was basically a review of the lectures. Perhaps the eight-week span of this course rather than the usual 16 is the reasoning behind the condensed lesson plan. However, I for one am not complaining. Overall, the lectures draw my attention and retain it, and a cursory glance at CrashCourse videos

Snowball Earth by Gabrielle Walker is a story of an ex-marathon runner name Paul Hoffman who moved to Canada to follow his dream of studying rock formations to reveal information of an unknown period, the pre-Cambrian era. When Paul first moved to Canada he was interested in the Slime that still remained in some areas of the world. The slime was the only remaining information that Paul had from the pre-Cambrian era and wanted to find out what had happened during that time period. In Canada Paul studied rocks everyday and because he was in the northern part there was sunlight for 95% of the day so Paul was out all day searching for evidence. Paul had heard a theory from a young scientist called the

This class experience has enhanced my understanding of the art world and how visuals play a major role in expressing certain ideals. The way certain artists portray their art is caused by many different techniques. It’s amazing to see my progression through out from week to week through my discussion boards. I even learned something the very first week of class, in the Abbott reflection I stated, “A big theme in this photograph is the use of lines. As we have studied in class lines add a lot of meaning and can be used interchangeably. Also, I like how the

When attending this lecture I did not know what to expect because I had never been to one. Being an elementary education major, biology is not a strong subject. I was never very good at it in high school and I still struggle with it today. The man speaking about the frogs was very informative I actually learned a few things about frogs. When he began talking about complex phenotypes, phylogenomics, and neurophysiology I got a little lost so, I researched a little bit more about other things I understood.

There were several parts of this Bio 105 class that I felt were important to my continued education at UNCG and to the rest of my life, but for now I would like to focus on three main sections that I feel were particularly valuable. Learning about anthropocentrism, human impact through pollution, and the human population helped me change the way I think about the world and see myself in it.

During the duration of this class I have learned a lot about native american culture. Reading Antelope Wife, The Indian Killer, The Toughest Indian In The World, and The Lakota Way have allowed me to take away many life lessons. I originally chose to take this class to gain knowledge I could apply and incorporate into my art education and I have gained knowledge that will be very helpful for that. But after taking this course I have also gained a great sum of knowledge that was interesting to learn about and that I can live by in my everyday life.

You were not alone in feeling all the mix emotions that this course caused you to have because I too felt the same way. I do agree that this course was not what I expected but do agree that one thing we leave with is having a better understanding of cultural authenticity and being able to question a piece of literature prior to picking it up and sharing without reviewing first. Prior to this course I would never have given any Disney movie like “Brave” a second thought but now our minds will tend to be more aware of those types of things and will give us a great opportunity to have a teachable moment with the audience.

This course was easily relatable to my AP bio course I took my senior year of high school, and my biology lab that I took this fall semester my freshman year. The lab and the lecture went hand in hand which helped me academically learn more. I noticed that by taking these two courses together it helps me learn more and better understand the material that I need to study/ know. All my knowledge of this course I mainly learned my senior year of high school through AP biology, although this course really emphasized my essential understanding of the course and went into more depth of the criteria that I needed to better know. I have acquired new ways of seeing, being, and thinking of this course because of the way it’s gone about. By being in this

There was such a variety of topics covered in this course and I wish that I had taken it in a classroom instead of online. With this online course, I feel like the material went a little too quickly. If I were in a classroom setting, I feel that

My exposure to was in my first biology class in high school. I really enjoyed it when we went over evolution, genetics, and Darwinism. My thoughts on it are positive because the ancestry and how we evolved as humans is very interesting to me.

Before taking this course I was really excited about what I am going to learn. And I was right! This course is not only interesting but it is also helpful. I have learned that the grade I am having right now is the reflection of my try throughout the entire semester.

Turns out the least helpful section of this course in my opinion was the chapter on actively reading. I have always been an avid reader and I’ve never had a problem with reading comprehension so most of the information and reading strategies that were presented in the text just sounded redundant and didn’t seem to apply to me. There isn’t much I would change about the course except for maybe the length of some writing assignments.

Overall, I have been very impressed with how this course is going so far. I appreciate having a short presentation on the topic each week then having the opportunity to discuss the topic with other group members. I have learned a lot from the readings as well as from other group members. By having everyone share their ideas and thoughts, I feel that I have gotten more out of this course than I had expected. With everyone coming from different educational backgrounds and experiences, it has been interesting to be exposed to different ideas and perceptions on some of these topics. In addition, having group members question and challenge my ideas have promoted me to think more in-depth and explore more closely about the topics. As of right now, there seems to be no issues with my group. Everyone participates in weekly discussions as well as writing the summary. Ideas and opinions are shared in a respectful manner

In summary, this course has really educated my view of being a teacher as well as being able to interact with today’s diverse and fluctuating educational setting. Therefore, the discussions were very good ways in understanding how