How you do things throughout your life and throughout your average day tend to have an impact on the environment, big or small, positive or negative. For every time you go to the washroom, and every time you print off a worksheet it effects the environment. I will now describe one of my average days, to show my environmental decisions and the impact I make. To start off my day I will go to the bathroom. That will equal about 6 liters of water…
During the past month in my science class, we have been working on a project called Engineering Brightness. This project is about light poverty in the Dominican Republic, and how some people have only up to three hours of electricity today. It makes life extremely difficult for the population. We as a class took the responsibility and decided to fund raise and actually make LED lights to send to the Dominican. A big part in this was our contact in…
This unit we have learned about mitosis and meiosis, as well as sexual and asexual reproduction. The basic fundamental of this topic is that cells produce cells, and the steps on how cells multiply. First I will talk about the cell cycle, and mitosis. In the Cell Cycle there are three different stages, Interphase, Mitosis and Cytokenisis. In mitosis, there are four stages; prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase. In Interphase, the chromosomes duplicate themselves to create strands of identical sister chromatids. Protein synthesis also occurs.…
The first people’s principle of learning demonstrates the most important aspects that me as a student strives to do, not just in science but in all my classes. In my opinion these principles create a learning environment that make you engage, and take learning to a different level of creativity and real life experiences and memories that help create who you are when you are learning. Bellow is a picture of all the First People’s Principles of Learning. Bellow is a video about the principles…
I am Tay-Sachs disease. I am very rare, but am most commonly found in Ashkenazi Jews, and very rarely in French Canadians and certain Cajuns in Louisiana. I have just been born into my host, a new born baby. Her parents both had one defective HEXA gene. My home for the next three and a half years will be inside the HEXA GENE of my host, specifically in beta-hexosaminidase A, found in lysosomes specifically found in brain cells. I will grow and spread as I develop very quickly…
Today in class we learned about how DNA strands function, and how the 5′ & 3′ first strand matches as the opposite on the other side 3’&5′. A and T is opposites and G and C are the opposite. The first strand given to us was TAC GTA TGA AAC The equivalent for the other side is ATG CAT ACT TTG. We used licorice as the backbone and mini marshmallows representing the chemicals. Guanine (G) is Green, Cytosine (C) is Pink, Adenine (A) is Yellow…
{{unknown}}In our Science 9 class, we are working on our engineering brightness project. The point of this project is to create lights to send to the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic is in light poverty. They only get up to three hours of light a day, and no light at night. The people sometimes use candles but that often results in houses being burnt down. Their is also a lot of flooding, which also causes loss of electricity. In the Dominican they have payed slavery.…
1. Abstinence is the only way to make sure that you are 100% safe from contracting an STI. 2. Birth control DOES / DOES NOT protect a person from contracting STIs. 3. Bacterial STIs can be cured with antibiotics. 4. Viral STIs are not curable. 5. Name and explain at least three ways to protect yourself from contracting an STI Abstinence – Not having sex at all. Condom use – It can help pass STIs when being sexually active Monogamous relationships – Having only one partner at…
WEIGHT MAINTENANCE: 1. What happens to the body when your calorie intake is: a. LESS than your energy output? Weight loss b. MORE than your energy output? Weight gain c. SIMILAR to your energy output? Weigh maintenance 2. To gain ONE POUND you must consume an extra 3500 calories above your daily output. 3. Most daily fluctuations are due to: not drinking enough water or not nourishing your body properly. 4. Why is dieting alone an inadequate approach to fat control? Dieting inadequate approach to fat control because usually…
THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: The heart, lungs and blood vessels all work together as a unit! 1. Cardio refers to the heart. Vascular refers to the system of blood vessels. 2. These vessels can be either Veins (bring de-oxygenated blood back to the heart) or Arteries (bring oxygenated blood from the heart to the muscles and organs). 3. Deoxygenated blood enters the heart in the right atrium. Next it is pumped into the right Ventricle. Blood then travels to the lungs to pick up oxygen before it returns to…