What SHOULD I be eating?

How many serving of fruits and vegetables should we be eating each day?  Include in your answer what the experts say a "serving size" is.  Also include why it is so important for your health to eat this amount of fruits and vegetables daily. 

A Blight of Unusual Character

Conduct further research about Fusarium wilt and what the experts think the threat poses to the world's crops.  How does this situation compare with the Irish potato famine in the 1840's?  What are banana growers going to do about it?

Prehistoric Gigantic Insects

Why are there no longer gigantic insects?  Some prehistoric insects could get as large as a meter.  What happened? 

Student Choice Topic Related to Animals or Classification

This week's blog is open to your choice of topic as long as it is related to animals or classification.  For instance, you can research evolutionary lineage, behavior, fossils, etc...

The Importance of Sleep

Research why sleep is so important to health, learning, and memory formation.  Include details and statistics about why you should make it a priority in your daily life.

Neanderthals: Subspecies or Separate Species Than Humans?

What does the current research say about Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens?  Are Neanderthals considered a subspecies of humans, or does science classify them as a separate species.   What does the evidence say?

Mammal Transitionary Fossils

Research what kind of transition fossils exist that shows evidence that mammals evolved from reptilian ancestors.  Include the descriptive evidence that supports this phylogenetic link.