1. Unit 5 Seminar: Menopause and Equilibrium Molika Chea, MS, CHES Kaplan University SC300

2. Housekeeping – Reference Page APA Quick Reference (n.d.). Retrieved July 8, 2012 from Kaplan University – SC300 Home Page

3. Unit Objectives  Discuss how natural imbalances affect human lives  Describe the effect of temperature on equilibration of systems  Apply the concept of equilibrium to human hormone systems  Course Outcomes practiced in this unit  SC300-1: Explain basic scientific principles and their limitations  SC300-4: Employ appropriate scientific ideas and methods to everyday situations

4. Unit 5 Assignments  Reading: Chapter 4 p. 72-82  Web Resource: What Is Menopause?  Discussion: Causes of Natural Disasters  Seminar: Equilibrium and Menopause  Project: Temperature and Equilibrium Virtual Lab  Quiz is Worth 90 Points!!

5. Menopause Resources  Video: What is menopause?  http://video.healthination.com/hn/menopause/what-is- menopause-overview.html http://video.healthination.com/hn/menopause/what-is- menopause-overview.html  National Institutes of Health  http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/menopause.cfm http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/menopause.cfm  Women’s Health – U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services  http://www.womenshealth.gov/menopause/menopause-basics/ http://www.womenshealth.gov/menopause/menopause-basics/

6. Seminar Discussion  What treatments exist for menopause and how safe and effective are they?  Managing Menopause  http://video.healthination.com/hn/menopause/what-is- menopause-overview.html http://video.healthination.com/hn/menopause/what-is- menopause-overview.html

7. Seminar Discussion  What are some of the drawbacks to these treatments?

8. Seminar Discussion  If Tilly has been a smoker all her life, how might this alter her transition through menopause?

9. Seminar Discussion  Do some research on your own to learn about why, among Japanese women, hot flashes are very rare. Why do you think this might be the case? Source: Microsoft PowerPoint Clip Art

10. Debate about Soy  http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20090000- 10391704.html http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20090000- 10391704.html

11. Unit 6 Preview  Reading: Chapter 19 and 25 Video resources about Evolution  Discussion: Endangered Species & Plants  Seminar: Natural Selection  Project: Impacts of a Borderless Society Source: Microsoft PowerPoint Clip Art

12. Unit 6 Project Questions  1. List all of the components of two of your meals. Then,  a. Where did each component of your meal originate? List the country that each part of your meal came from. (i.e., Did that glass of red wine come from Australia? Is the cheese from France?)  b. List where you purchased the products from.  c. Consider the chain of events that took the product to get from the farm/laboratory to your table.  2. What are some of the benefits of a global market and why? List at least 2 benefits, weighing any short-term and long-term impacts.  3. What are some of the impacts of this global market and why? Considering both short-term and long-term impacts, provide at least 2 negative impacts.  4. Consider the phrase Think Globally, Act Locally. What does it mean to you?  5. Has your research on the global market changed the way you will choose goods in the future? Why or why not?

13. Contact Information  Email: mchea@kaplan.edu  Screen Name: molika.chea@gmail.com  Office Hours: By Appointment