Science 9

Artifacts of Learning, Engineering Brightness Reflection

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          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…

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How do cells mutliply

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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.…

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First People’s Principle of Learning

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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…

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Mutation Story – Tay-Sachs

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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…

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Edible DNA

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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…

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Engineering Brightness

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{{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.…

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Poco Opolis 500

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Here is our video lab of the poco opolis 500 experiment to do with static electricity. To start off, our purpose. The point of this experiment is which materials when rubbed together ten times will create enough static charge to attach small pieces of paper to it. We have conducted three parts of this experiment; one with wool, one with silk and one with fur. We will commence with the wool. The independent variable is what the stick is made up of, the dependant variable…

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Science App review

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Problem: In science, we conduct many labs and experiments. Students could have a problem with dangerous chemicals. What would happen if one spilled? You should always know the chemical and be prepared before hand. Is there an app that could tell you all the dangers of the chemical you are using and what to do in case of an emergency? What would happen if something spilled or had a reaction when the teacher wasn’t there? Or what if something gets onto your skin and you…

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