Career Project

Career Project – Clinical Geneticist General Description Clinical Geneticists deal with the care and treatment of patient with genetic diseases. They are tasked with testing a patient’s likeliness of developing an inherited illness. They work in labs, research institutions, and pharmaceutical companies. This job can be very hands on, and clinical geneticists are often working […]

Lit Circle Inquiry Post

How does dwelling on past mistakes affect one’s life? In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, protagonist Amir witnesses his best friend and Hazara servant raped in the streets of Afghanistan. This is a very unusual event, and it changes Amir’s life completely. This event affects him for the rest of his life and it makes it […]

Human Condition

What does Bertrand think is the human condition? Write a response to Bertrand’s Prologue. What is he saying about the human condition? Do you agree? Bertrand thinks the human condition is an array of human emotions that balance out to form life. Love and thirst for knowledge make up the positive parts of the human […]

Kilauea

Kilauea is an active shield volcano found on the island of Hawaii (the big island). It is the largest active volcano in the world. Constant lava flow out to the ocean has created new coastline for the island, but has also destroyed homes in its path. 70% of Kilauea’s surface is less than 600 years […]

Titanium (Ti)

Titanium has an atomic number of 22. It was first discovered in 1791 by Revered William Gregor. It is a transitional metal in period 4. Some titanium makes propellers for boats, airplane parts, spacecraft, artificial joints, and pins for setting bones. Unfortunately, due to its high cost, titanium cannot be used for a wider variety […]