Chairty fair 12/11/16

Summary: This week in class we learned about heredity. Heredity is the traits you pass down and that your parents passed down into you and will pass it on as well. A phenotype is a trait that shows up usually a dominant trait the type of trait that masks a recessive trait. A genotype is a pair of alleles that makes a trait.

Backwards looking
Looking from the past I have done something similar to the charity fair in my life before. Last year I did the charity fair except we had to do a charity that was located in San Jose so I chose Pet Smart charities. Last year I made muffins instead of cupcakes.

Inwards looking
Inwards looking I feel good about how I did on the project. I feel that we worked our hardest and when things got tough we pushed trough it. Like when we were presenting out ignite I forgot my script but I remembered my line the best I could.

Outward Looking
Would give myself a B because of the presentation. I think we could work on the presentation a little bit more by practicing more and more. One other way I could improve on my presentation is not forgetting my note cards and having to copy of my teammates note cards

Forward Looking
 One thing I would like to improve on is presenting. I could improve on this more by practicing  and practicing more. This would help because I could keep the flow going and help my teammates trough the presentation

Heredity 11/20/2016

http://www.learncbse.in/ncert-solutions-for-class-10th-science-chapter-9-heredity-and-evolution/

Summary: This week in class we learned about Heredity. Heredity is the passing of traits and DNA from Parents to Children. DNA is like the instructions in your cell to tell it what to do.  There are four letters in the DNA alphabet GCAT, and those combine to make genes, aka the blueprint to proteins. A trait is a physical or behavioral attribute that parents pass down to their children and it makes us the way we are.

S&EP4: Analyzing and Interpreting Data
This week in class we watched a digital tour on heredity, and we looked at an example of how it worked at a molecular level. Afterwards we analyzed and interpreted that data and put it into a worksheet explaining what heredity is.

Omnivore 11/6

http://www.sodahead.com/

Summary: This week in class we learned about Vegetarians and Omnivores. Vegetarians usually get better protein but Omnivores get more protein. They both don't increase disease chance that much. Omnivores get a lot of b12 compared to vegetarians. Vegetarians get much less fats then an omnivore.

SP4: Analyzing and interpreting data
This week in class we analyzed data by reasearching on a website with 6 certain items that would help us with out reasearch of Vegetarians and Omnivores. We interpreted data by creating a T-chart for both Omnivore and Vegetarian, and their pros and cons. We are going to put this data into a essay.

Harp Seal 10/29/16

https://www.flickr.com/photos/carola-/4736281050

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

https://www.flickr.com/photos/colhou/4633274118

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

http://save-image.com/images/osmosis

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.