Friday, September 26, 2008

September 25: Hot Topics of Nature/Nurture

In-Class Activities:

1) Neuron Note. I was not able to finish your Neuron Notes question for today since we have our grandma in town, but you wrote a new question. I'll get both sheets prepared this weekend.

2) Gattaca. We watched the first 5 minutes of this movie to start thinking about the how genetic could play in the future. The main character is one of the last "natural" babies born into a world where parents meet with the local geneticist to determine what traits they want they new child to have. Because of the knowledge that comes from genes, life expectancy and disease probabilities are known at birth. Since he is not genetically perfect, he has no chance of a career in a society that now discriminates against your genes, instead of your gender, race or religion. Until he assumes the identity of another perfectly genetic man... Watch the rest of it for a great conversation with your family and friends that relates to this chapter.

3) Jigsaw on Behavior Genetics, Evolutionary Psychology, and the Role of the Environment: you read one set of articles about hot topics and shared your information with a small group and listened to the other information they discovered in their readings.


Assignments:

1) Finish chapter 3.

2) Chapter 3 vocabulary notecards (optional)

Have a great Homecoming weekend!!!

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