Villian Organ System Changes 1/29/17

Summary:
 Many people believe that superhero are fake and childish. I believe that it is possible to create a real life super hero. To do this you need the knowledge of science, genetics, and the different body systems. Its possible that if you change your body systems up you could possible get "superpowers". Such as making your lungs bigger so that you can run faster. Or increasing the size of your pupils making you see better in the dark. Increasing muscle size can make you stronger and give you much much much more strength. There is a possibility to have "superpowers" you just need to use science.

S&EP:SP 2 Developing And Using Models: I drew a Super Villain and I changed up 4 of my villains organ systems. There are 2 modes for each of the changed organs. Normal And Nefarious. I changed the eyes,muscular system, skeletal system, and ears. For the eyes I enlarged the pupil for night vision. The muscles in the muscular system got bigger so that my super villain can hold up heavy objects. For The skeletal system changed because I gave my superhero elastic like bones so that she could stretch her bones out almost 5 miles! Last but not least the ear. I enlarged the small hearing hole to make her hear very well. and I also gave her pointy ears.

XCC: Structure And Function: Every change you do to a persons body system affects them. Like I said before if you enlarge the pupil in a humans eye then the human will see better in the dark. If you increase muscle size you make the human much more stronger.If you made your lungs bigger you would be able to hold more air and do things better such as running and jogging without running out of breath. Or another example would be your bladder. If you increase the size of that then you will be able to hold more urine allowing yourself more time away from the bathroom.

Genetic Mutations 1/14/16

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Summary:

There are many different type of genetic mutations such as Insertion. Insertion is a genetic mutation that occurs when a need piece  of DNA is added which causes the number of DNA bases. The result of this would be that the protein made by the gene won't function properly and will be bad for your body. Next theres Deletion. Deletion occurs when the number of DNA bases changes when a piece of DNA is removed. This could cause the proteins in the making to come out bad or with errors and there are many other different types of genetic mistakes.
S&EP SP1- Asking Questions And Defining Problems
I asked the question "What is a GMO and whats the difference between a mutation and a GMO?" A GMO is when somebody modifies a piece of DNA on purpose nobody forces them and its not by accident they choose to change their DNA. Genetically modifying is when your cells duplicate wrong or when a toxic chemical somehow gets into your body and causes your DNA to go haywire. The difference between the two is how a GMO is when you decide to change your DNA while a genetic modification is when your cells randomly disfunction causing your DNA to change giving you a mutation.
XCC: Cause And Effect
Every single little mistake in DNA can completely change your body. Like I described in the summary there are many types of different genetic mutations. And even the smallest error in DNA can have either a good outcome or a bad outcome. Most of the time the effect could be negative. But the positive effect can only be when you decide to give yourself a genetic mutation. Like my superhero for instance she got mutated when a piece of the Pistol Shrimp skin mixed with something that would take the DNA from the Pistol Shrimp skin and become a new base in my superhero DNA.

Genetics 2.0 1/8/17

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Summary:

Genetics are what make up your body and your parent are the people who have an effect on what you look like. Everything is made up of smaller parts. Like smallest to largest - gene,DNA, chromosome,nucleus,cell. Punnet squares are used to see what traits you might be born with. A punnet square is made up of a square divided into 4 parts. A capitol letter would represent a Dominant Trait and a lowercase letter would represent a recessive trait. You use it kind of like a multiplication table. The capitol letter always goes first.

 Dad = 2 recessive

 Mom = 1 dominant 1 recessive

     __s____s_

S |  Ss  |  Ss  |

   |____|____|

 s |  ss   |   ss |

                                               

S&EP:Did you build a model, draw a picture, created a concept map, etc?

yes I did many models the models I used were the punnet squares. We also had to draw many pictures about our superhero and their offspring. We would use to the model to figure out if our superhero offspring would have brown hair, super strength, speed etc.  I had already found the different alleles for both my superhero and supervillan. We drew a picture afterwards to resemble our results from the punnet squares. 

XCC: Cause And Effect 

The cause and effect has a big effect because lets say the mom has a lot of stress while being pregnant. The effect would be a unhealthy baby. If the mom smokes or has alcohol then the child could be born with disabilities and might have a higher chance of getting cancer. Twins. If two eggs get fertilized at the exact same time you have nonidentical twins. But if a egg gets fertilized and splits into 2 you will have identical twins. Identical twins may look very similar at birth and around young ages but as they get older their small differences begin to show a lot.

Genetics Vocabulary Test Corrections

Genetics Vocabulary Test Corrections 

C. Allele

Wrong Answer - Phenotype observed in heterozygous organisms

Right Answer - One of two or more alternative forms of a gene. This answer is correct because a Phenotype observed in heterozygous organisms is a Dominant Trait not an allele.

E. Heterozygous

Wrong Answer - One of two or more alternative forms of a gene

Right Answer - A genotype consisting of two different alleles, also called hybrid. This is correct because One of two or more alternative forms of a gene is an allele while A genotype consisting of two different alleles, also called hybrid is Heterozygous.

F. Dominant Trait 

Wrong Answer - Phenotype masked in heterozygous organisms, that can only be observed in homozygous organisms

Right Answer - Phenotype observed in heterozygous organisms. This answer is correct because Phenotype masked in heterozygous organisms, that can only be observed in homozygous organisms is the definition of a Recessive Trait.

G. Recessive Trait

Wrong Answer - A genotype consisting of two different alleles, also called hybrid

Right Answer - Phenotype masked in heterozygous organisms, that can only be observed in homozygous organisms. This answer is correct because A genotype consisting of two different alleles, also called hybrid is the definition of heterozygous.

Genetics Wizer Me Test Corrections

Genetics Wizer Me Test Corrections

Question 3 - Which of the following describes a phenotype?  

   Wrong Answer- The number of traits an organism possesses

    Right Answer- An observable product of an organism’s genetic makeup. This is because a phenotype is what shows on the actual organism while the number of traits an organism possesses is the number of traits a certain organism inherits.  

Question 4 - Which of the following describes a genotype?

   Wrong Answer- An observable product of an organism’s genetic makeup

    Right Answer- The genes contained in an organism’s genetic makeup. This is because a genotype is the different genes the genetics makeup has while the observable product is actually a phenotype.

Question 6 - Which of the following is the passing of traits from parents to offspring?

   Wrong Answer- Characteristics

    Right Answer- Heredity. This is the correct answer because a characteristic is like someones mood or how they want to act and none of that is inherited and heredity defines the passing of physical/mental statistics.

Question 10 - If a baby zebra has a two recessive genes for short legs which of the following may be true?

   Wrong Answer-The father has two recessive genes. The mother has two dominant genes.

    Right Answer- The father has two recessive genes. The mother has one dominant gene and one recessive gene.    This is right because......

Dad = 2 recessive                            Dad = 2 recessive

Mom=2 dominant                            Mom = 1 dominant 1 recessive

*Wrong*                                             *Right*

 _s______s_                                 __s____s_

S|  Ss    |  Ss |                            S |  Ss  |  Ss  |

  |_____|___ |                               |  ___|____|

S|    Ss  |  Ss |                            s  |  ss   | ss   |

  |          |       |                               |        |        |

                                               

Question 17 - A population of mice lives in northern Canada where there is snow most of the year. 

These mice are hunted by other animals. Which feature would be best for these mice to inherit from their parents, so they are NOT all killed off by their predators?

   Wrong Answer- A large amount of fur

    Right Answer- White Fur Color. White Fur Color is correct because since in northern Canada it snows most of the year the white fur would act as a camouflage to blend in so that the mice wouldn't be killed off.

Question 19 - Two parent bunnies have recessive traits for white fur.  What genotype will all of the offspring have?

   Wrong Answer- Ff

    Right Answer- ff. This is because both parent bunnies have the recessive trait and if you use a punnet square the only possible outcome for a genotype is ff since both parents have recessive traits.

 

Question 22 - What is the probability of two parents that are BB and Bb to have an offspring with a recessive trait?

   Wrong Answer- 25%

    Right Answer-0%   is correct because.....                                                    

 ___B___b__                       

B|  BB  |  Bb |                      

  |_____|___ |                        

B|   BB |  Bb |                      

  |          |       |                          

        There is no bb which would be the genotype for the recessive.     

Charity Fair Project 12/9/16

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Summary: Do you ever think that your shelf looks kind of boring, or that it’s missing something? Well we have a solution for you. We present the Seasonal Mason Jars created by the company, A & D Association. Our seasonal mason jars come in 4 different themes, including an ocean themed mason jar for those who are interested in sea life, a fall mason jar that perfectly completes the fall decor, a winter mason jar that will give you the christmas miracle you’ve been waiting for, and a spring mason jar for those who live for wildlife. The characteristic of a good charity is that it gives the majority of the money it earns to the actual cause and not the administrative costs. The Institute for Women’s Policy Research achieves this ideal characteristic. The IWPR gives about 57% of the money that they earned to the actual cause. Also, only about 43% of the money that the charity earns is administrative costs.
Backward Looking:
I had a lot of experience with the charity. To be exact since 5th grade so this made it my 3rd year doing charity fair. I am very familiar with charity fair and how it all goes. The only new thing was that we had to present 1 by 1 in front of a audience of parents and they would rate us. It used to be a parent coming to our booth and then we would present to them there but it changed this year. But the rest was normal we would do a Ignite Presentation, Charity Statistics, Cost & Profit, an Instructable, and our Poster Board. And we would make a product to sell at the Charity Fair.

Inward Looking:
One thing that was frustrating is that we little time to work on our project in classes. In Language Arts for out Ignite Presentation we had 3 days, In Social Studies we had 2 days to research about our charity, In Math we had 4 Days in total to do both our cost and profit and statistics, In Elective we had 1 week which was fine that class was clear for our board which was a good amount of time so it does not count for this, and in Science for our instructable we had 2 days. This made us have to do most of our projects as homework.

Outward Looking:
I would give our project an A because we put a lot of effort into this and when we couldn't meet up at each others houses we would go to the library and do our product over there. We put a lot of effort into this by working on it at home a lot and revising everything we do.  And if we didn't meet the expectations of our work we would always regrade it and try to meet the expectations. We would read the rubrics also for all our work and we would always double deck our work and sometimes check it 3 times.

Forward Looking:
One thing I would like to improve upon is our board setup because is was kind of scrambled here and there and it was disorganized a bit. And I would also like to reflect on the spring jar we did that was also kind of scrambled and disorganized so i wish my group was more organized with our stuff.

Human Genetics 12/4/16

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Human Genetics 12/4/16

Summary:
Genetics are what you inherit from your mother and father when you are born. They are what make you look like either your mom or dad when you are older. 99.5% of all human genes are the same. DNA carries generic instruction for your body and how you are supposed to look. Our DNA is 3 meters long. One of our cells can stretch from the earth to the sun back and forth 3 times!
S&EP: SP2: Developing and using models:
We are making superheroes and mine is based off of the Pistol Shrimp. The pistol shrimp can close its jaws so fast and abruptly that the water around heats up to a boil. Since the Pistol Shrimp is small it can fit into small spaces. I drew a picture of the pistol shrimp as a human and my superhero has claws for hands. It also has the whiskers that help the shrimp sense things around it.
XCC: Structure and Function: 
When the water inside the claw get squeezed out it forms a type of mini water jet. The speed of the water jet is so fast that once the shrimp closes its claws we get a pressure drop to below the normal vapor pressure of water which results in cavitation. Cavitation occurs when the water velocity is very high, the pressure drop that are even below the vapor pressure will vaporize or boil. The loud sound that the claws of the pistol shrimp make consist of both claws slamming together at such amazing speeds and so much force.