Stars This is our presentation on stars and their life cycle. Throughout the presentation we had to use a space-related movie theme, and ours is the Martian.
Month: January 2016
Mutation Story – Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome
Part 1: Mutation Story I am the gene that caused Charlotte to have Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome. I’m the LMNA gene, and I’m supposed to be responsible for producing the protein lamin A (a protein which helps with the structural support of the nucleus), but unfortunately while I was being replicated, one of my cytosine’s was switched with thymine and I…
Froot Loop DNA
Today in Science we made a DNA code of a word to describe us.
Edible DNA Model
Today in science we made a strand of DNA out of twizzlers and marshmallows! This is ours:
Cell-fie! Cheek Cell Lab
Today we looked at our own cheek cells under a microscope. Here’s mine! To do this, we rubbed a toothpick on our cheeks in the inside of our mouths, and the rubbed it onto a slide. Then we placed a drop of methyl blue on the slide to stain the cells so that we’d be able to see them. This…