Protein Synthesis

In Anatomy and physiology 12 we conducted a Lab on Protein synthesis and the steps used during the process. Going thought each step needed and using our hands to help us through the process. Learning hands on step by step the way DNA replication works.

In the first steps off the lab we went over transcription:

The unzipping of DNA followed by the complimentary base pairing. The pairing between the pyrimidines, cytosine and thymine and purines, adenine and guanine. We were given a stand of DNA and we created the complimentary bases by pairing Adenine with Thymine and Cytosine with Guanine.

As we started our Lab we only had one half of a DNA helix so we skipped the step of unwinding the DNA.

The green and Blue piece on the end of each piece are the Phosphate and deoxyribose. The ones connecting them in the middle are the Pyrimidines and Purines which all have different colours for each one. Adenine is the baby blue polygon, guanine is the robin’s egg blue polygon, thymine is the yellow hexagon, and cytosine is the beige hexagon. The hydrogen bonds between Adenine and Thymine are double bonds and the H-bonds between Guanine and Cytosine are triple bonds.

 

 

After the complimentary side is paired with the existing strand the bonds break apart so that the replication process can begin. To break apart the bonds in the DNA a protein known as helicase attaches to the bond and breaks the h-bonds between the basses on DNA strands. Helicase is represented by the scissors.

As the DNA begins its replication, the separation of H-bonds is still occurring. Along with the creation of new H-bonds between Purines and pyrimidines. Duplicating the DNA by creating a replica of the old DNA helix.

 

 

After the H-bonds are made the peptide bonds between the purines/pyrimidines, phosphates and deoxyribose are formed

 

As the unzipping of the H-bonds continue the formation of other H-bonds take place effectively duplicating the DNA helix. Once it is duplicated the Helix will be used to form and mRNA to send DNA’s message.

 

 

 

Half of the duplicated DNA’s will be used in this process, as the hydrogen bonds break again we add in the mRNA which can copy DNA’s message and that’s why it’s messenger RNA.

When the mRNA gets to the cytoplasm and starts the process of finding the amino acids that correspond with each three letter codon. As methionine goes with AUG all the corresponding letters have amino acids which are corresponding to them.

This is called the initiation of translation. In translation the mRNA translates its message into an amino acid sequence. It reads the message from the mRNA in sections of three letters and gets its amino acid from those letters. The anticodon are in use to form these amino acid chains because of the tRNA. tRNA is crucial t teh formation of amino acid chains. Each tRNA has one Anticodon and one amino acid. (the green pieces in the picture are tRNA) Without tRNA we wouldn’t be able to make amino acid chains.

A protein is in the process of being made when the amino acids start to form their chains. The amino acid chain’s become polypeptide chains and later become proteins.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

– In what ways did your models accurately reflect the process? 

Our models were accurate and were very helpful in helping us develop our learning in the process of protein synthesis. The lab where we went over the process of translation showed how the amino acids and anticodon were involved in the make of proteins. I think we did a good job at showing what was happening during each step, i can understand what is happening by just observing the pictures we took. We also took a lot of picture through out the process so the step by step process we took is visible. The DNA translation is very easy to understand, is accurate and is feel organized. I think the way we  modelled DNA translation steps was very simple and easy to understand. 

– In what ways did your model misrepresent the process? 

I don’t think our models were the most accurate and it took us a while and some help from others at times to figure out which direction we were supposed to be headed with our model. At the end I think everything turned out okay but we definitely made some mistake as we completed the assignment. We didn’t complete the translation steps quite properly at first but luckily we went back and fixed them. 

– What changes could be made to the modelling activities to make them better represent the actual process? 

I think one mistake that my group made was just having our model so close together and during a couple steps we ran out of space and had to squish things together which didn’t make it look tidy or professional. It also makes it harder to understand everything tats going on, although you can still see what’s happening it makes it more difficult having something that isn’t quite as clear.

Models are commonly used to communicate scientific concepts to non-scientific audiences. Do you think this is an effective way to educate the public about science?

Yes, I absolutely believe that showing nonscientists scientific information through models is helpful. Non-scientists often aren’t seeking out scientific information, because of that using models or things that grab peoples attention are very helpful in conveying important points. A lot of the public eye today has a short attention span so to catch their attention you need to put out images or visuals that are going to catch their eye and surprised them or make them think. models are easy for everyone to understand, scientists use them because they work at helping them convey their points. Often science is also based off statistics and/or math with are very good thing to show in models. Contrasting to math dn statistics models can also be used in classes where to need to be looking a pictures and classifying. Models are an easy way in many different settings that people can convey points in a universal language.

Humanities Literary Studies 11 Post

The Humanities are crucial for a formed society


Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

Should English degree be more recognized as a versatile and important degree for a formed society? I think that an English degree is incredibly versatile and in a very useful degree in many ways since it is so transferable. It is also very helpful for everyday life and that as a society we should value much more. As Mandy Pipher stated in her article Devaluing a humanities education ultimately devalues humanity itself “These skills are fundamental, not only to the development of an individual human mind and to our capacity for forming deep and varied relationships with one another, but also to the continued functioning of a democratic society.” Pipher said this quote to show the value of an English degree contrasted to what people tend to think.  She is reenforcing he previous statement and showing how people under appreciate these degrees even though they are one of the most versatile and valuable degree out there. Today English degrees are way more valuable than people think. Everybody needs to be able to tell fake news from real news and if as a society we can get better at that then the media will continue to control what we see and how we think. In the video the dead poets society: Why we (don’t) study the humanities the narrator and video creator Margarita G states “Studying beautiful texts simply for one own personal growth and enjoyment”. She makes this statement while talking about how literature is portrayed in the world, she says that its being seen from a negative and positive viewpoint. People today seem to think that only if you enjoy reading, you’ll be good at English but there are so many aspects where different people are good at English you might not like reading but you might love writing or even just getting a better general knowledge that can help you in the real world. English can help people and so many ways, English is something anyone can shine in. These two quotes together show the balance and contrast of how the English degree is perceived from an inside and outside point of view. Some people see it as something that’s “a youthful self-indulgence” which Pipher stated that it was how people around her has perceived the degree it be since she came from a socio-cultural environment. People who only think of an English degree as directly translating into becoming a writer often think this way. In reality it’s so much more than a youthful self-indulgence it’s honestly one of the most important areas of study that people go into, it helps separate reality from fantasy. When you look into what the best areas to go into in university it’ll often say engineering and other science-based majors and they aren’t wrong but often people forget how valuable and important English majors are. It’s an incredibly important major not just in the versatility of the degree but also in the crucially for a formed and intelligent society.

In the woods

Armadillidiidae’s also known as a roly-poly due to the fact that it can roll into a ball when its disturbed. The Armadillidiidae lives under logs, fallen or rocks, so the thrive in environments like forests. They are often confused for sowbugs which look very similar. They were introduced from Europe and can be found all over the world as a cosmopolitan species. It can roll into a ball when it is disturbed so it can protect itself. Armadillidiidae’s only live for two years and are nocturnal.

Dandelions are an invasive species that you can find in lots of peoples lawns and in a lot of forests. It is an invasive species so it is very hard to get rid off but if you dig up the dandelions and make sure you get the roots out then you can kill them. To get rid off the dandelions without digging them up you can also use some special product like Scotts® Weed B Gon® MAX. Dandelions are a pain for everyone ever since the french introduced them to Canada helping the plant to move across the continent. They will grow just about everywhere, because it can grow in any types of soil, but they grow the best in rich soil. Dandelions will push out grass and other plants, as well as taking nutrients away from surrounding plants.

Energy production

Electric cars

  • How do they work
    • They store energy in rechargeable batteries that power the electric motor that all electric cars have they all have a electric motor and use a charging stations or a wall outlet to charge it because it runs on electricity.
  • What is the difference between them and gaz cars and are they really better for the planet?
      • They all gave a electric motor instead of an internal combustion engine which is better for the earth, because it doesn’t emit any exhaust for the tail pipe

 

This graph show many this about both of the cars, their are two for each car one is max at the site i found (link)  the other is min. left is minimum and right is max it says under each one.

  • How easy is it to charge your car outside of your home

 

It is fairly easy to find a charging station around your house

Dear mr trudeau,

I would like to make a suggestion, the way that this earth is becoming polluted is crazy and it is like as a species we are slowly killing the planet. I have a suggestion on how we can help to stop pollution in the long term. There are 34 million cars in canada and every day when someone goes on a drive they are pollution the earth a little bit more, so i am suggestion that price of gaz in raised and the price of electric cars in canada is lowered. to make more and more people get electric cars because they are better for the planet. During this quarantine the pollution rates have gone down and i can’t help but this that its because less and less people and driving around in their gas cars. For every 57 metric tons of emissions that a gasoline car puts off a electric car only put of about 28, if everyone got a electric car instead of a gas car the the metric tons of emissions from cars would be slept in half and that would help with so much. Some other great thing about electric cars is that they make a lot less noise. I also think that there should be more charging stations in accessible places. The amount of charging station is overall okay but if more and more people start to get electric cars they’re will be a lager battle for spots and that will start to happen sooner rather than later because more and more people and buying electric over gaz because they are better for the environment. 

– Jayden Armstrong 

 

 

Websites:

https://afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/how-do-all-electric-cars-work

https://go.gale.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=Videos&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CCT619200337&docType=Interactive+video+file&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=ZXAS-MOD1&prodId=GPS&contentSet=GALE%7CCT619200337&searchId=R1&userGroupName=43riss&inPS=true&ps=1&cp=1

https://www.energysage.com/electric-vehicles/costs-and-benefits-evs/evs-vs-fossil-fuel-vehicles/

https://www.thepersonal.com/blog/-/is-an-electric-car-right-for-you

https://news.umich.edu/fuel-cost-of-driving-gas-vs-battery-electric-vehicles-varies-by-state/

https://www.hyundaicanada.com/en/special-offers?gclid=Cj0KCQjw-_j1BRDkARIsAJcfmTFnhgkreQgrQ71ySpyYcvJGyalDLDyTxJed7T88uOl6enOeuW91EmgaAsqdEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

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Solution fluency- Fresh look at the periodic table

Define

We have been chosen by the science community to create a new periodic table.  Our task is to create a new periodic table that is easier to understand, and is represented it in a new way.

Develop

  • What is still needed on the periodic table?
  • How should we organize the new table?
  • How can we improve the old periodic table?
  • What will the process look like to build a new table?
  • What would be the most efficient way to organize the periodic table?
  • Why is the periodic table organized by atomic number is that the most efficient strategy?
  • How could the little detail be demonstrated better?
  • What should we keep from the old table?
  • What do people think of the old table?

Dream

What information does the periodic table tell you?

The periotic table is doing a really good of showing what each element is and their names but it doesn’t do a good job of showing what state the materials are at a room temperature. It doesn’t do a very good job of showing the periods of the elements. It is good at showing what the atomic number is and it is easy to read because of how large that text is and that helps to learn the table faster but it leaves out a bunch of the important things.

How could you arrange it differently based on its chemical and physical properties?

We all think that it would be a good idea to arrange the periodic table by periods because that is a good way to simply show the elements. The element aren’t easily  showing the periods in the most efficient way so we arranged it in a way that easy shows that.

What different shapes could be used?

The way that the periodic table it arranged it not th most effienect and is a very weird shape. We are going to arrange it in a way that makes more sense to use by  put it in a shape that demonstrates the periods and states easier. We are going to put all the periods in a separate section to show the periods better.

How can you use colour?

We can use many different colours to show all the different states and to show the groups and the periods. we plan on using colour to show more information about the elements. We plan on colour coding them to make the periodic table a lot easier to read.

Design: 

What is our plan?

We are going to organize the table by periods and they are going to all be in separate sections so that they can be easier to read. In my opinion the largest issue is the fact that it is harder to learn how to read so we play on separating it to make that easier.

 

Debrief

We separated the periodic table into sections based on what periods they are in. They all are also colour-coded by their groups and are put into a formation that makes it easier to read than the last periodic table. although it is still missing a couple things that the other periodic table had it is a simpler way to  read the table. If we had more time to work on it now we could succeed at making it better. Too improve the table we could have put it into a simpler form and we could have incorporated more of the little details. But overall this periodic table is easier to read than the last one. This periodic table does a good job of showing what group and periods all the elements are in and is easier for use to understand.

Community Connection

Elise Mouchelle,  I chose her for this because when she played volleyball she was about the same height that I am and still played at a post secondary level and she had a super high vertical and has been helping so many people improve their skills. I have been watching her videos for quite a while now and have been following her tips and once I heard about this project for the first little while I didn’t think to ask her but when I saw one of her videos again I realized she would be one of the best peopler me to ask about this

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Once I asked her, she got back to me pretty quick, before today I had never spoken to her. But I just picked up my phone and messaged her and within an hour she messaged me back. When I messaged her I asked her to get back to me and if she’d be willing to answer a few questions about volleyball and all the work that she had to put in about an hour later when she got back to me she said that she was more than willing to answer some questions and once I sent her the questions within 5 minutes i had a response.

 

 

She had struggled a little bit when she was a player because of how she was a little shorter than the other people on the court with her. But she worked really hard increased her vertical and ended up playing NCAA D1 indoor volleyball. She now makes artwork; she has her own business and is in a loving relationship. I think that she is an inspiration to me. She works so hard, bet the odds and then continued with her life.  I love how hard she worked to get better and she inspires me to get better, in volleyball and to remember that there is more to life than volleyball

 

I asked her:

 what would tell someone that is interested in doing what you are doing 

To work hard no matter what and believe in yourself!

what obstacles have your face to get where you’re at today

I had a lot of people tell me that I wasn’t tall enough, and a lot of coaches told me no, that they didn’t have a spot for me on their team.

why are you passionate about volleyball

Because it’s a great team sport and I think it’s a lot of fun!

how did all the effort you put in to this help you 

It helped me increase my vertical, it helped me with my initiative, and it brought up my athleticism!

what is the most important thing that you learn after all these experiences

To not compare myself to other people and to always be the hardest worker on the court!