Week 11

This week we presented our collection projects, I enjoyed seeing all of the other projects and what the people collected. Some of them collected many of the same things, but then again some people collected organisms nobody else had. I also enjoyed seeing how they presented and went about their presentation. This was my favorite part of this week.

Week 10

My favorite part of this week is when we went outside to work on our collection projects. We went up to Sam Brown Park to look and collect as many things as we possibly could. Although I couldnt collect anything myself since I am doing fish. Then we also made and presented our food webs about our ecosystems we chose.

Week 9

This week we have studied the human organ systems and what they do. Systems such as excretory, respiratory, circulatory, etc. We were given the assignment to create a presentation on the organ system we were given. I found this part of the week interesting, as well as studying mammals and insects and doing all the activities involving them.

Week 8

This week in biology, we did dissections. This is what I liked the most about class this week. Because we were able to do plenty of hands on activity's by doing the dissections. I also enjoyed being able to see all of the systems in the frog, and just being able to see what makes up the inside of amphibians. During the dissection, it was easy to see how closely the inside of a frog resembles a human body. So the dissections were my favorite part this week. 

Week 7

This week we have been working with plants and bacteria as well as working on our Pollution and Enviromental country projects. We started out the week by doing labs with plants and observing the bacterias; Euglena, Paramecium, And Amoeba. I found all these labs and work with these two topics very interesting. But what I liked the most was the projects. Because it involved using all the different web tools available. It allowed you to learn new tools and different ways to use technology to present a topic.

Week 4

For this week, the thing I enjoyed the most was the bean eater lab. This to me was a fun, but very good learning process to learn about natural selection and genetic variation. So this was my favorite part of this week.

Week 6

This week in biology we went outside on Tuesday to have a lab on observation of the organisms in the environment. We were handed a paper to write down all the organisms we heard or found. I found this activity very interesting because it was something I enjoyed doing. It was also in the field of work that I have thought about doing in my future. So this activity was my favorite part of the week.

Week 5

This week, although it was a short week I enjoyed getting to have the hands on activity for the learning of taxonomy, which is the classification of organisims. The way that we talked about it and experienced it hands on was a very unique and entertaining way to learn in my opinion.

Week 3

During this week the most enjoyable thing to me was seeing the different presentations on genetic disorders. Although I think we all soon came to realize that it was more difficult to put the 4th grade presentation than we thought. But I also believed that we noticed how that could and should be done and how we could correct it next time. Overall this was the most interesting thing for me this week.

Week 2

During this week, the most interesting thing for me was the part where we "had a child" with someone else in the room. It was pretty neat to see the different possibilities for the child we had. This project made it easier and also more simple to understand karyotyping and how the division of chromosomes between parents was done. So over all this week was a interesting week in Biology.

Week 1

During this week we have been dealing with genetics. On how the use of punnet squares plays a roll in it. The different types of hybrid crosses, and the differences between dominant and recessive traits. We also learned how to cross blood types, which you can also use to test and see if your child is really yours, or which man is the actual father. Although this is not the best way to test this it can still be done. This type of testing only narrows down a few of the possibility's, not necessarily giving the set in stone result for who the father is or if you have the correct baby. Basically this week we learned how to use punnet squares and the different rolls that are involved with them.