second semester goals

There are two major SMART goals that i want to accomplish for this semester. one SMART goal is to change the way I study for tests, quiz's, and exams. I will review my vodcast or talk to my teacher for any thing I am confused on and I will also review the check for understanding quiz's. 2 days before the test I will quiz myself. This might improve my skills for studying. It is important that I work on my studying skills because it will help me do better on tests. I plan on doing 30 mins for studying when I find out about a upcoming test. Another one of my SMART goals is to do better in PE. I will go to the gym every weekend and during the breaks. I will work on my muscles so i can do better on meting my minimum standards. I believe that this will improve my performance and my grade in PE. I will spend 30 to 45 mins at the gym when ever i have time to do so.

Unite 5 reflection

This Unite was about how mutations in the DNA can be harmful and harmless. Mutations can cause changes in the DNA like deletion, substitution, and insertion. Some changes can have from no effect at all to super and dangerous changes. My Strengths in this unit was being able to transcribe and translate mutated DNA. My weakness was writing done the exact same DNA code but with one little change to it. I was very successful in seeing and writing down what had change and if it cause any major changes. What set me back was wondering if the mutation would lead to a deceases or not.
 During the experiments that we have had I've learned that mutations can cause great changes and sometimes little changes, it all depends on where the mutation takes place. I also have learned how to easily translate and transcribe DNA in to an amino acid. The best thing I have learned is the many different kinds of mutations that can effect the DNA. I what to learn more about the different kinds of mutation and see if there is any other kinds of mutations out there. One of my unanswered questions is "Can you stop a mutation and if so how?". I wounder if one of these mutations can give you super powers

protein synthesis lab conclusion

There are 5 steps to make a protein. Step 1: DNA info transfers to the RNA. Step 2: mRNA leaves the nucleus. Step 3: mRNA arrives at ribosome. Step 4: ribosomes reads mRND by 1 codon at a time. Step 5: When reading is done that codons would have made an amino acid.


The mutation with the greatest effect was the deletion of T it caused the ribosome to stop making the amino acid. The mutation with the least effect was the substitution T to C it caused on changes at all. If T was near the binning of the sequence it would have changed the outcome dramatically and crate a completely different protein.


I choice deletion in step 7 because I thought it would cause the greatest mutation. Like most of the mutations it had some kind of effect on the amino acid. It does matter where the mutation occurs because depending on where it is it might cause a big change or a small change.

Mutations can affect your life by changing a protein  in the a broken or damaged protein and can cause you to get a disease or cancer even. Insertion is a mutation where a one letter is added to the mRNA. This can cause the amino acid to have an extra letter at the end. Depending on where the letter is added it could change the entire amino acid into a completely different one.

DNA extraction lab conclusion

During this lab we asked the question "How can DNA be separated from cheek cells in order to study it?" We found out that after scraping  our cheeks with our teeth we sued a Gatorade solution to separate the DNA from the cheek cells. Our data shows that when alcohol is added to a mixture of Gatorade, soap, and enzymes the DNA gets extracted and floats to the top. This could be related to DNA vodcasts during unite 5. This data supports our claim because it shows how we extracted the DNA and what solution we used.
Our data contradicts the expected results because we had to put the procedure in the correct order our selfies. We were able to get the right order for the lab but it could have failed if we did the order of the procedure wrong. Getting the order of the procedure wrong could result in something different or nothing happens. I recommend that you read the parts of the procedure carefully to help you put them in the right order. I also recommend that you bring in fruit so you can extract the fruits DNA instead of yours.
This lab was to demonstrated how DNA is extracted from the cheek cells. From this lab I learned how to correctly extract DNA from the cheek which helps me understand the concept of DNA extraction and examination. Based on my experience from this lab I could extract the DNA from a fruit.

Unit 4 reflrction

During this unit we talked about genetics and how cells divide. We also learned how a punnett square can predict the possible traits an offspring will have. My strength was how to use a punnett square and how to list the phenotype of the result ex: AA = brown hair and aa = blond hair. My weakness was understanding how Heterozygous and homozygous fitted in with the results. During this experience I learned how chromosomes divide during the cell cycle and how dominant traits overpower recessive traits. I have also experienced how complicated it can be and how hard it is to understand. When I was doing my info graphic I realized how complex the study of genetics is, and how you can transfer that info to make it easier to understand. I what to learn more about how disorders and diseases can be inherited by the offspring and if they can be stop. I also want to learn how cancer can be created if there is a mistake in the cell cycle. I prefer having the info spoken to me and explained as well. I find that this helps me understand what I am learning a lot better. My results some what surprised me I did not thing I would get that kind of answer. I always listen to the speaker and I sometimes ask questions on things I don't understand. For my test I review my notes and I ask questions if needed, and I some times rewrite old questions and answer them.

 

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coin lab relate and review

In this lab we flipped coins to determine the probability of our offspring having different traits. The coin served as a model for genetics concepts by randomly landing on a allele, and then put together with the result that landed on the other coin form the gene that show your trait, it also shows a example of meiosis or gene segregation. It also shows if those traits are homozygous or heterozygous. Our results seem to be more random than the results in the dihybrid cross simulation witch shows the gene with two letters, but the monohybrid shows the gene with four letters. They did show the same results yours was more very in the amount of each result. The limit of using probability to predict our offspring's traits is how those traits will look all together, even if you try recombination and with different traits we will not know what the offspring will look like with all of these traits. I can relate this to sex which is when the offspring inherits the autosomal and X linked genes from the parents.

genetic infograph