Biology Overview
I learned quite a lot from just a few months in this class. Over the course of a semester, I learned about the anatomy and the physiology of the human body, and brain. Our teacher, Mr. Leader, brought in several guest speakers to share their knowledge on thing like the human heart, brain cells, and many other interesting parts of the body. We took this time to add to our notes on how it works, while also taking notes using the packets our teacher provided us with. About every two weeks, we tested our knowledge by taking tests, and learning from reviewing the answers we got wrong on them. We further advanced our comprehension of biology by doing labs, independent projects, and much more. Feel free to look at some of my work throughout this course below.
Notes on Plants, Human Anatomy/Physiology, and the Brain
Independent Research Project Proposal
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In this unique project, we had the opportunity to take care of an animal (butterflies, chameleon, snakes, rainbow trout, or crayfish), and study them over the period of thirteen weeks. We took this time to create an experimental question around one of the types of animals, and carefully did research and observations around it. In addition to making observations around this question, we also had the opportunity to create a final product that we presented at the end of the project. On the left is my independent project proposal, and a link to my final product.
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Building a Stronger You
In this project, our class picked out a physical goal we want to improve on, a muscle involve with that goal, and completed an exercise to improve it. This exercise took place every other day for three months, and throughout that time, we wrote a: prediction on our reps, what we actually got, and what went wrong in the exercise. We did this exercise for five minutes straight, and it was quite a painful journey. My exercise consisted using a resistance band, and placing one side of it on the ground, and stretching the other part of it completely over my head until my arm was fully extended. My amount of pulls went from 100, to 214 at the end of the project. In addition to exercising, our class got into partnerships (or worked independently), to create an informational video on how to do our exercise. We also included detailed facts on how four body systems are changing from the exercise. At the end of this project, we had an exhibition and showed off our videos and exercises at booths.
I worked the exercising station, and the EMG station. In the EMG station, I was a greeter and an informer on what experiment we were conducting. I believe I learned many new things with this exciting project, and it has inspired me to become interested in science and technology. To see what the protocol was for the experiment, click on the file on the right below this text.
I worked the exercising station, and the EMG station. In the EMG station, I was a greeter and an informer on what experiment we were conducting. I believe I learned many new things with this exciting project, and it has inspired me to become interested in science and technology. To see what the protocol was for the experiment, click on the file on the right below this text.
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Brain Lab
To become further educated on the brain, we dissected a real one! Unlike a normal lab, we turned ours into a competition. Each group had a roll of taking photos and cutting specific parts of the the sheep's brain, and whoever was done first won. This made the lab fun, and less disgusting. I have never dissected anything before, let alone a brain, so this was a brand new encounter for me. I made it through without having to leave, however, the smell wasn't very kind to my nose. Our group was in charge of cutting the top of the brain, the cerebrum. We got second place, but it was worth it.
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