Charity fair

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Summary:
        In the charity fair we get to make up a hand made product to sell at the Charity fair. You give the money you raise to a charity that the student council chooses based off of the presentation. MY group made bags that were made out of old t-shirts. The charity that we chose was CCFA or Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. This charity wants to help people that have these diseases. Crohn's is a disease that makes it so that your intestines develop cysts that can make you feel abdominal cramps and tenderness. You also may feel extremely tired, feverish, and have a huge loss in appetite.  Colitis causes your intestines walls to be bumpy and out of shape. This causes major discomfort. 1.6 Million people have Crohn's and 907,000 have Colitis.

Backward-looking: Have you done a similar kind of work in the past (earlier in the year or in a previous grade; in school or out of school)?:
        We do this every year at school around Christmas time so that we can raise money for charity and give it go to a good cause. In the previous two tears I donated to St. Jude. The first year I made art and some white chocolate chex mix with my partner and all of the money went to St. Jude. The second year was the first year the student council voted so it did not go to St. Jude but it was still a great charity. That year we made hair bands out of hair ties. Every year we have to do the cost and profit, make a presentation, make a tri fold, make a product, pick a charity, etc. Every year this is an important and fun thing that our school does.

Inward-looking: How do you feel about this piece of work? What parts of it do you particularly like? Dislike? Why? What did/do you enjoy about this piece or work?
        I feel like this piece of work is a great way to give money to charity and to teach us more about the problems that have happened and how we can help fix them. It helps bring awareness to problems and I love that we get to do this. I like that we get to get in a group and come up with a product that we want to sell to people and that we get to choose a charity that we think is a good charity. I dislike that I did not have my priorities straight and that one night I had to stay up late to do the script. I enjoy that we got to present one by one so that wen people come by to buy our stuff they already know everything about our charity and why we like this charity.

Outward-looking:Did you do your work the way other people did theirs? In what ways did you do it differently? In what ways was your work or process similar?:
        All of the students at adventures goal was to make a product that we would be going to a charity and to have a good presentation to persuade people into helping our charity. We all had to pick a handmade product that had to be from $0 to $5 and we all had to make a presentation and present about what our charity is and why we chose it or the cause of what this is helping. We all did it different because most of us had different charities and all of the products and their prices were unique. Our process was similar but the end result was different for each and every group that did this project to help charities.

Forward-looking: What would you change if you had a chance to do this piece over again?
        If I had the chance to redo this project I would try to make it so that we worked on it more over the break so that we did not have to worry about doing the script and the tri fold all at one time. I would make it so that we were not as behind because it took us a long time to come up with a product as well as a charity. I would make it so that when we were doing the vinyls to put on the shirts we did not wait to do it all last minute so that we did not have to work on it at home and so that we did not have to do some of the printing and the pressing the on of the vinyls because it was stressful. I think there was a lot more small things that we could have changed but I loved the end result.

Weekly blog human genetics

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Summary:
        All humans genes are all %99.5 the same. For babies to get Tay-Sachs disease both parents have to have the defective gene and this disease happens to 1 in 9 babies. This disease is a disease that causes your brain to slowly destroys your brain and might die. This caused a kid named Hayden to have about 10 seizures in a day and he died before he even turned because the fatty substances destroyed his brain. Your DNA is about 3 meters long in just one of you cells and could reach from the earth to the sun 3 times.


S&EP: SP2: Developing and using models:
        This I drew a picture of a super hero that is based off of the animal the Pit Viper. The picture had to be a human with the traits of the animal and the super powers that animals have. The Pit Vipers super power is that they can see in infrared. My character had scales on her outfit that was on the bottom of her dress and she had scales that went on her arm. She had a green and slightly brown outfit that made it so that she looked like a scaly snake. I drew her in a desert area and she had her hands on her hips.


XCC: Structure and Function:
        Pit Vipers can see in infrared and they can see what is warm and what is cold. This allows them to "see" at night because they can find you even if it is dark because they can see your body heat. The Pit vipers are able to do this because there are holes that are on their face that can detect the radiation and the hat that comes from your body and then they can see infrared. The holes that find your body heat are called pit organs. The holes are on their face and can detect our body heat which allows these amazing animals to see infrared.

Human body redesign project blog

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Summary:
        The immune system protects your body from all kinds of sicknesses but it has some problems. The white blood cells are cells that get rid of the virus by shooting antibodies and other white blood cells will come and devour the sickness. One problem is that the white blood cells can take a long time to get rid of a sickness. The white blood cells will also sometimes attack your red blood cells or your good cells. The skin also has some flaws like. The main one is that the skin is easy to puncture and for things to get through for things to get into your body. We want to make it so that the skin is thicker so that it is harder for things on the outside of the body to get into the body. We would have to make it so that the skin is stretchier and there are more ways to sweat so you don't overheat. We want to make the white blood cells smarter and so that there are more white blood cells.


Backward-looking: What process did you go through to produce this piece?
        To make this piece we had to start out alone and write 8 blogs in 2 weeks about each of the systems and we had to have an idea of what we could change about that system to make it better. We also had to make sure that all of them had 35 or more points in order to work in groups. When we got into our groups we had to find out what system we wanted to re- design. We had to talk and find out what we wanted to redesign about that system and why. After we had an idea we had to start working on a document asking things like what the original design was, what we wanted to redesign, etc. Then we had to write an essay based off of the questions. When we were done with the essay we had to create a presentation that we had to present to the class. Finally we presented and watched each other get to present.


Inward-looking:  How do you feel about this piece of work? What parts of it do you particularly like? Dislike? Why? What did/do you enjoy about this piece or work?
        I enjoyed getting to do this project with my group and that we got to learn lots about the human body and what can be different about it to make it better. I liked that we did most of the re-search before we started the project so that we had an idea about what we were doing before we did it. I did not like that we had to write so much before we got to start the project because for me it was a little hard. I enjoy this piece of work because we did not get to chose our groups because most of the time we would just chose our friends. I like that we got to all do different things like how some of the people did board games and how we got to play them when they were done. I enjoyed that we all got to have fun presenting and getting to write about each other's presentation.



Outward-looking: What the one thing you particularly want people to notice when they look at your work?
        When people watch our presentation I want people to be able to recognize that we put lots of effort into our work. I also want people to notice that the body that we have may not be the best design that it could be but that sometimes different designs could not work or be very hard to accomplish. When people read our essay I want them to know that we put lots of effort into making it at the same time as having a little bit of fun learning about the different things that our wrong with our body and how we can fix them. I want them to know that we did lots of research to find the stuff that we did like how we can make it so that the white blood cells can reproduce fast by adding a couple mouse genes into it. 


Forward-looking: What would you change if you had a chance to do this piece over again?
        If I got to do this project over again I would make it so that my group worked a little more on the script part of the presentation so that we would not mess up. I would want to make it so that we would have done the project faster and so that we had extra time after we were done to work on final touches. I think that we could have made a couple of changes to the essay and to the presentation. I would want to make sure that when we were presenting we would not get confused and that we would not have said anything like umm. I would like to change that in the presentation we repeated ourselves on somethings. I think that we did good but there were definitely some things that we could have changed.

weekly blog 11/7-11/16

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Summary:
        There are different kinds of white blood cells. White blood cells work together to get rid of viruses and disease that is in your body. A problem with your white blood cells is that they will sometimes attack your red blood cells which are good for your body. Your white blood cells also can take a little while. Your skin is made to be the first layer of protection from any disease and viruses that are trying to get into your body. A problem with your skin is that it is easy to penetrate and things like mosquitoes can bite you and give you things like malaria.


S&EP: Did you ask a scientific question?:
I asked what was wrong with the immune system and how can we fix it? I found that the white blood cells will sometimes attack the red blood cells which is not good. The white blood cells can also take a while to find and kill the virus. To fix this we should make it so that the white blood cells are programmed better and there should be more of them so that it can do its job better. I also found that the skin is easy to penetrate. To fix it we could make it so that the skin is thicker but it would make it harder to stretch and to sweat so you would over heat.


XCC: Structure and function:
The skin is made thin so that the skin can get rid of water and make sweat to cool your body as well as being able to easily stretch. If the skin was any thicker it would have to have bigger or more pores to get rid of sweat and would have to be made differently in order to stretch. The white blood cells are about as big as a red blood cell so that it is able to do its job more efficiently and to not take up too much space.

WAC: Is it healthier to be a Vegetarian or Omnivore:

        Is it healthier to be a Vegetarian or Omnivore? 

        Being an omnivore is healthier to the human body than being a vegetarian. I know this because meat gives your body amino acids, iron, zinc and vitamin B12. Meat also gives you fats that help improve your nervous system and your immune system, which are two important systems in your body. Human digestive systems are made differently than herbivores. Our body is made to use the animal foods we eat and it not made for only or mostly plants.  


        My first reason for why being an omnivore is healthier is that meat and other animal products contain amino acids, iron, zinc and vitamin B12. I know this because the article, Should People Become Vegetarians by ProCon.Org says, " In one serving, meat provides all the essential amino acids(the building block of proteins) as well as essential nutrients such as iron, zinc and B vitamins. Most plant foods do not provide adequate levels of essential amino acids in a single serving. 

         My second reason is the fats that are in meat help to improve your nervous system and your immune system. Your nervous and your immune system are two very important systems to your body that keep you alive. According to the article, Should People Become Vegetarians by ProCon.Org says, "Eating meat provided healthy saturated fats, which enhance the function of the nervous and immune system." This shows that meat is important to your health and is important to your body. 


        My third reason is the human digestive system is made for digesting animal meat and other products along with plants. Our stomachs are different than herbivores. The article, 7 Reasons Why Not to Avoid Meat (Unless if you want to), by Kris Gunnars states," Our digestive systems are well equipped to make full use of the fats, proteins and nutrients found in animal foods" This shows that our body need the fats, proteins and nutrients and that our digestive systems are not meant to only digest plants. 


        You could argue that vegetarian diets have less fats and you would be less over weight and are less likely to get some diseases like cardiovascular diseases. I know this because in the article, Is It Healthier to be a Vegetarian or an omnivore by Sencer October 12 2016 says, "With the increase in plant-based foods in the diet, more phytochemicals are consumed, thus reducing risk of chronic diseases linked with animal fats, such as overweight, obesity, cardiovascular disease and hypertension." You might be heavier if you eat meat but it is not true that you are more likely to get cardiovascular diseases from fats in meat.  I know this because the article, 7 Reasons Why Not to Avoid Meat (Unless if you want to), by Kris Gunnars says, "Studies now show that saturated fats in the diet is not linked to heart disease." This shows that fats in meat doesn't cause cardiovascular disease.  

     In conclusion, based on the information I have read, being and omnivore is actually a healthier choice than a vegetarian. It is easier to get the amino acids, iron, zinc and vitamin B12 in your diet. Our body needs fat from meats to help improve your nervous and immune system. Our bodies were made to digest meat. Your digestive system is made to use the protein, fats and nutrients that meat provides. Being a vegetarian is not bad for your body but being an omnivore is better and has several advantages. These are just a few reasons why being a omnivore is better for you than being a vegetarian. 

Immune system

Function: The function of the immune system is to help keep your body healthy and to make sure you don't get sick. 

Organs:
Skin: Your skin is the first thing that the bacteria and the viruses have to get through and the skin protects your body from all of the germs that try to enter.
White blood cells: Your white blood cells work to get rid of any viruses that somehow gt into your immune system.
Nose: Your nose works to trap all of the bacteria that gets past your skin so that the bacteria doesn't get into your bloodstream.
Stomach: Your stomach helps because if the bacteria gets in your food and into your body your stomachs acids will help break down the bacteria
Phagocytes: They work to eat and get rid of he bacteria that gets in your blood stream and that is making you sick.
Tonsils and lymph nodes: They work together to help get rid of the bacteria to help fight off invading germs.

There are many more that do important jobs for the immune system as well. Some others are your spleen, appendix, bone marrow, etc.
Other systems:
The Systems that the Immune system works with is the circulatory system. Your circulatory system is the system that gets infected by bacteria because the blood is part of the system. The circulatory system transports all of the white blood cells to fight off the bacteria. The immune system helps keep the circulatory system safe while having the circulatory system transport your white blood cells to help. The circulatory is very important to the immune system. Your immune system also works with the digestive system because the digestive system breaks down some of the bacteria that gets in your body.
Analogy:

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The immune system is like soldiers because:

• Both of their jobs is to protect something 
• When something bad happens they both have to fight the enemy off
• They body is like the country that they are fighting for because they are both important 

The immune system and soldiers are similar because they both are very important to something big. Both of their main jobs is to protect something. When ever something bad happens they have to fight it off like how the soldiers have to fight when there is enemy's or a war and your immune system has to fight off sickness. They both have to protect something that is important like how the immune system protects your body and soldiers protect their country.

Structure and function:
The main function of the skin is to make help make sure no bacteria gets into your body. The skin is make just to do this.
1. The skin is make to be stretchy so that you can move because if it was hard or not stretchy you would not be able to move very well or your skin would tear.
2. Your skin is on the outside of your body because if it were on the inside it would not be able to protect your body it would let all of your insides be exposed to bacteria.
3. Your layer of skin is thin because it allows it to be stretchy. If the skin was too thick you could not move as much and your skin would be very hard. If your skin was any thinner than you would get hurt a lot more and it would be easier for bacteria to get in your system.

  Sources:
https://www.brainpop.com/health/bodysystems/immunesystem/

http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/ismovie.html

Blog 10/14/16

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Summary:
        There are multiple steps to mitosis. Mitosis is when your cells duplicate. They are interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase and cytokinesis. Cells make up everything in you body and more. Cells make up tissue, tissue makes up organs, organs make up organ systems and organ systems make up organisms. The different systems in your body is the skeletal system, digestive system, cardiovascular system, muscular system, urinary system, nervous system, respiratory system and the immune system.


S&EP: SP2: Developing and using models
        I made a mitosis flip book. This flip book had drawing of each part of mitosis so that when you flip the book it looks like it is moving and the cell duplicates. I had to had draw all of the pictures, number them, cut them out and then staple the pages together. I had to draw the different parts of interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, etc. I think that this was very fun and a good way to remember the different parts of mitosis. 

XCC: Cause and Effect
          When a cell grows up it is then able to duplicate its DNA. When the DNA is then duplicated it is then able to get ready to duplicate. When a cell duplicates it allows the organism to grow. If a cell duplicates its self wrong it will cause cancer which can lead to death. Your connective tissue connects you bonces and allows your joints to move so that you can walk, talk, move you arms, move your fingers, etc. Your heart beating allows you to live and you get blood transferred all around your body. When you put food in your mouth it starts your digestive system.