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= Introduction to Biology - What are the characteristics of life? =

Read section 1-3 in your textbook. Complete the review sheet and try the three Self-Assessment questions.

Here is a summary of the characteristics of life http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddfd9ttp_1509bmk9ngf

As we start our study of biology it might be good to read a little about a presently working biologist and how he got started. Robert Lanza Article - [] Here is a link to the worksheet that goes with the above article. [] A video about him and his work [] Copy and paste the questions into a word document and when you are finished save your work and drag a copy to the drop folder. If you would like to know more about stem cells from Robert Lanza click here then click on the podcast link http://www.nature.com/podcast/stemcells/index.html Dr Lanza at work media type="file" key="YouTube - That's Impossible Eternal Life (4 of 5).f4v" width="300" height="300" Where he works []