BIOLOGY

This task was to identify interactions between organisms, I enjoyed this assignment because I never knew about these interactions before, so it was fun to learn about them. 

The objective of this assignment was to identify whether each interaction maintained homeostasis, and if it was a positive or negative feedback loop. This was a challenging one for me because I had to really look at the models and graphs to see if it was a positive or negative feedback loop.

This assignment was completed as a part of our unit about how our body was affected by our heart rate. I enjoyed this assignment because I was able to see the results of our testing and how our bodies were changing because of the change in  our heart rates.

This lesson made me learn about this women named Henrietta Lacks, who was the first woman to have immortal human cells. After her death, nobody found out about the cells until 25 years later. I found this topic very interesting and facsinating because I never would've thought that someone could have cells that were immortal. If you were to tell me this first hand, I would not have believed you. I hope Henrietta's story becomes more talked about and interests even more people.

This assignment was a packet assignment (not shown) talking about Alexandrias family and the history of sickle cells. Some of the things that challenged me was learning all of the new terms like alleles, amino acids, mRNA, tRNA, homologous, and etc. But after some time, I started to get used to them as we talk a lot about it during class. One thing I can take away from this is that people are born with a ton of different traits. The people that are disabeled, might've been a generic thing that had been through the family's blood. Or when one family member has blonde hair when the rest has black hair, a generic mutation has occured. Learning this made me realize that there is a lot more things going on behind the scenes other than just DNA.