Forgiveness in Families

The fear of comparison also known as jealousy. In the short story, Forgiveness in Families by Alice Munro there is a girl named Val who has been jealous of her brother Cam ever since he was born. When there mom gets sick, Cam appears to help her recover. Val decides that she should forgive Cam and apologize for being so hard on him. Jealousy is a feeling felt by everyone, when your insecurities take over and your mind fills with envy. The main reason people get jealous is attention. Everyone knows the baby of the family gets all the attention.The first day of school was a big deal for Val but her mom was not able to attend since she was giving birth to Cam. This is where there sibling rivalry begin. When Cam and Val’s mom recovered from being sick, she went around telling every one that Cam saved her life. This was loads of attention on Cam and absolutely no attention on Val even though Val was most concerned over her mothers sickness. I am the oldest out of all my cousins and from experience I can tell you its not easy being older. You have to learn to be the bigger person and let go of your jealousy and this is what Val did when she apologized to Cam. The love of comparison also known as attention

Mutant bee

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A original bee has no mutations, it’s a normal looking bee. It has wings and a normal sized stinger.

bee mutation A has 4 antenas

bee mutation B has a very small stinger

bee mutation C has no wings

The Original bee has a normal sized stinger, two intenas, and wings so I think it would be neutral.

Bee mutation A has four intenas. I think that this is a positive mutation because the intenas would be twice as strong and do twice the job they usually do.

Bee mutation B has a negative mutation I think because with a smaller stinger it would be more difficult to defend it self.

For Bee mutation C it would deffinitly be a negative mutation because without wings the bee would not be able to fly anywhere.

This was a good d learning activity because I learned how mutations can positively impact something and negatively. I also realized that there could be endless different mutations. Overall this was a good activity.

DNA bracelets

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Each individual piece of cereal on my bracelet represents a DNA sequence. Each color represents a different base.

Green=A

Yellow=T

Pink=C

Purple=G

A group of three cereal pieces represents a condon. Condons then create amino acids. The entire message represents the DNA to make proteins for our body. My name represents the final protein project so that you can determine the DNA code. DNA is in the nucleus and cannot leave. Proteins are built in the cytoplasm so they can do their job for the cell. DNA’s message gets used to build protein by using 4 bases to code all the information in DNA represented by A,T,C,G. RNA then leaves the nucleus where it is read to make proteins.

 

 

DNA Model

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Just like the model I made, DNA has a spiral ladder kind of look to it the shape is called a double helix. The backbone of DNA is made of alternating sugar and phosphate, in my diagram the yellow licorice represents the backbone. The rungs are made of four kinds of nitrogen containing bases. There is Adenine (A), Thymine (T), Guanine (G), cytosine (C). In my model A= Yellow C=Pink G=green A=orange. Bases of DNA always pair up in a sertain way. A always pairs with T, C always pairs with G. This way the message on both sides of the DNA molecule are mirror messages. This activity did help me understand DNA molecules. I know understand how the colour of the basses work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Space Station

The first component of the International Space Station was launnched in 1998. The station is suited for the testing of space craft systems and equipment. The entire Space Station costed about 150 biollion in US dollar. There is six people currently on the space station. The one year mission is currently going on it will focus on finding information on the medical, phychological and biomedical challenges faced by astronauts durring a long space flight. I find it intresting how you get taller while you are in space because there is no gravity putting pressure on your spine so your spine stretches. I dont think I would like living in space because the constant floating around would get boring and i would like to be grounded again.

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Galaxys

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Milky Way

This a spiral galaxy. I know because it looks like a pinwheel and there is a bulge in the centre with several arms spiraling around it.

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M31

This is a Elliptical Galaxy. I know because it is in the shape ofa football.

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Nebula

This is a irregular galaxy. I know because it does not have a defined shape.