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Welcome to Biology for Life |
This site is designed for
students enrolled in IB Biology 1 at
Skyline High School
in the
Issaquah
School District.
The IB Biology Higher Level (HL) I course is outlined by
the International
Baccalaureate Organization. It is the first class
in a two year series that meets the objectives of
general biology courses on the college level. The
objectives include studying the characteristics, unity,
and diversity of living things; the concept of evolution
as an explanation of unity and diversity; the nature of
science as a human enterprise; collection, analysis and
interpretation of data; and the application of
biological concepts to new situations including those
involving human society and populations. The aim of the
course is to develop an understanding and appreciation
of the vast array of biological knowledge.
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Biology News
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Biology Fun
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WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? SUPPORT US!
A third of
of all coral species in threat of going extinct
due to rising sea surface temperatures and an
increase in ocean acidity. A
group of current and former Skyline students
will be going on an
Earthwatch expedition during June 2009
to participate in the
Bahamian Reef Survey!
We will be helping to monitor the amount of
coral bleaching.
Read about our adventures and
help us reach our fundraising goal! |
Community Happenings
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Dec 11,
2008, 7 p.m. - Eames
Theater, Pacific Science Center - →Buy
Tickets
Drs. Nancy Odegaard and Vicki
Cassman - "Travels with Lucy: or how
to pack when you're over 3 million
years old" - The conservators who
advised the Ethiopian government on
the preservation and shipping of
Lucy's bones share their insights on
the practical and political pitfalls
of packing fossils for international
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Jan 8,
2009, 7 p.m. - Eames
Theater, Pacific Science Center - →Buy
Tickets
Dr. Patricia Kramer - "Lucy Walks:
functional morphology and the
evolution of bipedalism" - Dr.
Kramer will discuss how
anthropologists decipher clues from
fossils to discover how and why our
earliest hominid ancestors walked
upright.
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Feb 5,
2009, 7 p.m. - Kane Hall
130, University of Washington - →Buy
Tickets
Dr. Donald Johanson - "Lucy's
Legacy" - The scientist who
discovered Lucy in 1974 shares his
insights and explores the lessons
learned from looking at humanity
through the lens of time. Although
the 20th century has been peppered
with important early-human fossil
finds, it was Johanson's discovery
of a 3.2-million-year-old fossil in
Ethiopia that added a crucial link.
Lucy has prompted major revisions in
our understanding of the human
evolutionary past and continues to
serve as an important touchstone for
all subsequent discoveries.
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