RJA#12

RJA#12A

List of completed tasks

-Research

- Outline

List of tasks needed to be done

- Presentation

- Draft

- Editor's letter

- Final paper

RJA#12B

My plan for the presentation is a couple slides explaining a virus a video of what a virus can do. After that i would like to present my argument and show the table comparing an active virus to a living organism. And of course have time for discussion and questions.



RJA#12C

http://cdegelau.blogspot.com/2009/11/rja-11.html

http://elvisenglish1020.blogspot.com/2009/11/rja-11a-introduction.html

RJA#11

RJA#11A


You begin to cough then body aches and chills finally a fever and your body is almost to the point of immobility. It feels like your being destroyed from the inside out and in fact you are. A microscopic entity is destroying your cells and replicating hundreds of species to continue the cycle. This entity is a virus and most of us have had contact with one in our life and would like that to not happen again. Now how is it we feel like something is living in us and taking over our body to do whatever it pleases but it is exactly not considered a living organism. What does it mean to be a living organism? Must you walk, talk, and eat or is it more complexed. Turns out it is more complexed and viruses sometimes fall short of the required characteristics. At the same time viruses also have points in their life when they meet the majority of these requirements. So I ask why do we not consider them living organisms? I believe that viruses have stages in their life that they are more alive than some people. They eat, evolve, replicate, and move and do so with the assistance of a host. A brief explanation of a virus is in order to understand what a host cell is and how a virus does certain things to live. In this paper I will explain how a virus lives and how it meets the qualifications of a living organism at certain points in its life. Some people believe that special circumstances are the case for some viruses and are said to be living. Also included is an interview with a teacher of sciences who researches viruses in her own time.
RJA#11B
For my visual aids I will provide a picture of a virus to show certain characteristics, a video for my presentation to show how a virus works, a table comparing a virus to the qualifications of a living organism, and possibly the results of an online survey(once i figure out how to do that).
RJA#11C
http://jalves1.blogspot.com/2009/10/research-journal-assignment-10a.html

http://stinoeng.blogspot.com/2009/10/rja-10a.html

RJA#10

RJA#10A
What does it mean to be a living organism? Must you walk, talk, and eat or is it more complexed. Turns out it is more complexed and viruses sometimes fall short of the required characteristics. At the same time viruses also have points in their life when they meet the majority of these requirements. So I ask why do we not consider them living organisms. I believe that viruses have stages in their life that they are more alive than some people. They eat, evolve, replicate, and move and do so with the assistance of a host. In this paper I will explain how a virus lives and how it meets the qualifications of a living organism at certain points in its life.
RJA#10B
Are viruses living or not?



I. Introduction
A. Hook
B. List of what will be discussed in the paper
i. Summary of a virus
1. Characteristics, host cell, life span, summary
ii. Comparisons to other organism
1. i.e. bacteria
iii. Qualifications
1. What makes a living organism living?
2. Where does a virus stand? (Table comparing both)
iv. Survey conducted ( Interview or poll on internet)
v. Special circumstances
1. Certain viruses living
2. Stages of life when a virus could be considered living
II. Paragraph 1
A. Breakdown of what a virus is.
i. Shape, function, variations, lifespan, and characteristics
ii. How it infects a host cell?
III. Qualifications
A. What makes a living organism?
i. Movement, evolution, metabolism, and etc
ii. Where does a virus stand? (Table comparing both)
IV. Comparisons to other organism
A. Compare to bacteria
i. Differences and similarities to bacteria
V. Special Circumstances
A. Certain viruses considered before others
i. Giant virus
B. Particular stages of life considered
i. Dormant stage vs. active
VI. Results from survey
A. Discuss results from interview or survey
VII. Conclusion
A. Wrap up
i. Restate key points
ii. Strong finish

I am not sure what happened to my outline but it looks like crap.