Category: Natural science

instructions
1 outline how a signal travels down a neuron to another neuron.
2. outline the branches of the nervous system .

Instructions:
A hypothetical population of boreal woodland caribou has recently been found in a remote region of the Frank Church Wilderness area in central Idaho. Scientists thought caribou were extirpated from this region more than 100 years ago; however, reliable sightings have confirmed a small population persists in this remote region. Approximately 50 caribou have been confirmed and they are geographically isolated from other caribou populations.
You were recently hired as the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) biologist on the Frank Church Wilderness area woodland caribou recovery project. The USFWS is considering listing the Frank Church Wilderness area woodland caribou as an endangered species because of concerns regarding potentially low genetic variation and population viability. Your supervisor has just informed you that you will be briefing the USFWS Director on this situation in 5-weeks.
The Director’s has identified 5 topics that need to be covered in the brief. Your assignment is to develop a written brief to the Director that addresses the 5 topics identified below. The Director has a PhD in Political Science, but she doesn’t have a strong biological background so you must define and explain key genetic terminology and concepts included in the brief. These types of briefings are commonly used to provide wildlife agency administrators concise and understandable scientific information to inform decision-making.
Your policy brief should have separate sections addressing the following briefing topics:
1.      Section 1 – Genetic Variation in Populations: Explain why genetic variation in individuals and populations is important for population viability. Your coursework in weeks 2 and 3 will prepare you for this section, and your week 2 and 3 assignments and week 4 discussion will prepare you for this section..
2.      Section 2 – Gene Flow and Small Populations: Explain why the lack of connectivity to other woodland caribou populations is problematic. The Prairie Chicken case study and other learning materials in week 3 and 4 will prepare you for this section.
3.      Section 3 – Genetic Variation and Fitness: How can inbreeding lead to population extinction? Is there an example of this happening? Explain. Your learning materials and assignments in week 3 will prepare you for this section.
4.      Section 4 – Assessing Population Genetic Structure: How could we figure out how inbred this population may be? What tools could be used to assess the population genetic structure, and what type of information would the tool provide? Your textbook reading assignments and discussion in week 2 will review genetic tools to assess population genetic structure and your assignment in week 4 provide additional information on this topic.
5.      Section 5 – Wildlife Conservation Genetics: What management action do you recommend the USFWS take to improve genetic variability in this population and improve population viability? How would their success or failure be assessed? Your week 2 and 3 discussions, and week 4 video lecture will review various management actions to improve genetic variability and prepare you for this section.
In addition to these sections, you will be required to have a reference section at the end of your policy brief. Your reference section should include all references used throughout all five sections of the policy brief.
Submission Requirements
The briefing should be no more than 5 pages and identify and address each briefing topic.
References from at least 10 credible sources should be included at the end of the briefing, and references do not count as part of your 5-page briefing limit. Please be sure to write clearly and objectively. Readers should feel that the report is written by an objective scientist Links to an external site. , and not be able to detect personal opinions. As with all your work in this course, be sure to cite your sources in APA format Links to an external site. .
Your course project is due at the end of Week 5. The title of the briefing should be your last name.
Rubric
Course Project: Woodland Caribou Recovery Policy Brief
Course Project: Woodland Caribou Recovery Policy Brief
Criteria
Ratings
Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOverall
Prepared a clearly written and organized briefing utilizing correct grammar, spelling and reference formatting. Demonstrates the ability to access, interpret and cite scientific sources in writing.
Writing is clear and concise.
Submitted by the due date.
10 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSection 1 – Genetic Variation
Clearly defines key genetic terminology and review key points as to the important role of genetic variation in populations.
20 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSection 1 – Genetic Variation
Assesses how genetic variation relates to population viability.
20 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSection 2 – Gene Flow and Small Populations
Explains the important role of population connectivity and gene flow on genetic variation in populations.
20 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSection 3 – Genetic Variation and Fitness
Clearly defines inbreeding.
Reviews the literature and provide a synthesis of how inbreeding relates to population viability.
20 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSection 3 – Genetic Variation and Fitness
Reviews a wildlife management case study demonstrating how inbreeding led (or did not lead) to population extinction.
20 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSection 4 – Population Genetic Structure
Discusses how genetic markers may be used in wildlife studies and review at least two genetic analyses that could be used to provide information about the population.
20 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSection 4 – Population Genetic Structure
Clearly explains how this genetic analysis would produce information that is relevant to management.
20 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSection 5 – Wildlife Conservation Genetics
Devises and explains a management action(s) that the student recommends be implemented to improve population viability.
20 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSection 5 – Wildlife Conservation Genetics
Clearly explains how the action may lead to increased genetic variability, and how the success (or failure) of each action would be monitored.
20 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeReferences
A complete reference list including all references in the briefing is included. References are complete, from credible sources, and formatted correctly.
10 pts
Total Points: 20

I have pasted the instructions for the Microbiology class discussion post.
Read these instructions carefully, as there are several parts required for full credit. Your Initial post is due on day 3. Feel free to get creative with your post. Your post does not have to be typed but should follow these general guidelines: typed post roughly 200 words OR video review roughly 2 minutes with images and description OR creative infographic that addresses the objective, etc. If you have any ideas other than these, feel free to reach out to your course professor to ensure it will work for this discussion. For your initial post:
For this discussion, you will work through the Scientific Method.
Think of a question related to microbiology that you could study. Clearly write your research question as the first line of your post. Even if you are doing a video, infographic, or other post type, this should be written in the first line of your post.
Read at least 2 scientific sources about your topic to help you learn more about what has already been done to test your research question and what might happen to help you write a hypothesis. Provide a short 3-4 sentence summary about what you read, and be sure to reference your sources (include links to the URLs)
Identify your hypothesis and write it out in your discussion according to the hypothesis format: If (this independent variable), then (this dependent variable is expected)
Develop your own simple experiment or outline an experiment from your reading that you would like to repeat. Remember that this should be very specific, like a recipe that can be performed or repeated by others.
Describe how you would collect and analyze your data to determine if the data support or refute your hypothesis.
Discuss what you would do after your experiment (since you will not actually be doing it for this course), to demonstrate the remaining steps of the scientific method.
How your post should look:
Research question: What is the research question that is related to microbiology?
Summary and resources: Write 3-4 sentences about your topic and include links the at least 2 sources you read
Hypothesis: If (whatever is being tested), then (whatever is the expected result)
Experiment: Write a step-by-step procedure, including materials and quantities that others could repeat
Data Collection and Analysis: Specify how you would collect and interpret your data
Discussion: What would you do next?
Make certain that your post is well-written, grammatically correct, and provides the bullet points listed. 

please rewrite with no plagiarism and no AI !!!!! 
Your submission should be at least 1-2-pages in length, not including the title page and references.

The research question is: How are descriptive statistics utilized to analyze the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) within case studies? 
In this research paper, it should include the following sections
Introduction: The first section of your paper; giving important background about the topic. 
Thesis Statement: A clear statement of the main argument in your paper. 
Topic Sentences: Clear statements of the main idea you want each paragraph to convey.
Sources: People or publications that provide evidence to support your thesis. Examples may include journal articles, books, online websites, videos, and people you interview. You must cite your sources when you use them in your paper.
The final research paper should include thso sectiosn above and also follow these guidelines
Analysis: When writers provide analysis, they explain how their evidence connects to their thesis.
Counterargument: An argument that disagrees with your position in the paper. 
Implications & Discussion: The last section in an essay; it restates the thesis and the evidence that supports it. It sometimes also explains the thesis’s importance beyond the sources provided.
Please use these links to help you better understand descriptive statistics. To make it sound like I understand what descriptive statistics is about and how I am able to relate it to my research question. 
https://www.visionlearning.com/en/library/Math-in-Science/62/Introduction-to-Descriptive-Statistics/218
https://www.visionlearning.com/en/library/Process-of-Science/49/Data-Analysis-and-Interpretation/154
these are the three sources I will be using 
Johnson, K., Woodward, A., Swenson, S., Weis, C., Gunderson, M., Deling, M., Cristiani, V., & Lynch, B. (2017). Parents’ adverse childhood experiences and mental health screening using home visiting programs: A pilot study. Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.), 34(6), 522–530. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12345
Cole, A. B., Armstrong, C. M., Giano, Z. D., & Hubach, R. D. (2022). An update on ACEs domain frequencies across race/ethnicity and sex in a nationally representative sample. Child Abuse & Neglect, 129, 105686–105686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105686
Crouch, E., Nelson, J., Radcliff, E., & Martin, A. (2019). Exploring associations between adverse childhood experiences and oral health among children and adolescents. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 79(4), 352–360. https://doi.org/10.1111/jphd.12341

As part of this Environmental Justice module, we will focus on hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI)). Chromium occurs in 3 valent states Cr(III), and Cr(VI). Cr(VI) is the compound present in oxic environments.
Below are different resources to help you to understand the problem.
Please summarize  on what you learned while reviewing the materials. Please focus on the following:
a) In terms of environmental justice what is necessary to help people living in poorer communities to deal with water contamination such as hexavalent chromium.
b) Please analyze the water composition for the City of Live Oak and the new minimum contamination level Ca has just introduced. Do you think the minimum containment level is low enough given the cost to clean the water?
c) What should be done if a location has groundwater Cr(VI)-levels just below the new Ca MCL standard?
Please inform yourself given the links below and upload your opinion in a word document.
Hexavalent Chromium is also of current interest because California the nation’s first water standard for cancer-causing contaminant to 10 ug/L just recently in April 2024.
Of course not every pollutant can be traced to some company or other human induced activity. Groundwater in some place has naturally elevated chromium.
Here are a couple links you can use for reasearch purposes:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chromium-water-cancer/
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_water/certlic/drinkingwater/Chromium6.html#:~:text=Hexavalent%20chromium%20is%20among%20the,(%22Proposition%2065%22).

Lesson plans are vital to an organized classroom environment. Over the course of weeks 5-8, you will build a comprehensive weekly lesson plan that will include the following:
1.     Traditional assessment
2.     Field trip plan
3.     Learning environment plan
4.     Weekly lesson plan (6-7 days of instruction)
The final product (due week 8) will be submitted in APA format, and must include the weekly lesson plan template, traditional assessment, field trip, and learning environment plan.
REQUIREMENTS FOR WEEK 5
This week, you will develop an assessment (a unit test) of elementary school students’ learning on an Earth or Life Science topic. Assume the time available for the assessment is a single period of approximately 40-50 minutes. The test must be a minimum of 15 questions. 
You may choose ONE of the following topics for your assignment*:
Fossils (3rd grade)
Planets and Stars (4th grade)
Energy flow in Ecosystems (4th grade)
Weather and Weather Processes (4th grade)
Geologic Processes (5th grade)
Cells and Cell Characteristics (5th grade)
*You will use this topic for the remainder of your scaffolded assignment (weeks 5-8).
When you are considering your topic, you want to consider a field trip that would be appropriate and fit the needs of the topic. Next week’s assignment will include a one-day field trip you take your students to reinforce the content.
1.     To begin, create an APA* formatted title page. The title page should contain the following:
Topic
Grade Level
Student’s Name
Georgia Military College
*Check online resources for correct APA formatting (OWL Purdue is a good source).
2. Copy/paste the lesson plan template into the second page.
3. Using the following resource, find, and paste the standards* associated with your topic into the Georgia Standards of Excellence section of the lesson plan template.
Link to standards: https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Pages/default.aspx
*When you include GSE, you always write out the standard and substandard(s) being addressed (not just the codes). Example:
S3E1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the physical attributes of rocks and soils.
a. Ask questions and analyze data to classify rocks by their physical attributes (color, texture, luster, and hardness) using simple tests.
b. Plan and carry out investigations to describe properties (color, texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support growth of plants) of soils and soil types (sand, clay, loam).
c. Make observations of the local environment to construct an explanation of how water and/or wind have made changes to soil and/or rocks over time.
4. Create a list of behavioral objectives* (begins with “Students will be able to…”) in the behavioral objectives section of your lesson plan template. The number of objectives might range from about 5 (if all are fairly high-level) to about 10 (if many are fairly low-level).
*You are not allowed to use the exact verbiage of the behavioral objectives from this course. This entire assignment should be your own work and your own questions. 
5. Go to the first blank page in your document and begin including a combination of test questions of multiple-choice and short answer/essay/diagram (“constructed response”) questions. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE true/false, fill-in-the-blank, or matching-column questions.
6. Using the next blank page after your test questions, include a key to your test as well as how you will assign a points value to each question. For short answer /essay/diagram questions, discuss how you would award partial credit.

For this
assignment, you will be accessing the Unit III Assignment Worksheet and answering the questions.
The responses should be in complete sentences and utilize proper APA citations
for referenced information. Explain how results were derived for any math
problems.