Cell Wars Project Blog

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Summary:

The presidential debate for who is going to be the next president of Cell Land is OVER!!  Everyones vote is being cast in. My vote is going to the Ribosomes because from their presentation is the the ribosomes help grow your hair and the proteins they make gives and helps the cell with its structure and the function of the whole cello. The ribosome has both a large sub unit and small sub unit. The ribosomes make all proteins which after get sent to the Golgi Apparatus to be processed modified and sent out.

Backward Looking:

 I knew pretty much all about cells because we learned and had a whole unit on them in 5th grade but I forgot some parts from here and there. I knew the different cells were Vacuole, Ribosomes, Lysosomes, Peroxisome, Cell Wall, Cell Membrane, Cytoplasm, ER (Endoplasmic Reticulum), and the Mitochondria. The only thing I forgot was the structure and function. But this project cleared up my head and reminded me about the cells and organelles.

Inward Looking:

What I found frustrating out this project was that we had to do so many things and my group was scattered here and there.  When we said we were to do the poster we ended up smearing/burning other organelles. And we had a hard time settling on what to do one this day and the other. I mean half way through class we would know what to do but by the next half we would be leaving work half done. That was another problem we would be spending to much time on one thing such as our poster for most of class leaving only 15 minutes to work on our script which is key for our video. But we got over it and gave a pretty decent poster,video,smear/burn and tack board.

Outward Looking:

I would give my group an A- or the lowest a B+ because we put a lot of effort in our video smears/burns and poster. But in my opinion I think we could have put a tad bit more facts in our video. And we could have made our posters a little bit more informative about our organelle. But in my opinion our smears/burns were perfectly fine. Like I said the only thing with flaws was our poster and out video.

Forward Looking:

One goal I want to set for myself is to probably organize out what day I would do this and that. I say this because I feel like my group was kind of rushed. My group was kind of rushed because we would be springing from one place to the other place doing work. But the thing is we would leave our remaining work like 80% done while starting another part of the project. So for future projects I would want to make a calendar to stay on track and to keep myself on task and focus.

Organelle Problems 9/11/16

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Achondrogenesis type A and B

Summary:

There are many terrible disease and trouble to a human and a cell when a organelle malfunctions. For example; The Golgi Body. The Golgi Body can cause a disease called Achondrogenesis. Achondrogenesis is a disease that makes a babies bones and cartilage have a hard time developing. This is causes by the malfunction of the Golgi Bodies micro tubules. Its malfunctions when the ER (endoplasmic reticulum) cannot transport proteins to the Golgi Body. And this causes the bones a cartilage to have trouble developing. 

SP7: Engaging in argument from evidence

In out cell wars unit we are arguing about cells malfunctions and which cell would make a fine president. And my cell is The Golgi Body. We are arugining and saying the Golgi Body is the best candidate because The golgi is often considered the distribution and shipping department for the cell's chemical products.The Golgi also is found in both animal and plant cells.And we already work for the cell. 

Structure and Function

Once again we were working on our video so we had to investigate further into other organelles functions and our own as well. We found out that Mitochondria “Malfunctioning mitochondria have been linked to diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and even normal aging.” And If we have too many vacuoles, that can cause serious diseases such as Danon’s Disease, which can affect the whole cell. Actually, it can affect the entire body. Danon’s Disease breaks down muscle cells, leaving a low survival rate. The cell membrane is responsible for letting in water, salt, and nutrients. If the membrane malfunctions, the entire cell suffers because of the imbalanced levels of water, salt, and nutrients. And Achondrogenesis is very rare. Only about 1 in 40-60,000 babies have it.

The Golgi Body

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• The golgi body modifies many products from the Endoplasmic Reticulum including proteins and phospholipids. The Golgi body packages the proteins that the ribosomes make.

Gathers simple molecules and combines them to create complex moleculesThe golgi is often considered the distribution and shipping department for the cell's chemical products.A Golgi Body was actually one of the first organelles 
to be observed. A italian physician named Camillo Golgi discovered it. It was found when the physician was investigating the nervous system. Some of the many function that the Golgi body does is it gathers simple molecules and combines them to create complex molecules.

SP8: Obtain,evaluate and communicate information
<=My group made a poster to persuade people to vote for the Golgi Body for president of cell land. We are still looking for small facts to insert but this is what we have. We put information such as"We do more than package we also modify and sort things"which means that not only do we package things that the ribosome's make we also modify and sort them.

Structure And Function
The function of my organelle is to package modify and sort things for secretion.We also transport things called lipids around the cell that the ribosomes produce. Were basically the post office of the cell. The golgi body is also part of the ER. The ER is also known as the Endoplasmic Reticulum. We sort and process proteins. The golgi body was discovered long before the scienist actually knew what it did.

Cell Theory 8/26/16

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Summary:

The Golgi Body is technically the the post office for a cell. The golgi body is found in both plant and animal cells.The first golgi was actually one of the first organelles to be observed. A italian physician named Camillo Golgi discovered it while trying to investigate the Nervous system. Gathers simple molecules and combines them to create complex molecules. Then packages the complex molecules in vesicles and either stores them or sends them out of the cell.
The golgi is often considered the distribution and shipping department for the cell's chemical products.he golgi was actually one of the first organelles to be observed. A Italian physician named camillo Golgi discovered it. Modifies, sorts and packages proteins for secretion.

SP6: Constructing Explanations And Designing Solutions:

I evaluated information from a worksheet to decide which is the odd one out and we decided that the sugar was the odd one out because earlier that day we discussed that if the thing is alive it can eat and drink and reproduce for example a apple seed. A apple seed falls off apple tree and obviously most people won't pick it up because its on the ground so it stays there. And after all that time the apple rots and the seed are still there. And when it rains it gives hydration to the seed so the seed plants itself to the ground and the sun also helps by giving the seed energy. So right there was a example of reproduction,hydration, and energy. This is what indicates I something is living.

Structure And Function:

A cell is a starting point for all organisms. Its like on big building block. The cell has many different functions and parts inside it. For example the Vacuole,Mitochondria,Cell Wall,Cytoplasm,Cell Membrane, and there are more. All those including more help control the cell and how to maintain its structure. There are over 100,000 trillion cells in our bodies. The Nucleus controls the cell. And the Mitochondria is the power house of the cell. All cells in our body come from preexisting cells.

Weekly Blog 5/22

SUMMARY
This week I found out that Food can rot in the process of distribution and can get scratches from being packed. At home Food can be wasted and left in the fridge until it expires. It can also be stored in overheated places or it could be stored in a place that is too cold.In the production of apples for example The apples can fall off tree and break open and get scratches. And bugs can spread diseases on apples.

SP4: Analyzing and interpreting data

We analyzed data on a google document and we also got data from different sites and compared them to see which data was the true one and which was not so true. We had about 3 charts for 3 different reasons. One was the process of processing food another was what food was in season and another one was for dairy farmers vs food farmers.

Weekly Blog 5/9/16 - 5/16/16

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I learned about many animals through out this week. Such as these animals. The Eastern chipmunks are native to North America and they can be found in Southeastern Canada and the Eastern United States. People think that this animal hibernates but it doesn't. They actually move to warmer weather. They live on the food they have brought into their burrows.  Also a chipmunk can live to be 3 years old. The American Black Bear lacks the distinctive shoulder hump that the Grizzly Bear has. This bear can run up to 25 miles per hour, which is very quick for its 220-594 pound body. They walk in a "heel, toe, heel, toe, etc." pattern like people. They have rounded ears, a short stubby tail, and short claws that help with climbing trees. These are some animals that live in the deciduous forest.

We used a "model" or "diorama" of the deciduous to show how the deciduous looked like. This week everyone finished their diorama this week. We used a shoes box with a printed picture of the deciduous as a backdrop. And we used fake trees as well um trees! And we also used some real dirt from the earth and sprinkled it over our shoe box bottom. We used yarn as a water current flow. And we bought fake animals to represent our Animals in our shoes box.

Biome Project Project Blog

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Summary

In this project we had to make a website and diorama on a biome of our choice. We had to put a page for plants,Animals,Human Interaction,and Survival.And I was working on the Plants Page. We basically had to put like 5 or 3 examples of plants. And for our diorama we could use whatever we wanted as long as the diorama had 3 animals, 3 plants, and 6 labels for all the animals.

Backward-Looking:
I didn't know much about the deciduous forest before we started. I only heard the name before but I never bothered to research it. But now I know that the deciduous forest is a temperate forest or temperate broad-leaf forest. That are dominated by trees that lose their leaves each year. They are found in areas with warm, moist summers and mild winters.

Inward-Looking:
I feel proud about this because our diorama and website came out very good. I like how we were able to make a nice simple design of our biome.I feel like our diorama wasn't that simple because we put lots of effort and used our creativity. I enjoyed making the diorama and planning it. I disliked that we had to write down so many facts for many different animals and plants on the website. But overall this project was very fun to do.

Outward-Looking:
I would give my project an A because we worked hard and followed the instruction. We double checked our work to make sure we met all the requirement on the website and the diorama. And while making the diorama I feel like we all pitched in our creativity to make it and decorate it. And I know that all my group members contributed on the website. I know this because our website has an amazing amount of facts on each topic that we had to do. And we like did extra checks, like over 5 to make sure we had everything and we even did grammar checks, or at least I did. This is one of the many reasons why I would give my project an A.

Forward-Looking:

I would change our page setup on our website, because I feel like we could do a little better in it and our choice of page backgrounds. But this can easily be fixed by last minute changes on the website. I really want to change the amount of facts that we put because its uneven because 2 pages have many facts and 1 or 2 have less. And I also think that some of the pages have an exaggerated amount of facts. But overall I wouldn't change anything else. But I know for a fact that our diorama was on point and there is no need to fix it or make any changes. But these are my thoughts on my project, my teams might be different but this is my point of view.