Wildfire Models
Who Belongs on the Land
During this project we each choose a key stone spices. I choose a moose. We then researched are species and created a final products, either becign a information piece, children's story, or video. I choose to make a informational booklet. I rechearecd there structural and behavioral adaptions, and there basic needs.
Cell Project
The main job of the neuron is to send and receive signals to command the body and our actions. Neurons intake information then process it and decide if the information should be shared and sent to other neurons, muscles, or glands. The cell body (soma), dendrites, axon, and axon terminals are all parts of the neuron that are different from other cells. For our project, we showed the soma, dendrites, axon, and axon terminals all in drawing with colors to add emphasis. Neurons produce neurotransmitters that carry signals from one neuron to another. The neurotransmitters are carried through vesicles and then are released through the process called Exocytosis; it is then caught on something called a receptor protein. Receptor proteins are made by the Rough E.R. Organelles that are important to neurons are vesicles, Smooth E.R., Rough E.R., nucleus, and mitochondria along with all other organelles. Vesicles help to move proteins that are created in the smooth and rough E.R. to other places. The nucleus is very important to the neuron seeing that it commands the cell and neurons control the whole body by sending signals to neurotransmitters to make. The mitochondria are very important to the neuron seeing that it has the largest energy use over time and needs the mitochondria to produce the energy. When brain cancer occurs, glial cells which live around the neuron to help support it and bring nutrients to the cell become cancerous; they dive and bring cancer to the nerve cells.
Transformation lab
In this lab our goal was to try to get the plasmid into the bacteria. We then heat shocked it. The heat shock was designed to help with this process.This transformation would leave the bacteria with genes for Green Fluorescent Protein, and the Ampicillin Resistance Protein.
In this project we had to choose a type of cancer to study I choose brain cancer. I made cards saying the stage of cancer they have, their symptoms, and how they would be affected. During the exhibition we posed as doctors treating parents with a type of cancer. We walked them through the process of treating them as if they had cancer. We then choose a type of treatment in groups we choose radiation therapy. We learned that radiation therapy works and sends radiation to a cancer cell to get rid of it. Something that I was proud of was my patient cards. I had spent to most time of them and they are what showed my knowledge the most. What I found challenging about this project was coming up with a way to show how radiation therapy worked. I think that our model shows how the radiation hits a individual tumor. What I gained from this project was an understanding of how cancer affects people and which ways. My growth in this project was working within a group because I spoke up more and contributed ideas. During this project I contributed to making the models.
During the pig dissection we dissected a fetal pig. Starting of we opened up the skin in a certain pattern then started looking for different part of its body. Something that was impactful to me was seeing the part of the body in real like and not just photos. What was challenging about this project was opening up a pig and visually see that and smell it. What I have gained form this was learning how to properly do a dissection This experience affected my growth because some group member weren't there some days and that forced me to contribute to the dissection.