Month: January 2016

New France Document Gallery

January 22, 2016 — Leave a comment

Champlain and Quebec:

A drawing of the habitation at Quebec by Champlain himself. Source: Crossroads page 21

 

A portrait of Champlain. Source

 

A drawing of a battle of the Iroquois against the French and the Algonquin that took place in 1609, done by Champlain himself. Source

 

A map of New France done by Champlain in 1612. Source

 

The Jesuits and Huron

A Jesuit interacting with a Native. Source

 

A Jesuit teaching the Huron. Source

 

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Two Jesuits about to be burnt by boiling water and flayed by the Iroquois. Source

 

Royal Government

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The Sovereign Council of New France. Source

 

Jean Talon, the intendant, visiting some habitants. Source

 

The Filles du Rois coming to Quebec. Source

 

Coureurs de bois

A coureur de bois arriving at a Native Camp. Source

 

Seigneury

A manor house on a seigneury. Source

 

A habitant house. Source

 

Habitant houses on a seigneury. Source

 

French vs. English- Fur trade and fishing

The French trading with Natives. Source

 

A french boat in the St. Lawrence. Source

 

Seven Years War

The Death of General Wolfe at the Plains of Abraham. Source

 

The Battle of the Plains of Abraham. http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/en/article-313/Plains_of_Abraham.html

The Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Source

 

A burning British ship at the siege of Louisbourg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Louisbourg_%281758%29

A burning British ship at the siege of Louisbourg. Source

Edible DNA Model

January 19, 2016 — Leave a comment

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In Science we made a DNA double helix out of licorice, marshmallows, and toothpicks, making it mostly edible.

The marshmallows are the nitrogenous bases, the licorice is the DNA backbone, and the toothpicks are what connect the nitrogenous bases. The colours are not random, they are complementary pairs, just like actual DNA.

Mutation Story

January 14, 2016 — 1 Comment

Hello, I am Gene the NBS1 gene, and this is how I was mutated by Nijmegen breakage syndrome, also known as Berlin breakage syndrome and Seemanova syndrome.

It all started when my host Billy’s NBS1 gene (me) was mutated, due to two copies of the defective gene, one from each parent, who were both carriers of the defective gene but not affected by it. This mutation caused me to no longer be able to repair DNA breaks, and to stop the cell cycle when DNA has errors.

This also affected poor Billy, and in a lot of ways. The first was that is gave him short stature, distinct facial features, and a smaller than normal head, all common symptoms of Nijmegen breakage syndrome. This would later lead to him being made fun of by some other kids. Some even more serious symptoms were that he would have a much larger chance of cancer, he would have immunodeficiency (his immune system doesn’t work properly), and radiation sensitivity. All of these made Billy’s life very hard.

Unfortunately, this affected Billy forever, and made life harder.

Making of the Story:
I had to research the causes of the mutation, what it did, and what it caused to the host. I also had to know how people were able to get it.

I used Google to get to my sources and Edublog to put the information together.

I got my questions and researched them all, then collected the data and at the end put it into a story.

I looked at several different websites to see if anything correlated and if anything was contradicted. I then used what was the majority and what was from the most trusted sites to get the best information. I also looked at the genes affected by the mutation to learn more about those and learn about what they did when left without mutation.

The process wasn’t too hard, I simply took all the steps I mentioned earlier and made my story, although I struggled to find more than a little bit of information. Something I could have done better was to try even more to find more information.

Sources:

Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome 1

Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome 2

Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome 3

NBS1/Nibrin 1

NBS1/Nibrin 2

 

DNA Bracelet

January 10, 2016 — Leave a comment

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In Science we made words describing ourselves with DNA Codons and amino acids and then converted them into fruitloop codes. Each of the fruitloops is a different nitrogenous base, and in codons (groups of three), they make amino acids, and each amino acid is a letter, so we spelled words using them.