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Grade 11: Biology: Microbiology

This course focuses on the processes involved in biological systems, Emphasis will be placed on the practical application of concepts and skills.

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What happens when you put a McDonald's Cheeseburger in Hydrochloric Acid ?

Biodiversity

Protista

Protists are eukaryotic creatures <you-carry-ah-tick>, meaning their DNA is enclosed in a nucleus inside the cell (unlike bacteria, which are prokaryotic <pro-carry-ah-tick> and have no nucleus to enclose their DNA. They’re not plants, animals or fungi, but they act enough like them that scientists believe protists paved the way for the evolution of early plants, animals, and fungi. Protists fall into four general subgroups: unicellular algae, protozoa, slime molds, and water molds.  http://www.microbeworld.org/types-of-microbes/protista

 

a GIF image ot a protist cell under a microscope.

Minamata Disease

GMO

Genetically modified crops are a topic of intense debate that have sparked a lot of controversy over the years, fuelled largely through a lack of understanding and vast amounts of misinformation. Do we need GM crops? Are they dangerous? This article is going to give a brief overview of this huge topic and also discuss some of the myths and facts of GMOs.  http://www.iflscience.com/environment/myths-and-controversies-gmos-0 photo credit: Keith Weller, USDA, via Wikimedia Commons       

 

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Restriction Enzymes

an image showing the process of restriction enzyme recognition sequence.