Hegemann Biology Class
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About the Class
Biology I is a one-year, college preparatory course organized to foster an appreciation of the common characteristics that tie all living things together and the distinct features that enable a diverse array of living things to flourish. This course meets the University of California’s requirement for a laboratory science as well as the ECHS life science graduation requirement.
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Students can come get extra help at lunch time in my room. Just bring your lunch & your homework or handouts when you come.
EBOLA CHANGED THIS DOCTOR'S EYE COLOR
May 8, 2015
Ebola survivor Dr. Ian Crozier developed eye problems months after he recovered from the viral illness. This is an image of Crozier's eye taken with an instrument that shines a thin beam of light onto the eye.
Credit: The New England Journal of Medicine ©2015View full size image
4D Implant Saves Babies with Breathing Problems
April 29, 2015
Three baby boys with life-threatening breathing problems are alive today thanks to a 4D biomaterial, a medical implant designed to change shape over time, that helped them keep breathing, researchers say. This is the final 3D-printed tracheobronchial splint used in one of the baby boys.
Credit: Morrison et al., Science Translational Medicine (2015)