Suspended Animation is Within Our Grasp

We have been learning about homeostasis, focusing on thermoregulation, osmoregulation and an organism's overall energy needs.

Mark Roth's talk "Suspended Animation is Within Our Grasp" ties together all of the things we have been learning about in class.

Hans Rosling on Global Population Growth

Today we watched Hans Rosling's talk on Global Population growth.

If you are in G period - we will watch this in class tomorrow and use the rest of the class period to prepare for the Harkness Discussion.

TED Talks for your next Harkness Discussion

On Friday May 4th you will have a Harkness discussion that will open with the following prompt:


Discuss the relationship between human population growth and impacts on the biosphere.  


To begin your preparation, watch the following TED Talks.  Take notes and think about how you can craft strong discussion questions.  


Was the last Harkness discussion a blur?  Check out this website with all the reminders you need. 


Brian Skerry Reveals Oceans Glory -- and Horror



Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the oceans