Welcome to this page which is provided primarily for my students at Jackson
High School, where I teach Biology, Applied
Genetics, and Marine Biology.
Mr. Brown's Web Site!
Welcome to this page which is provided primarily for my students at Jackson
High School, where I teach Biology, Applied
Genetics, and Marine Biology.
JHS's new Math/Science Building is a state-of-the-art facility that
was completed in August 1998. With lots of space and new equipment (and
air conditioning!), Biology students have
been finding out that an understanding 
of
the natural world is like a jigsaw puzzle: first you become familiar with
each piece, then comes the challenge and fun of fitting the pieces together
to make an awesome, complete picture.
Students
in Applied Genetics complete a full quarter
each of microbiology and molecular biology. A big thanks to St.
Francis Medical Center Laboratory for their hospitality earlier
this year. The class enjoyed their field trip to the Lab, a follow-up to
my two-week internship there three summers ago. The Lab also generously
supplied some surplus media which was used by the AppGen researchers in
performing a "mock" clinical diagnostic lab procedure. Later, they will
be involved in DNA technology including investigations in restriction enzyme
action and DNA fingerprinting.
Several times during the school year, Mr. Lynn Cotner and I present our Chemistry "magic" show to various fifth grade classes in the R-2 district. Our goal is to educate and entertain in a semi-Bill Nye style.
Parents, all of my students are required to keep a record of their grades in their folder at all times, as well as a copy of the current unit's Objective List. Please become involved in your son or daughter's education at JHS by periodically looking over these documents with them.
A special HELLO to students exploring
the internet in Janet Ludwig's class!
(Mention this message and she might award you
lots of extra credit!)
Check out these interesting sites!
Human
Genome Project Information - includes links to the genetic world.
Microbes
- invisible invaders / amazing allies - Meet
a Microbe
SCUBA links
Florida
Keys and tourist information at this Official
Site .
Review
SCUBA
Physics & Buoyancy and Gas Laws.
Florida
SCUBA News
SCUBA
World
If you
have comments or suggestions, email me at drbrown@showme.net
