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Unit 10 Reflection

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Hi Guys, this will probably be the last post here, so I just want to thank all the readers for the support. This unit was about learning the human body, and a way we learned this we dissected a pig. If you want to see the blog post click this Link , and if you want to see the video, watch it at this Link . This made us learn the parts that we can find in our own bodies. I think a lesson here is also showing us how similar we are to other animals, because we are both mammals. We learned a lot about anatomy, and it was cool to finally learn what my gall bladder and pancreas actually do down there. I think of all the units, this is the easiest to apply in every day life. We leaned about all sorts of things but I don't want to ramble trough them. I think it is cool to know that we use many kinds organs in our bodies that make up a team. I think this is symbolic because in a way humans are literally made to work together and this seems like a justification that proves it. Anot...
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Pig Dissection

  Pig Dissection As disgusting as it was cool, I learned a lot from the pig dissection. Even being a no glove person, I learned a lot about anatomy and in a way how our own bodies work because we basically have all of the same organs. I think being the no glove made me learn more because I had to help everyone stay on task and make sure they knew were each part was so I could make the video we make good and so everyone can have a good part and know what it is. I think being the no glove person was probably harder because I had to keep things going when my group got off task and had to memorize all the information. I also found it fun to take the video even if it did hurt to watch after and just roll with it. To see that video click this Link
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Unit 9 Reflection

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Unit 9 Hello Readers it is finally the end of another unit and as always I am here to give you a summary on what I learned and what I take away from this unit. Unit 9 was very classification based and is a huge run down of most, if not all of the different organisms in our world, from elephants to bacteria. In fact that brings us to our first topic of bacteria. I learned that they come in 3 basic shapes: Spheres, Rods, and Spirals. The cell walls are made of peptidoglycan and that most move with flagellum. As shown above. Chemoheterotrophs: Eat other Bacteria Photoautotrophs: Use light to convert carbon and water into compounds Chemoautotrophs: Get energy from chemical reactions Aerobes, need oxygen to survive, unlike Anarobes which oxygen kills them. The very adaptive ones are Anaerobes which can need a mixture of both to survive. Some uses of bacteria are: Decomposition Fermentation Medicine Biofuels  Moving on to a different classification are Viruses....
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Unit 8 Reflection

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Unit 8 This unit we really touched on how life evolved and split into all of the species on earth today. We have seen proof of this happening now and in the remnants of the past. For example we know that variation is what drives evolution and is in 4 forms: Crossing Meiosis Mutation Sex  These determine what traits we have or if we will get a new trait. It can also make species able to adapt and survive in new environments. As humans we us this knowledge to breed animals that best fit our need like for: fighting produce bigger size This is called artificial selection and is what we used to make certain breeds of dogs or make chickens lay 1 egg a day. This method ha been used for thousands of years and can lead to many variants of many kinds of animals. We also learned how all populations are always evolving, including our own. Some of Darwin's Laws on evolution are that: Evolution is caused by natural selection. Many similar species can live together if ...
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Hunger Games Lab

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Hunger Games Lab In this lab we simulated the allele variation in a way of eating food and showed how the population can shift in 1 direction or another. The best phenotype in this situation was the pincher because they could easily pick up food, 2 at a time and had more control while the stumpies had a hard time surviving. The population evolved and it seemed to go more to the heterozygous and it seemed basically they ruled the population most of the time, but being heterozygous meant that they sometimes had one of the extremes in the end. One thing that made the lab random was that sometimes there was different years like the plastic year which didn't favor any species. I think of the food had been way larger the pinchers couldn't have picked any up and the stumpies would have thrived. If there was no incomplete dominance the stumpies would have died out almost instantly. I think natural selection drives evolution and seems to help the weed out the weak. It seemed tha...
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