May 10

The Life of a Genetic Mutation

Part 1: Mutation Story

 

I am a gene named Jacobsen Syndrome and I am only in 1 in 100,000 newborns, so I believe the body I am in is quite special. I take place right as someone is born. I am not liked because I cause mental retardation and many other birth defects. The host of myself gets very depressed easily because of all the others who make fun of her. I only come in if genetic material is missing from chromosome 11 which affects 340 genes which is critical to the normal body development. I do not know for sure which type of gender I am in right now but I predict a female because females tend to get it twice as much than men. I am not passed on by family or inherited by anyone. I happen because of a mistake during reproductive cell division when a baby is being formed in the womb. Many infants with others like myself have central nervous system defects. This can affect how the brain and spinal cord function. This results with impaired intelligence, learning, speech, and motor skills. My host also has problems walking, standing, speaking, and sitting often. Later on in her life she started to have some behavioural problems such as: compulsive behaviour, short attention span, and are easily distracted. To the day all I believe, is that I cannot be helped.

 

This picture shows some of the physical defects of Jacobsen Syndrome:


Part 2: The Making of Mutation Story

 

Questions Needed:

What is Jacobsen Syndrome?

Is Jacobsen Syndrome Treatable?

What are causes of Jacobsen Syndrome?

What are symptoms of Jacobsen Syndrome?

How is the host’s life affected?

 

Throughout this project I mainly used the internet

 

Process I used to investigate Jacobsen Syndrome:

  • Made questions and researched them
  • Recorded information needed
  • Made a story based on this information

 

Citations:

“Jacobsen Syndrome.” Genetics Home Reference. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 May 2016.

“Diseases.” Jacobsen Syndrome. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 May 2016.

“Jacobsen Syndrome.” Healthline. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 May 2016.

“Jacobsen Syndrome.” Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatments and Causes. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 May 2016.

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February 13

Matter Matters – ADL 10

Define

What is Matter?

A physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit. It is also that of which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy. The examples below are all under the title matter because they all take up space.

Qualitative properties are properties that are observed and can generally not be measured with a numerical result. They are contrasted to quantitative properties which have numerical characteristics.

A pure substance is a material that is composed of only one type of particle; examples of a pure substance include gold, oxygen and water. A mixture is a material made up of at least two different pure substances. Mechanical mixture is a mixture in which each material maintains its own properties.

Chemical Change: Burning, rusting, and cooking are all examples of chemical change. In this example, cooking is used for chemical change. When you are making an egg, first you have a runny liquid spill on to the pan, then once it heats up a bit, it starts to change to a solid.

Changes of State: The changes of state include being a solid, liquid or a gas. Water is the example used below which is one simple material that can be all three. The changes of state all depend on the weathering and temperature of the substance. For example when water heats up, it evaporates into a gas. To get to a solid, the gas has to go through the state of deposition. One example of deposition is the process by which, in sub-freezing air, water vapor changes directly to ice without first becoming a liquid. Now, all the water solid (ice) has to do is melt to become back to a liquid. These changes could also happen reversibly.

Kinetic Molecular Theory: The attraction of particles decreases with an increase in distance. Solids are tightly packed together particles that have very little or no space between them that only vibrate. Liquids don’t have much space between the particles and they fit according to the space it is being kept in. These have little amount of energy and can move around freely throughout the container. In a gas, the particles have lots of energy and move around very freely. These particles travel throughout the whole container by expanding and compressing to fill any size container.

Dream

Some of the ways I could display the information:

-Video

-Pictures and Explanations

-Document

-PowerPoint

Debrief

How did the process of completing this challenge go?

It went pretty well. The challenge was fun and quick. When I was researching I knew just what I was looking for.

What did you do well?

I was efficient and got it done quick. I learned some of this information from past years so I used my prior knowledge for examples.

What could you have done better?

More interesting ways to display the information of the project.

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