Category: Science 9

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…

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…

TOKTW 2016

  Yesterday I went BC Children’s Hospital to watch what a Critical Care Paramedic does at work for TOKTW day. Mike works as a Critical Care Paramedic on the Infant Transport Team. He transports babies and children that are seriously sick or injured all around BC, in either an ambulance, helicopter, plane, or turbo prop. We started off the day…

Science ADL App Review

  The app I reviewed is called “Elements: The Periodic Table”. It’s a free app that shows the periodic table, and then if you click on an element it’ll give you a ton of information about the element. Some of this information includes atomic weight & mass, a Bohr diagram of the element, the history, a photo of the element…

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