Extra Credit!!!!

This is a completely "borrowed" idea from other AP Biology teachers except I am SO much nicer in that instead of this being a mandatory assignment, contributions to the blog will be extra credit opportunities. So, folks, here's the rules:

1. AP Biology related. While I am a friend to all the sciences, this is, you know, AP biology, so your post has to be related to what we are studying. Yes, you can discuss things we haven't discussed yet. I know you have all read ahead in the book :)

2. A minimum of 100 words. Stop giving me dirty looks. This has been 100 words.

3. So a 100 words of what? You can summarize a topic we've been discussing, you can ask a question and explain exactly what you don't understand about something, you can look up an article (provide the link) and talk about why it is cool or not cool or just kind of cool, you can find an awesome, trippy movie and embed it, you can find neat-o pics and discuss them, you can look up experiments and talk about how you want/don't want to do them in class, you can read about scientists and then form an opinion about them. The really cool part, now pay attention here, is that blogging is a very informal writing environment. Write in your voice. Go for a spell check, but go ahead and LOL and exclamation point away. Get excited about science and show it here. Essentially, nerd out.

4. How will I grade this? First of all, don't copy paste. I catch it. You know I do. And it is super easy for me to catch it on the blog. I will check to see that you wrote at least 100 words, I will check out the article, movie, pics, etc, then read the summary to make sure that you know what you are talking about. And if it all checks out, then bingo boingo 100% in that extra credit category. Sweet, right?

Have fun, kiddos.