1st Semester Final

I am going to explain what all I have learned and been taught about in my first semester in Advanced Biology first we had our Bug Collection assignment, Genetics assignment, and DNA.

First i am going to talk about our Bug Collecting assignment, I really enjoyed doing this assgniment i liked how we had an assinment were we got to go outside and enjoy the Fresh air for a change and just finding all different kinds of bugs was very interesting. My least favorite part about this assignment was when we had too make abunch of labels and search for the bugs we found in the bug books. It was a pretty cool asginment.

Next i am going to talk ebout the lesson we had over Genetics, personally i thought some of it was kind of confusing but interesting at the same time. We learned how to do the Punnett Squares i thought it was confusing at first but i got the hang of it. Its basically a Diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a cross or breeding experiment. And we also played a game on the internet were we would pick a boy and a girl to have a baby and see what the baby turned out like. Like the baby's eyes for instance.

Last is DNA, the only thing i really remember about DNA is whenever we made a DNA Double Helix model with Licorice, Marshmellows, and Gummybears with toothpicks.

So there is about everything we covered with semester on our Insect Collection, Genetics, and DNA. I had a really good time learning about all of these things they were pretty interesting.

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/

http://youtu.be/bVk0twJYL6Y

1st semester final (BreAnna)

Advanced Biology is one of my favorite classes, we get to do a lot of fun things in this class for instance we got to do a bug collection during our insect lesson, we also learned about genetics and the different types of genetics and finally we learned about DNA, which was really cool.







In the insect lesson we did a project at the beginning of the year which was a bug collection. Doing this bug collection taught me alot, it taught us how to pin bugs, how to label bugs and also how to indentify bugs. I thought it was a pretty cool project we did.







We also learned about genetics and how there is alot of things about genetics we learned that there is genome and different disorders and how to look for the different types of disorders.







Finally, we also learned about DNA. In the DNA lesson we learned that humans have 46 chromosomes. We also learned that DNA that there are different sizes & shapes.







My conclusion is that everything that we learned will help us in the future and it also taught me a lot of things that I didn't know before.







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzzfG1Ku5LU&feature=related



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgTLdSJjmvc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rromYAt1Lfw


these are a couple things I learned about the types of genetics in the Genetics lesson.








here is a picture of a bug collection

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/genetics.aspx-- this is my website link

1st semester final

Well, biology is one of my favorite classes so far, because we get to do a lot of cool and fun activities. For example, we got to do a bug collection, and go bug hunting during class. We also learned about genetics, and DNA! I have learned a lot during this semester in biology!

I didn't learn much during our bug hunting experience, besides the fact that bugs are not to easy to catch! They are fast, and i actually got stung! But good thing i'm not allergic to bee's, right? It was a fun activity! We started the bug collection at the beginning of the school year, and it lasted about a month and a half. It was very time consuming! If you would like to learn how to catch bugs for a bug collection, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTKNiyi3CJE and type in how to make bug collection!

Then, we learned about genetics. That, to me, wasn't that fun, but for the most part, it was okay! Believe it or not, i learned a lot during this time in class. I learned that a dwarf can have a normal sized baby, even though the mother and father is a dwarf or the other way around. A normal couple can have a dwarf too! Anything is possible!

We also learned about DNA. That was really fun, because we got to do a activity that involved candy, and we got to eat the extras we didn't use! I learned how many strands of DNA were in the human body. Lets just say, there is a lot! Some where around millions, or maybe even billions!

Finally, we learned about insects, genetics, and DNA this semester. Overall, I have learned so much in biology. It still is, and will be my favorite class this year!



Some cool facts that i learned about the brain!
-Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles per hour.
-The brain operates on the same amount of power as 10-watt light bulb.
-The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia.
-Your brain uses 20% of the oxygen that enters your bloodstream.
-The brain is much more active at night than during the day.
-Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream.
-Neurons continue to grow throughout human life.
-The brain itself cannot feel pain.
-80% of the brain is just water!!

1st Semester Final

In this post I will writing about what I have learned about in summary of this semester in school. Firstly, I am going to take a look at my insect gathering, and classification project this year. Secondly, I will review what I remember about genetics. Lastly, I will also summarize what I remember about DNA. So let's begin.


Insects:
1) Sadly, my experience with the insect collection is not one of the greatest I was unable to be there on almost over half of the days, so in my off time between work, and church I would stop to catch an occasional insect. Other than that it was great... I was able to leave the school to search for insects in some of the most beautiful weather of the year. It was a blast.

Along with the insect collection was the classification, and pinning of insects. It wasn't as fun as the collecting due to not being able to figure out what is the difference between certain insects. But pinning them wasn't nearly as bad as classifying.

Genetics:
2) Along with the genetic section came the genetic disorders, and posting project. In which my fellow classmates and myself were to post on this website two genetic disorders that we had researched. In my case I had chose Hemophilia A, and Sickle Cell Anemia. I had no problem in this case being in class, and I had excelled in the testing in this area as well.

Here is a website that I used for one of the genetic disorders:
http://www.umm.edu/blood/sickle.htm

DNA
3) This was probably my favorite section for many reasons, in which case are:

• I was able to eat after making a double helix model out of various food items.
  
• Everything came so naturally to me.
• The idea of how many strands of DNA and what it is made of are in the human body.
  
• Etc.

This was definitely fun, and also I was able to work with my sister in this section.

This is what I have learned this semester: Insects and their classifications, Genetics and genetic disorders, DNA and the many various subjects covered by this (I.E. Shape, size, what it consists of, what to look for in DNA.)