Harp Seal 10/29/16

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Summary: This week in class I learned about the: Harp Seal, the Bear Berry, and the tundra. The Harp Seal has developed a layer of blubber to keep it warm. The Harp Seal also mates at around the ages of 5-6 because that's when they mature enough. The tundra is usually found on mountains. The Bear Berry has adapted to grow low to the ground so it can stay out of the wind.

Backward-Looking:
I did know a little bit about the Harp Seal before. I knew the it was semi aquatic. Also that it ate small fish.

Inward-Looking:
I really like my slides and the way that my group organized ideas. This is one of the main reasons I am exited to present on monday.

Outward-Looking:
I would give myself an A because I did all the work exceeded some of the requirements and put a lot of effort into the slides.

Forward-Looking:
If I had a chance to do this again I would change the color of my text because it was hard to see. I would also change where I put the citations because they looked weird where they were.

Adaptations 10/23/16

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Summary: This week in class we learned about adaptations. There are three types of adaptations physical, behavioral, and structural. A physical adaptation is when an animal change something about how they look to adapt to an environment. A behavioral adaptation is when and animal changes how it acts to adapt to an environment. A structural adaptation is when a plant  changes something about the like how they store water to adapt to an environment.

SP8: Obtain, evaluate and communicate information
This week in class me and my team researched what types of plants and animals live in the tundra biome. We have to research how they adapted to their environment so they could survive where they live.

Osmosis 10/16/16

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Summary: This week in class we learned about Osmosis which means movement of molecules from a higher concentration to a lower concentration. There are three types of Osmosis: Hypotonic, Hypertonic, and Isotonic. Hypertonic is when there is a lower concentration of water for example if this were to happen in a red blood cell it would deflate because all the water would be flowing out of the cell. Hypotonic is when there is a lower concentration inside the cell so all the water outside the cell would go inside inflating it. Isotonic is when there is the same concentration both inside and out the cell meaning it has little to no change since water is flowing both ways.


SP3: Planning and carrying out investigations
This week in class we planned an investigation by figuring out how osmosis works and making a hypothesis on the experiment. We carried out an investigation by weighing naked eggs and soaking them in different liquids and seeing if they were: Isotonic, Hypotonic or Hypertonic.  

Photosynthesis 10/08/16

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/photosynthesis-in-plants/introduction-to-stages-of-photosynthesis/v/photosynthesis

Summary: This week in class we learned about photosynthesis and cellar respiration in class. Photosynthesis is when CO2 also known as carbon dioxide  and H2O aka water come together in a plant to make O2 aka oxygen and C6H12O6 aka glucose. Cellar respiration is the opposite so O2 C6H12O6 come together to make CO2 and H2O. Fun Fact Photosynthesis and cellar respiration are a loop going on forever.

SP3: Planning and carrying out investigations
This week in class we went on to gizmos and there was a model of Photosynthesis and cellar respiration. We carried out an investigation on cellar respiration and Photosynthesis. We put our data into a work sheet that the teacher gave us.

Organelles 10/01/16

http://namrataheda.blogspot.com/2013/01/cell-organelles-dicoverers.html

Summary: This week in class, we learned about all the organelles, but mostly our groups organelle which is the mitochondria. Here are the functions for some of the organelles:

• Cytoplasm is a fluid that keeps the cells together.
• The cell wall determines what goes in and out of the cell and gives structure to the cell.
• Golgi bodies process and package protein for the cell.
• The lysosomes eats the waste of the cell.  
• The chloroplasts turns sunlight into energy.
• The mitochondria produces calcium and powers the cell.

How much did you know about the subject before we started?  
We studied this last year but I didn't know quite as much.  All I really knew is that mitochondria powers and controls the amount of calcium.  Now I know so much more like it is located in the cytoplasm not the nucleus and that you have the same mitochondria as your mother.


What did/do you find frustrating about it?  
What I found frustrating is that we did not have enough time.  Our group had a man short compared to the other teams.  We didn't have a proper camera.  We filmed the entire video on my teammates phone, but we came through in the end and finished the project.  

 What grade would you give it? Why?
I would give it an A for the effort we put in and we all tried our best even with the lack of resources.  What I would do differently, is I would restart, think this through and manage our time better.


What is one goal you would set for yourself for next time? 
One goal I would like to set myself is definitely find a way to manage my time better.  Half the time we were trying to film, we should have waited to finish recording then uploaded everything at once.