Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Comparing Acorns and Pinecones

The difference between an acorn and a pine cone is that they are from difference trees.
An acorn is from a deciduous oak tree and a pine cone comes from a coniferous pine tree.
An acorn and a pine cone both have seeds.
An acorn depends on biological seed dispersal agents to move the acorn beyond the mother tree and into areas it can germinate in. 
A pine cone seed gets carried away by the wind when the a pine cone ripens because of their parachute mechanism of the wings on the seeds.








Pine cones


Pine cones

Wednesday, 13 November 2013

Midterm Evaluation

Classification and Taxonomy:
For classification and taxonomy I chose the classification quiz because I got 14/15.

I also thought I did well on the classification project. We had to create our own species and give them names based on how they looked.

Evolution:
For evolution we made a DNA video and I thought my partner and I did really well on that project and from this project I knew what I had learnt about DNA and evolution.
  (This I a picture of what my partner and I said about evolution in our DNA video.)
We also made an evoltuoin poster where we glued pictures that we thought each species would evolve into.

Also the Evolution and Natural selection blog that I posted also helped me understand natural selection. I had searched up why flamingos have long necks and legs.
http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=154577539040900244#editor/target=post;postID=2694656259526879831;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=7;src=postname
 
I am also proud of the evolution booklet Harkirat and I did. I think we did a really good job and put a lot of effort into it.



Viruses:
For viruses I chose the quiz we had on viruses because I got 16/20.

Also the blog post I made about Malaria taught me more about viruses.http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=154577539040900244#editor/target=post;postID=8328715403799566122;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=6;src=postname

Bacteria:
For bacteria I chose the bacteria and protist quiz because I got 20.5/21.

I also chose the bacteria growth lab that we did and also the bacteria play-do models that we made.The bacteria growth lab was interesting because we got to see bacteria grow and spread, and we got to see which liquids kill bacteria.
BACTERIAL GROWTH LINK:
http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=154577539040900244#editor/target=post;postID=669574082629276254;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=4;src=postname
BACTERIAL STRUCTURE LINK:
http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=154577539040900244#editor/target=post;postID=669574082629276254;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=4;src=postname

Protist:
For protist I chose the chart where we compared bacteria and protists.

Also the bacteria and protist quiz we did because I got 20.5/21.



I think I do well in completing my assignments and putting effort into my work.I also think I do well in completing my blog assignments.I am always on time and prepared for class. My most powerful learning experience in biology is doing the blog posts because when we had to do blog posts on things that we had to search up ourselves, I not only learned about the thing my blog post was about but I also learned about other things that I came across on the internet. Right now I think I am at an A at 88%

Tuesday, 12 November 2013