Life Science, Get Your Child More Involved


by tireddadoffive - Date: 2007-06-29 - Word Count: 538 Share This!

Life science is the study of life on our planet (also referred to as biology). Life scientists observe how and why life operates in the way that it does. Life scientists are also very diverse in that some choose to study microscopic life while others study life that is now extinct. Life scientists are also doctors who look to find ways to treat diseases and cure illnesses in people that are on the earth right now.

There is likely to be a connection to life science in any interest that your child may have. If your child likes animals, animals and veterinary science are definitely a part of life science. Or perhaps your little ones are more into the make-believe characters. Life science can help to teach them the difference between what is real and what is not scientifically feasible. Life science is also a science that is filled with lots of controversy and differences of opinion. Genetics is just one example of a discipline of medicine where scientist cannot always agree on theories.

Life science is an interesting way for your child to gain an appreciation and understanding of the delicate nature of life and the fact that although life has a beginning and an end, there is the constant continuation of life through reproduction. Everything from the vegetables that we grow to the children that we nurture are born with what they need to reproduce a life of their own. Few things hold as much wonder as the potential of life.

Below are some more examples of different scientific disciplines that could be considered life sciences. Also below are short descriptions and examples of each type of science.

Molecular biology - Molecular biology looks at the fundamental chemistry of life. Molecular biology studies the interactions between cells and the effects present during different combinations of proteins and genes.

Cell biology -Cell biology looks at the cell. The cell is often referred to as the basic building block of all life because every living thing is made up of tiny cells. These cells all have unique jobs in regulating the processes the keep us alive.

Genetics - Genetics is the study of the blue prints that we are all born with and that we will pass on to our children. All terrestrial organisms use DNA and RNA-based genetic mechanisms to hold information about what we look like, how our bodies will function, etc. No two people have the exact same genetic makeup although those who are related by blood have much more similarities than those who are not related to us.

Developmental biology - The study of how life develops and reproduces. Also developmental biology encompasses how all living creatures progress intellectually and physically as life is lived.

Evolution - The study of how life came to be the way we now know it as. Perhaps one of the most controversial topics in life science, there are many differences of opinion when it comes to explaining how and if certain life forms evolved certain ways.

With so many different areas of life science to explore you may not know where to start. Do not worry, there are experiments available online that are bound to get you and your children more involved with the life sciences.

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