Case Study of Nitrogen in various parts of the Nitrogen cycle: How nitrogen affects human activity and the Environment
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Initial Publication Date: October 25, 2008
Summary
In this activity, students will be exposed to aspects of many disciplines of biology to understand how interconnected ALL of the many microcosms of science courses are actually interrelated. By a detailed investigation of the nitrogen cycle, students will gain detailed understanding of plant biology, ecology, environmental science, chemistry, physiology, pharmacology, and medical implications.
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Learning Goals
- Understand the interdisciplinary facets of a fundamental issue in biology
- Interconnectivity of the subject of nitrogen.
- Plant uptake (Biology)
- Toxic levels of nitrogen in plants due to environmental conditions– affect on secondary consumers (ecology)
- Algal blooms- changing ecosystems of lakes and rivers (environmental)
- Medical advantages of red algae (medical)
- Nitrogen issues in herbivores (physiology)
- Involuntary abortion of herbivores (medical)
- Nutrient transfer of nitrogen from one species to another (ecology)
- Formation of nitrous oxide in plants and animals (physiology/pharmacology)
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Description and Teaching Materials
Short Case Study of Nitrogen cycle (Microsoft Word 25kB Oct25 08)
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