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Cellular Reproduction
Current Events
Assignment Instructions:
This past week we have been talking about basic definitions and examples with regards to cellular
reproduction topics. For this assignment you are going to investigate what research scientists are
currently conducting about some of these concepts. Take your time and look for a good news article
connected to the concepts covered in class. The first article you find is perhaps not the best article you
could find. Below is a short list of some of the cellular reproduction concepts we have talked about that
you will look for in your current even news articles.
Cellular Reproduction Topics:
-Cytology
-DNA
-Cancer
-Genetic Disorders
-Mitosis
-Chromosomes
-Meiosis
-Fragmentation
-Binary Fission
-Pollination
-Budding
-Sporulation
-Genes
-Cells/Cell Organelles
-Types of Reproduction
Science News Websites:
www.sciencenews.org
www.sciencedaily.com
www.livescience.com
student.societyforscience.org/sci
www.timeforkids.com/news-archive/science
www.insidescience.org
www.huffingtonpost.com/science
news.sciencemag.org
news.yahoo.com/science
www.nytimes.com/pages/science
www.sci-news.com
www.eurekalert.org
esciencenews.com
www.scientificamerican.com
news.nationalgeographic.com
www.dogonews.com/category/science
Current Event Analysis
On a separate piece of paper complete the following analysis.
Part 1: Key points of the article (bulleted list at least 15-20)
Part 2: Learning Connection
a) Three things I learned after reading the article.
b) Find and define three vocabulary terms
c) Write a discussion question about the article.
Part 3: Connection to class topics (small paragraph)
Part 4: Your opinion of the topic (paragraph)
-Gene Therapy
-Genetic Mutations
-Parthenogenesis
-Bacteria Conjugation
-Vegetative Propagation
-Asexual Reproduction
-Genetic Variation