Assignment: Nutrition Smithsonian Museum Project Paper

Assignment: Nutrition Smithsonian Museum Project Paper

NUTR101: Smithsonian Museum Project/ Diet and Human Evolution Off Campus Trip/ On Own Due date: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Field Trip to the Smithsonian Museums – National Museum of Natural History 10th Street & Constitution Ave, NW, WASH, DC 20560 and National Museum of American History 14th and Constitution Ave, NW Wash DC 20001 Times that Sara Ducey will be at this museum to answer your questions: →Friday, November 8, 2019 from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. →Saturday, November 9, 2019 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Note: If you cannot join us at one of these times, simply go at a time convenient to you. Take a “selfie” or have someone else snap your picture to show Sara that you did go. WHAT TO BRING WITH YOU TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT: [ ] This handout, printed off, so you can take notes. [ ] Several extra sheets of plain paper to draw on. [ ] #2 or softer pencil for drawing a skull. [ ] Something firm to write on (binder, notebook or clipboard). [ ] A classmate, family member, friend or lover. [ ] MONEY to get you there and back home, safely. [ ] Water bottles and snack foods in sealed bags have typically been O.K. If they take them at the door, I apologize. [ ] The button that identifies you as a Montgomery College student, and the waiver form for photos of strangers. [ ] Sara Ducey’s cell for the day of the trips is 240-429-9600 Note:

This is not my typical number, so do be sure to remove it from your contact list after the trip. BEFORE THE VISIT: Take time to familiarize yourself with the website for the Hall of Human Origins exhibit. http://humanorigins.si.edu/ You’ll find answers to some of the questions on this questionnaire. It will prepare you to “see” the exhibit. In case it may be useful, the link to an aerial view of the site is shown at: http://www.mnh.si.edu/visit/maps.htm. The floor plan for the museum is found at http://www.mnh.si.edu/visit/images/museum_map/floor_plans/140321_museum_map_north.pdf. The Hall of Human Origins is marked with a silhouette of a hand on a red circle. 1 SCAVENGER HUNT FORM: HALL OF HUMAN ORIGINS EXHIBIT Use this handout to take your notes. When you return from the museum, re-write and key your answers into the word doc posted to our Blackboard course. Be sure to spell- and grammarcheck your document, and format it in a way that makes your answers clear from the other text. Print the completed form and turn it in during class on Thursday, October 25, 2018. Give yourself one and a half to two hours to consider this exhibit, enjoy it and be able to answer the questions on this form. Don’t limit yourself to the areas that I ask about—there are many, very interesting areas here. The [ ] brackets help you to know you are expected.

Plant nutrition is the study of the chemical elements that are necessary for plant growth.[15] There are several principles that apply to plant nutrition. Some elements are directly involved in plant metabolism. However, this principle does not account for the so-called beneficial elements, whose presence, while not required, has clear positive effects on plant growth.

A nutrient that can limit plant growth according to Liebig’s law of the minimum is considered an essential plant nutrient if the plant cannot complete its full life cycle without it. There are 16 essential plant soil nutrients, besides the three major elemental nutrients carbon and oxygen that are obtained by photosynthetic plants from carbon dioxide in the air, and hydrogen, which is obtained from water.

Plants uptake essential elements from the soil through their roots and from the air (consisting of mainly nitrogen and oxygen) through their leaves. Green plants obtain their carbohydrate supply from the carbon dioxide in the air by the process of photosynthesis. Carbon and oxygen are absorbed from the air, while other nutrients are absorbed from the soil. Nutrient uptake in the soil is achieved by cation exchange, wherein root hairs pump hydrogen ions (H+) into the soil through proton pumps. These hydrogen ions displace cations attached to negatively charged soil particles so that the cations are available for uptake by the root. In the leaves, stomata open to take in carbon dioxide and expel oxygen. The carbon dioxide molecules are used as the carbon source in photosynthesis.

Although nitrogen is plentiful in the Earth’s atmosphere, very few plants can use this directly. Most plants, therefore, require nitrogen compounds to be present in the soil in which they grow. This is made possible by the fact that largely inert atmospheric nitrogen is changed in a nitrogen fixation process to biologically usable forms in the soil by bacteria.[16]

Plant nutrition is a difficult subject to understand completely, partially because of the variation between different plants and even between different species or individuals of a given clone. Elements present at low levels may cause deficiency symptoms, and toxicity is possible at levels that are too high. Furthermore, deficiency of one element may present as symptoms of toxicity from another element and vice versa.[citation needed]

Important information for writing discussion questions and participation

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Hello class and welcome to the class and I will be your instructor for this course. This is a -week course and requires a lot of time commitment, organization, and a high level of dedication. Please use the class syllabus to guide you through all the assignments required for the course. I have also attached the classroom policies to this announcement to know your expectations for this course. Please review this document carefully and ask me any questions if you do. You could email me at any time or send me a message via the “message” icon in halo if you need to contact me. I check my email regularly, so you should get a response within 24 hours. If you have not heard from me within 24 hours and need to contact me urgently, please send a follow up text to

I strongly encourage that you do not wait until the very last minute to complete your assignments. Your assignments in weeks 4 and 5 require early planning as you would need to present a teaching plan and interview a community health provider. I advise you look at the requirements for these assignments at the beginning of the course and plan accordingly. I have posted the YouTube link that explains all the class assignments in detail. It is required that you watch this 32-minute video as the assignments from week 3 through 5 require that you follow the instructions to the letter to succeed. Failure to complete these assignments according to instructions might lead to a zero. After watching the video, please schedule a one-on-one with me to discuss your topic for your project by the second week of class. Use this link to schedule a 15-minute session. Please, call me at the time of your appointment on my number. Please note that I will NOT call you.

Please, be advised I do NOT accept any assignments by email. If you are having technical issues with uploading an assignment, contact the technical department and inform me of the issue. If you have any issues that would prevent you from getting your assignments to me by the deadline, please inform me to request a possible extension. Note that working fulltime or overtime is no excuse for late assignments. There is a 5%-point deduction for every day your assignment is late. This only applies to approved extensions. Late assignments will not be accepted.

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Plagiarism is highly prohibited. Please ensure you are citing your sources correctly using APA 7th edition. All assignments including discussion posts should be formatted in APA with the appropriate spacing, font, margin, and indents. Any papers not well formatted would be returned back to you, hence, I advise you review APA formatting style. I have attached a sample paper in APA format and will also post sample discussion responses in subsequent announcements.

Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!

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Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.

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Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

• Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
• There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
• Include in-text citations in your response
• Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
• Follow APA-7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

• A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
• Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
• Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
• Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
• Follow APA 7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

• Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
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