Exam Break Missing Assignment Contact Info

Way's End of Year Report Card

Video: Genetic Engineering, The Time is Now

Tutorial Days Availability

Monday June 13th	Tuesday June 14th	Wednesday June 15th
Mr.Way available in room 238/239(Robotics). Computers and desk space available for other subject work. 1:00PM - 4:00PM	Mr.Way available in room 238/239(Robotics). Computers and desk space available for other subject work. 1:00PM - 4:00PM	Mr.Way available in room 238/239(Robotics). Computers and desk space available for other subject work. 1:00PM - 4:00PM

Final Week

Welcome to the final week of classes.

• Monday - Time to read/watch/listen to required reading. First aid practical skills assessments.
• Tuesday - Time to read/watch/listen to required reading. First aid practical skills assessments.
• Wednesday - Groups 1 and 2 present their seminar.
• Thursday - Groups 3 and 4 present their seminar.
• Friday - Group 5 presents their seminar.

Monday Morning Funny: Bad Teacher

Group 5 Required Readings

Group 5 will present on Friday June 10th.

Bioethics of Assisted Dying

This website will give out peers the insight of the current legislation on this topic with additional information (please feel free to follow the given links in the article as they do provide interesting information for the debate such as links to the bill, countries that have legalized this etc.)

Supreme Court to Debate Assisted Dying - The National 

Canadians face legal limbo on assisted death - The Star

Required Readings Group 4

Group 4 will present on Thursday June 9th.


Bioethics of Pharmaceutical Control

This presentation will focus on the societal and medical community response to cannabis in light of the Federal government platform in support of legalizing that currently illegal drug.

Production of Pharmaceuticals

Time - Colorado Tax Revenue from Marijuana

Cannabinoids

Effects of Cannabis

Required Reading Group 3

Group 2 will present on Thursday June 9th.

Bioethics of Generic Modification

UK Approval Sparks Designer Babies Questions - Straitstimes 

Embryo Research - TomoNewsUS

Gene-editing research in human embryos gains momentum - Nature.com

Group 2 Required Readings

Group 2 will present on Wednesday June 8th.

Bioethics of Alternative Medicine

Contemporary Psychology - The Biology of Belief - Only the introduction is required reading

The Quackish Cult of Alternative Medicine  - Read up to the image byB Simon Prades

The Relationship Between Amish Tradition and Modern Health - Read Pages 7-10

Group 1 Required Reading -

From CBC

Group 1 will present on Wednesday June 8th.

Bioethics of Organ Donation

Medical tourists have cash, will travel - Canada.com
Trudeau Liberals asked to change organ donation system by mother of ill toddler - CBC

Our Timeline

		June 1st	2nd	3rd
	Introduce Bioethics Seminar Project	Work Period with groups / First Aid Skills Assessments (individual)	Work Period with groups / First Aid Skills Assessments (individual)	Work Period with groups / First Aid Skills Assessments (individual) All required readings for Bioethics published to blog. *Grade 12 BBQ*
6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Work Period with groups / First Aid Skills Assessments (individual) Time to view/read/listen to required readings.	Time to view/read/listen to required readings.	First group presents(TBD) seminar.(~30 minutes) Remaining time to complete readings/prep for seminars	Groups 2, 3, and 4 present. (~30 minutes each)	Final day of classes.

Monday Funny: Short Answers

from xkcd.com

XKCD - Short Answers

First Aid Jeopardy

First Aid Jeopardy(Download and run)

Video: There are No Scraps of Men

Monday Funny: Boaty McBoatface

Work Habits/Employability Rubric

Work Habits Rubric

Red Cross First Aid - Day 1

Hello and welcome to the Canadian Red Cross' Standard First Aid course.

Before we start, we need to go over some rules behind certification:

from acic-caci.org

• 100% attendance (if you have an excused absence, please speak to me)
• Be able to demonstrate all skills
• Score at least 70% on the written quiz at the end of the course

Today we will start with:

The Red Cross (Chapter 1)

Preparing to Respond (Chapter 2)

The Emergency Medical System (Chapter 3)
Anaphylaxis (Breathing and Circulation Emergencies - Chapter 6)

Module Quiz: Pain and Pain Management

Pain and Pain Management Module Quiz

Monday Funny: Panda

Pain Module Timelines

Here are our final timelines for the Pain and Pain Management Module:

• Monday to Thursday: Final work time for term paper
• Friday: Pain and Pain Management Jeopardy Game
• Monday May 9th: Term Paper due / Two-Point Perception Lab Due
• Monday May 9th: Pain and Pain Management Module Quiz
• Tuesday May 10th: Begin First Aid

Food For Thought: Research on Typos and Grammos

Research on Typos and Grammos

Monday Funny: A Father's Thought on Daughters and Boyfriends

Question Box Friday: Polyphasic Sleep

Today's question comes from "Unknown aka Anonymous" who asks: "Does sleep still have the same neurological and physiological effects if broken up or slept for a long period of time? For example; if one were to sleep 8 hours straight and an individual were to nap 4 times (each consisting of 2 hours), would they still be impacted the same? Which one would be more beneficial, in terms of resting?"

Check this article, and this site, and this site out and be ready to discuss it partway through class.

Two point Perception Test Lab

From jensfibrostory.blogspot.com

The lab itself can be found here.

This lab will be due by Friday with the following to be submitted by your group (maximum 3 people per group):
- Your group's results table and graphs.
- The class results table and graph.
- Answered Analysis questions.

The Class results Should be entered below:

Link to Data entry form

(Results can be found here)

Monday Funny: Mouse Commercial

Short Week Funny

Tuesday Morning Funny

Ok, so I originally didn't have a funny to post today and then this happened:

Sarah Palin Attacks Bill Nye's Credibility On Science Issues: At an event in Washington D.C. last week, Sarah Palin tried to discredit Bill Nye while also claiming that climate change wasn't real. “Bill Nye is as much a scientist as I am,” the former Alaskan governor said. “He’s a kids’ show actor; he’s not a scientist.”

Project Pulse Health Sciences Conference

HELLO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS!!

Are you interested in pursuing a career in healthcare? Have questions about the health sciences and career opportunities? Not sure want you want to do in university?

Then, you should come to the PROJECT PULSE CALGARY 2016 HEALTH SCIENCES CONFERENCE!

Project Pulse is a student-run non-profit organization that strives to help connect motivated high school students with the world of Health Sciences. Through our Pulse Conference, held annually, we help give students and their families an inside look at various career paths and post-secondary options in this highly lucrative field. At our conference, we have doctors, professors, undergraduates, graduates and various other professionals speak about their personal experiences, and give students insights into a possible career in the Health Sciences. Studies show that 50% of students graduating high school have considered a career in the Health Sciences, and out of these students, nearly three-quarters have unanswered questions. Our goal is to help give them the crucial information they need, and clear any misconceptions they may have about this career path.

After the conference, we will also be having an opportunity fair where organizations such as SHAD and EarlyBird Youth Services will be giving high school students information on volunteering opportunities, summer internships, leadership programs, etc. Here are the details for the conference.

When: April 25^th, 2016 from 9.00 am to 3.30pm

Where: Libin Lecture Theatre, University of Calgary Health Sciences Center

You can register for the event by clicking the link below. Please register if you would like to attend the conference.

Event Registration

If you would like to know more about the conference, please visit project-pulse.org

We hope to see you there!!

#findyourpulse

2016 Project Pulse Calgary Executive Team

Weekly Plan: April 18th - April 21st

from xkcd.com

Hello Class, here is the plan for this week:

• Monday - Discuss differences between primary, secondary, and tertiary research sources. Remainder of class to write draft.
• Tuesday - Discuss outlining writing. Remainder of class to write draft.
• Wednesday - Discuss Science writing correctness. Remainder of class to write draft.
• Tuesday - Full class to write draft. Draft due at end of day.

Monday Morning Funny: Monestary

Mini Assignment: Comparing Readings

from oocities.org

Today we will be comparing a few different ways of writing about science and discoveries.

Please read the following and take note of not WHAT is written, but HOW it's written.

Charles Darwin - The Origin of Species - Chapter 4

Online Biology Textbook - Nerves

Malcom Gladwell - Outliers - Chapter 1

Theory: Redheads Feel Less Pain

Science Nordic Article

Time Article

Friday Funny: Do Redheads Feel More Pain? (Satire)

Today's question box question is from an anonymous submitter:

"Is it true that redheads have lower pain tolerance than people with other hair colours?"

It seemed like an odd question and so I did some research.


It also led to a series of articles linking the gene for red hair to the gene for endorphin production.

Two Point Perception Lab

Two Point Perception Lab

Class Plan April 13th

Hello all,

from xkcd.com

Today please begin the class by introducing yourself to the sub. Following that you may resume work on the term paper notes.

The new material today is on two topics: pain assessment and Science writing. Please review the videos and continue work on your Term Paper Notes.

Tomorrow we will go over and do the sensory perception lab.

Video: Science Writing (UBC Science Writing)

Bonus: Wednesday Morning Funny: Heavy Bubbles

Assessing Pain

I've posted some documents that will help you when discussing the questions regarding assessing pain.

Pain Assessment Tool

Clinical Best Practices Guide

Pain Management Theory

Tomorrow we begin the lab report.

Food for Thought: This Much Will Kill You

Video: The Homunculus

Video: Lorimer Moseley on the Brain's Role in Perceiving Pain

This video is great evidence for answering some of your questions such as:

• What are some misconceptions about pain and pain management?(use evidence-based proof to describe the following misconceptions):
• The importance of clinical opinion versus patient opinion
• Comparable stimuli produce comparable pain responses in people (thresholds and tolerance levels)
• People with low pain tolerances should make a greater effort to cope instead of seeking medication or more treatment
• Absence of physical basis for pain indicates pain does not exist
• Pain should not be treated until the cause is established

Video: Nocioreceptors

Food For Thought: Knuckle Cracking 'Firework' Flash Imaged By Radiologists | IFLScience

Knuckle Cracking 'Firework' Flash Imaged By Radiologists | IFLScience

image from commons.wikimedia.org

Monday Morning Funny: Master Ken's Flashy Technique

Advil, and Tylenol

Today's question box question comes from Butterfly. She asks "How do pain medications know where to go? How do they find the pain? How does your brain know that anti-inflammatory meds are entering the system."

To answer this, here are some articles discussing how acetaminophen(Tylenol), acetylsalicylic acid(Asprin) and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin)
Common Painkillers and their Mechanisms

Tylenol or Asprin

To understand these articles, we need a further understanding of pain:

Physiology of Pain

Videos: Different pain Levels for Different People

Video: Brainstem

Food for Thought: Ishihara Coularblindness Test

Ishihara Coulorblindness Test

Video: The Secret World of Pain

The Secret World of Pain

Videos: The Physiological Basis for Pain

Video: Nova - The Secrets of the Mind

Guiding Questions:

• What is perception?
• What is a phantom limb?
• What is blindsight?
• Explain the disorder where the one patient perceives his parents to be impostors

Pregnancy Unit Module Quiz

from DailyMail

Pregnancy Module Quiz

Food for Thought: Vitamin D and Heart Failure

Vitamin D and Heart Failure

Presentations for Review

Gestational Diabetes and Sciatica
Hemorrhoids
Preeclampsia and Eclampsia
Spina Bifida
Toxoplasmosis
FASD(Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder)
Down Syndrome
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Still need the presentation Jacob)
Tay-Sach's


Oh, and one more topic I missed.

Jeopardy Review Game

from huffingtonpost.com

Pregnancy, Birth and Infant Care Jeopardy Game

Monday Morning Funny: The Invisible Man

Food for Thought: VR Sensory Immersion Generator

VR Sensory Immersion Generator

Bizarre and Outlandish Pregnancy Tests of the Past

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/bizarre-outlandish-history-pregnancy-tests0

Food for Thought: Morality and...Oxytocin?

Can't get your baby to sleep? Breastfeeding mothers may pass on caffeine in coffee through their milk

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2104704/Breastfeeding-mothers-pass-caffeine-coffee-milk.html

Food for thought: Spurious Correlations

Spurious Correlations

Video: Clickbait Headlines

Food For Thought: Brain Contentedness Mapped...in Mice

Mouse Brain Partly Mapped

Video: Are Homebirths Safe?

Welcome Back

from xkcd.com

Hello Crew, welcome back.

The plan for this week is as follows:

• Tuesday - Discuss vaccination, begin early childcare (birth to six months) assignment.
• Wednesday - Continue  early childcare (birth to six months) assignment. Begin early childcare (seven to twelve months)
• Thursday - Complete all Pregancy, Birth, and Infant Care Assignments and colouring sheets.
• Friday - Review period (Jeopardy) for quiz on Monday

Lastly, hand in your BodyWorlds field trip form. That is all.

Video: Vaccines and Anti-Vaccinators

Welcome Back...Scott Stirling!

Video: Childhood Amnesia

Nova: Vaccines, Calling the Shots

Sending You Off to Spring Break With a Smile

Field Trip: BodyWorlds

Monday Morning Funny

Pregnancy, Birth and Infant Care 06 - Diseases of Pregnancy and Birth

In this assignment, you will be responsible for doing the teaching. You will take responsibility for one of the following topics and you will offer the class a brief overview of what your particular disease is and how it affects pregnancy including mothers and infants.

• Sciatica
• Hemorrhoids
• Gestational Diabetes
• Preeclampsia and Eclampsia
• Spina Bifida
• Post-partum depression
• Toxoplasmosis
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Turner’s (Down) Syndrome
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
• Tay-Sachs Disease
• Mongolian Spot

You will need to answer the following questions for the class.

1. What is the syndrome or disease?
2. What anatomical or physiological structures does it affect?
3. What screening techniques exist to spot or diagnose this disease or syndrome?
4. What signs and symptoms exist for mother and child with this disease or syndrome?
5. What treatment options, if any are there for this syndrome or disease?
6. What preventative measures can be used to mitigate these problems?
7. What long term effects can this syndrome have?

You will have three class periods to research this project and to be ready to present it. Presentations begin Tuesday March 15th.

How you present is, as ever, up to you.

	4 - Excellent	3 - Good	2 - Basic	1 - Needs Improvement
Content	Presentation is filled with perfectly organized information that shows a significant knowledge of the topic.	Presentation is filled with relevant, well organized information. A sufficient amount of detail is provided.	Presentation is filled with mostly relevant, questionably organized information. A superficial amount of detail is provided.	The content and information is wholly incorrect or very superficial.
Research	The research is from many reliable sources and is correctly cited.	The research is from multiple reliable sources and is correctly cited.	The research is from a single source that is cited incorrectly.	Sources are not cited.
Presentation	The presentation engages the audience. Methods of presenting are innovative or flawless.	The presentation holds the attention of the audience. The methods of presenting are effective and well thought out.	The presentation sometimes holds the attention of the audience. The methods of presenting are ineffective and poorly thought out.	No attempt is made to present information to the class effectively.