Biology, Tuesday, second period

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

Elliot was bouncing on her toes a little as she waited for her class to file in. There were long tables for students to sit at in the front of the room, and a cart with several microscopes and prepared slides near the back. On the side near a window sat a cage with two cheerful rats, Ronnie and Nancy.

Once more or less everyone was here, she started talking.

"Hi! I am Elliot Reid -- you can call me Dr. Reid or Elliot, it doesn't really matter -- and welcome to Biology. I'm going to start by passing out your syllabus.

"Biology, as some of you may know, is the branch of science dealing with the study of life. It talks about things like the characteristics, classification, and behaviors of organisms, how species come into existence, and the interactions they have with each other and with the natural environment.

"Biology tries to explain things like birth, growth, aging, death and decay of living organisms and why organisms look like their parent. And it studies other things too, such as lactation, metamorphosis, egg-hatching, healing and tropism. On a wider scale of time and space, biologists have studied domestication of animals and plants, the wide variety of living organisms-- biodiversity -- changes in living organisms over time -- evolution -- extinction, speciation, social behaviour among animals, and so on.

"This isn't really a subject I can cover in 14 50-minute sessions. A lot of people study it their whole lives. But I'll do my best to give you guys at least a basic overview of the subject, okay?"

"I'm going to have you introduce yourselves, and then I have a handout about cells. Please try to read is sometime this week. The microscopes have been set up to do look at onion root cells to show you guys the life cycle of the cell. You can do the experiment in pairs or alone, and I'll be around to answer questions."

Comments

Sign in, Biology, 9/5

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

Say your name, grade, what science you've taken before and why you're in this class.

Re: Sign in, Biology, 9/5

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

"Zack Addy. Junior. Basic science, physics, chemistry, electronics, computing. I'm in this class to learn more about biology."

Re: Sign in, Biology, 9/5

[greenmagebriar.livejournal.com]

"Briar Moss, Freshman, and large amounts of Anatomy and Astronomy. I'm in this class because it's fairly close to anatomy."

Re: Sign in, Biology, 9/5

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"Greg Sanders. I've taken physics, several chemistry courses, and basic science. I want to go into biochemistry. So I'm here for the bio part."

Re: Sign in, Biology, 9/5

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Isabel Evans, junior. I've taken some basic science courses before, mostly focusing on earth sciences. I'm in this class partly to learn and partly because I need at least one normal class to talk about with my folks."

Re: Sign in, Biology, 9/5

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

"Teddy Altman. Sophomore. I've had chemistry before this. And I'm taking this class because I'm interested in genetics."

Re: Sign in, Biology, 9/5

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Elizabeth Weir, I'm a senior. I've taken Honors Biology and Chemistry and I'm here because I need the science credit and because I'd like to understand what my girlfriend's talking about."

Re: Sign in, Biology, 9/5

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

The Jamie that shows up for class isn't the regular Jamie but the Jamie from Xavier's school who just...

Okay it's just a dupe. One who doesn't know why the original Jamie is taking the class.

So he takes a shot in the dark.

"My name is Jamie Madrox, Freshman. I've done some home schooling but I've forgotten most of the science stuff. I'm in this class so that I can check out the pictures of naked women when get to the reproductive portion of the curriculum."

Re: Sign in, Biology, 9/5

[can_be_more]

"Aeryn Sun, senior. And I've never had any real science training here."

Re: Sign in, Biology, 9/5

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Peter Parker, Junior - which is my class, not part of my name, my father's name was Richard - and I've taken pretty much all the science classes available to me. Mainly chem and physics. I took this class because I need to bone up on my bio in the hopes of better understanding fun mutations and such."

Re: Sign in, Biology, 9/5

[danakathscully.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm Dana Scully, senior, I've taken physics, biol and chem with hons and I'm here because I want to be a Doctor, like you I guess.

General Class Stuff, Biology, 9/5

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

Listen to the lecture, or talk to each other or to Dr. Reid.

Re: General Class Stuff, Biology, 9/5

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow checked on Ronnie and Nancy before she sat down. While Dr. Reid talked, she took copious notes.

Re: General Class Stuff, Biology, 9/5

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

It's the beginning of the year so Isabel still has some enthusiasm. She took lots of notes.

Re: General Class Stuff, Biology, 9/5

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker's taking notes, and frowning, but so far, it all seems pretty straightforward.

Re: General Class Stuff, Biology, 9/5

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth listened attentively, writing down detailed notes.

Re: General Class Stuff, Biology, 9/5

[can_be_more]

The girl who hates science is now sitting here with slightly wide eyes and trying to understand all the words. Well, this class should be interesting.

Re: General Class Stuff, Biology, 9/5

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Peter listened to the lecture and took notes. He had to make sure his bio notes were as good as his other science notes, after all.

Re: General Class Stuff, Biology, 9/5

[danakathscully.livejournal.com]

Dana listened intently, only being distracted every now and again...

Experiment, Biology, 9/5

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

Look through the microscope and tell me what you see.

[OOC: Can be as handwavey as you like, of course.]</small.

Re: Experiment, Biology, 9/5

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack saw onion cells.

Re: Experiment, Biology, 9/5

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"They're all neat and orderly," Willow said, sounding as though she approved.

Re: Experiment, Biology, 9/5

[greenmagebriar.livejournal.com]

Briar might need to be physically pulled away from the microscope.

Re: Experiment, Biology, 9/5

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

Greg saw tidy cells, and kept readjusting his microscope to compensate for being used to a stronger lens.

OOC, biology, 9/5

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FANDOM HIGH!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: OOC, biology, 9/5

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Yayyyy!