Exploring the Ask a Scientist website was somewhat of an adventure for me. I found it to be a very interesting and resourceful website that I think my students will definitely find fascinating. After reading through several of the questions, I found that it ranged from everyday “I wonders and what ifs”, to deeper scientific, content specific questions. To be honest, the more content specific, deeper questions intimidated me. I thought I had good background knowledge in terms of cells and their functions because I have a nursing background before teaching. After browsing through the Ask a Scientist website as well as reading through the course readings for last week, I am feeling as though I need a major brush up on cells and their functions.
The causal question I have chosen relates to the endangered species I chose to work with in my course project. I do not know a great deal about bats, and thought this would be a great opportunity to learn more about the structural makeup of the Indiana bat from a scientist. I only know the basics about the Indiana bat: “the Indiana bat is quite small, weighing only one-quarter of an ounce (about the weight of three pennies). In flight, it has a wingspan of 9 to 11 inches. The fur is dark-brown to black” (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2011).
Question: How are the cell structures of bats, more specifically Indiana bats, different from the cell structures of humans and plants, in both makeup and function?
Sadly enough, I have not yet received a response to my Ask a Scientist question. Has anyone else received an answer?
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