Welcome to Mr. Tobin's class website! |
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Welcome to Mr. Tobin's class website! |
Please navigate the tabs above to your course: biology or chemistry
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My schedule:
1-Chemistry, rm C239 2-Biology, rm C239 4-Biology, rm C241 5-Biology, rm C241 8-Biology, rm C204 |
I am excited to be your science teacher! I am a native of Lake County (Gurnee), and I am happy to be back. Before teaching, I had a series of research positions. I enjoyed learning more about science, but I realized my true passion was working with students. In addition to teaching science, I coach the boy's lacrosse team. In my free time, I like to spend time with family and friends, swim, ride my bike, and travel.
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DePauw UniversityAt DePauw, my university, I studied bouncing bet (above). Bouncing bet turns pink as it changes from male to female. The plant spends energy to make the pink pigment, so it must need the color for something. My research focused on why the flower would "want" to be pink!
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U.S. Forest ServiceFungus called mycorrhizae grows on tree roots. It helps trees reach more water and nutrients. Mycorrhizae from different trees connect with one another and link most of the trees in a forest. I studied how trees pass nutrients and pathogens to one another through this network.
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Cane toads were introduced to Australia to control agricultural pests (bugs that ate crops). They quickly overpopulated, and they continue to spread across the continent. My research focused on how the toads, and their tadpoles, are able to change things about themselves during their lives. For example, tadpoles that detect predators will develop thicker tails, so they can swim away quicker!
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In the deep, dark ocean animals are able to live around small volcanoes. However, sometimes these volcanoes erupt and kill everything around them. I studied whether the same animals--or new ones--took over the area after the area after it was destroyed.
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