18 avril 2015

BROAD OVERVIEW

Par S. BENDRIF (Lycée J.Ferry, Versailles (78)) le 18 avril 2015, 00:02

Dear all,

Je vous joints un exemplaire de fiche de bac et quelques sujets des anciennes sessions

(2012/2013 / Human evolution; Plant domestication).

N'hésitez pas à vous entrainer et m'envoyer vos plans détaillés ou vos enregistrements.

Révisez bien le vocabulaire scientifique des documents et gardez bien en tête la logique

des problématiques et plans de cours.

I wish you all the best !

Mme BENDRIF

PS/ Le sujet sur les pinsons de Darwin ne peut pas tomber en l'état puisque notre thème relève de l'évolution humaine et non des mécanismes généraux de l'évolution. Je le laisse pour info mais inutile de s'entrainer dessus. Merci !

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17 avril 2015

Chapter 3: HUMAN EVOLUTION

Par S. BENDRIF (Lycée J.Ferry, Versailles (78)) le 17 avril 2015, 23:52

What is specific to humans since our last common ancestor with the chimpanzees ?

I) The knowledge about human evolution thanks to Genetics and Paleoanthropology

1) Our 5 early relatives (from Afarensis to Florensis : article from the UK National History Museum

website.)

What were the interactions between early human relatives which led to modern humans ?

2) 3 main models of evolution

3) Scientific tools to understand human evolution : phylogenetic trees

II) Evolution : a burning issue in the USA

1) Darwin and the process of Evolution

2) The battle between Evolution and Creationism and the difficulty to teach the topic in the USA :

- cartoon from the AIG, 2001 (Adam as opposed to apes)

- Virtual Tour of the Creationist museum of Petersburg, funded by the AIG

(http://creationmuseum.org/whats-here/exhibits/)

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23 février 2015

Chapter 2: PLANT DOMESTICATION

Par S. BENDRIF (Lycée J.Ferry, Versailles (78)) le 23 février 2015, 00:19

How has plant domestication shaped vegetable biodiversity but even broad civilizations ?

I) Discovering the process of domestication

1) A broad overview: plant domestication and effects on Humans (gap-fill text)

2) Map of the centers of domestication of crop plants

II) Diversity of plant domestication process

- The birth of agriculture in the Neolithic and its worldwide spread

- Group work: 1) Maize domestication

                       2) Rice domestication ( cf PJ)

                      3) Wheat domestication

                      4) Pearl Millet domestication

                      5) A domestication for a non feeding purpose: Flax (cf PJ)


III) An assessment of the human use of plants: from empirical selection to modern biotechnologies, to feed people, but not only.

1) Selection

2) ... for diverse purposes.

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22 février 2015

Chapter 1: FEED THE WORLD

Par S. BENDRIF (Lycée J.Ferry, Versailles (78)) le 22 février 2015, 23:42

How is it possible to reach a sustainable agricultural development and food security for all ?

I) Assessment of the world situation

1) The current situation: growth of population / hunger / malnutrition

2) Eating is also part of culture: if 2500 calories per day are needed for a normal adult body, eating is not just a physical need, it's also a cultural and affective choice.

II) The current agricultural  models and experiments

(see  documents in file attached)

Group work: 1) The productivist model: a double-edged sword solution

                    2) Using Science to feed the world: the experiment of biotechnologies related to Genetic Engineering

                    3) Testing out sustainable or organic agriculture: - Case at a regional scale: the sustainable Great Green Wall in Africa

                                                                                               - Case at a local scale: an organic farm near Liverpool in England

III) The wind of change for our food habits ?

1) From fast food: Extracts from Morgan Spurlock's movie Super Size Me, 2004

2) ... to Slow Food (article)

3) Fighting for more solidarity to satisfy a vital need: the European Federation of Food Banks action.

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SYLLABUS and EXAM

Par S. BENDRIF (Lycée J.Ferry, Versailles (78)) le 22 février 2015, 23:18

Here is our syllabus, made of 3 chapters:

1). Feed the world

2). Plant domestication

3). Human Evolution

The final exam is an oral test on May:

- 20 minutes of preparation

- 10 minutes to explain 1 or 2 documents with a topic to guide your issue

- 10 minutes of interview led by a teacher of Sciences and one of English

- The purpose is to check your capacity of understanding a scientific source with a critical sense in a correct and fluent English.

It is also the opportunity to measure what the Euro section brought to your personal knowledge and thought about the place of Science within our societies.  

Welcome !

Par S. BENDRIF (Lycée J.Ferry, Versailles (78)) le 22 février 2015, 23:05

Dear students,

Ce blog est destiné à vous accompagner pour votre option de section européenne anglais en SVT, sachant les conditions un peu particulières de cette année. Vous y retrouverez donc les problématiques, plans et compléments de cours de nos 3 chapitres, en gardant en tête ce précieux conseil d'Albert Einstein: "The important thing is to not stop questioning"... (from Relativity: The Special and the General Theory; 1920 for the English publication.)

All the best

Mme BENDRIF