My muddiest point

My muddiest point for this unit is understanding the neuron depolarization and repolarization that happens in the neuron when the transmitting is happening.

Muddiest Point- PatrykS

My muddiest point is understanding: Humanistic importance of invertebrates...I dont understand the concept well enough.

Muddiest Point- PatrykS

My muddiest point is what is the difference between Lanmarks and Darwins theory

Muddiest Point-Patryk S

My muddiest point is what FSH, LH, Estrogen, Patrogen and what they trigger. Each hormone when released has a different effect and i dont know what the effects are.

Muddiest Point- PatrykS

My muddiest point is the autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant, how does that all work?

Wilson Disease-Patryk Swietek

Wilson Disease

Wilson disease is a genetic disorder that doesn't let your body get rid of extra copper. Copper is required for your body but having too much of it is poisonous. To get Wilson disease, you need to inherit two not normal copies of ATP7B gene from each parent. To carry the disease, you only need one. The symptoms of this disease are attacks at the liver, the nervous system or both. This results in swelling of the liver, fluid buildup and being bruised more easily. Good news is that Wilson disease can be diagnosed with physical examination and laboratory tests. It can also be treated although it requires lifelong treatment to control copper amount in body. People who get the disorder detected early get good treatment, can have good health.

ATP7B GENE

The ATP7B gene is pointed out in the image above. This gene is located on the long arm of chromosome 13.

Sribe for 11/10/11

Even though the class period was about 40 minutes long, we covered a lot of stuff in class.

HOMEWORK:
-Read and Understand UP 11-14 (lab)

-UP 7-8

-Make magazine article or tribune (Due: 11/21)

CLASS ACTIVITY:

We went to our lab groups to discuss the following terms: DNA, Protein, Gene, Nitrogen Base, Phosphate, Nucichleotide, Structure. We took this words and explained them by writing up a paragraph to define all of them. All the groups presented their paragraph in class and were judged by mrs. Stein on how well they were defined in the paragraph. Then when comparing everyones performance, she found the word gene, as she expected to be the one that everyone didn't do so well on. This brings us to the question:

What the definition of a Gene?

INCORRECT ANSWER: "things that make up who we are"
CORRECT: Segment (unit) of DNA which codes for proteins...these proteins determine our traits.

CLASS NOTES:

DNA- deoxribonucleic acid

SLIDES

DNA STRUCTURE AND COMPONENTS

*Double Helix- 2 strands form a twisted ladder
*Subunits of nucleotides contain:
- Sugar
- Phosphate group
- Nitrogen group
*Backbone ("uprights") made of deoxyribose and phosphate

NITROGEN BASES

*Purines- 2 rings
- Adenine
- Guanine
*Pyrimidines- 1 ring
-Thymine
-Cytosine
*Order of the bases contains the "code"to make proteins

Muddiest Point- PatrykS

My muddiest point is i don't know what the difference is between bacteriophage and prophage and what they both do or mean?

Interesting Game Related to Disease

http://www.addictinggames.com/strategy-games/pandemic2.jsp

This game demonstrates a lot of stuff that we learned in class and i found it really interesting how much i can relate to class when we learn some of the stuff that i saw in the game. In this game you get to a disease and try to spread it and you get to experience how it is spread, ect.

Muddiest Point- PatrykS

The muddiest point for me is what excacly is a daughter chromatid?

Class on Tuesday, September 27

Today we started talking about our new unit about CELLS. Today in class Mrs. Stein curiously asked the class why they think cells are so boring and hard. We then brainstormed what we know about cells and going around the room, Mrs. Stein made a list of what we know about cells. Each person would make one point about cells. If Mrs. Stein thought the statement was a basis of cell theory then she marked it purple, if she thought the statement is something cells need, she made it green.

PURPLE-Basis of cell theory
GREEN- Cells need this

*"Building Blocks" of life-All living things are made of cells
*DNA- organized in chromosomes
*Cell membrane
*Cytoplasm- liquid in the cell
*Function- Cells are the basic functional unit of life
*New cells come from existing cells- Mitosis (cell division)

Muddiest Point- PatrykS

My muddiest point is also Density Depending Limiting Factor and Density Independent factors as those confuse me as i do understand a little bit of the concept but as in 2/5 (5 being able to teach it to someone and 1 having no idea what it is) Help is appreciated,

Thanks,
PatrykS

Unit 1 Reflection

This unit was very interesting and i learned quite a lot in what seemed to be a short period of time. I can already see the expectations you have for us pretty clearly and got caught off guard. The tetrahymena lab was fun to do and the one where we do our own experiment seemed more realistic and i felt like how a real scientist would feel like. I am looking forward to the labs in the future.

First Post- PatrykS

My favorite sport is soccer and i just love the sport as you don't need much equipment to play it for fun and it is a worldwide sport that everybody plays.

This site gives you a lot of information about the basics of soccer in general:

http://library.thinkquest.org/3903/

Here are some quotes i learned from playing soccer:

1. "Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it."- Mia Hamm

2. "Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do." - Pele

3. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of knowledge,
but a lack of will.” - Vince Lombardi

What i love about going to high school is all the freedom and responsibilities.

What i hate about going to high school is the homework.