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=Boricua Science Class Student Work Space=

Student Name:
Crystal Cortez

End of Term Reflection
Here are some of the activities we did in class this term: Harper's Magazine ("Boots on the Ice"), Hurricane Evacuation Plan, Designer Babies (GATACA), Genetic Diseases, Evolution Movies/Research, NYT Science Reviews, Punnett Squares, Chemical Bond Diagrams, The Periodic Table, The Birth and Death of Stars

I enjoyed the designer babies because I didn't know we were that advance in technology. I also enjoyed learning about our hurricane evacuation plan because I didn't know we had a place to go for just in case of an emergency. I found the atoms the most difficult for me because I really didn't get it and the death star. Both of these activities I really didn't understand. Computer Class = There should be more prep classes. Videos = As far as video I think it should say the same. Student Group Activities = I think as a group, we could have done a little more group experiments to better explain somethings. Evaluations =I think this class was interesting. there was a lot of things I didn't know. I did learn a lot in this class, maybe not as much as I wanted too but never the less I did learn. I found myself struggling in the class because we had 15 weeks to learn so much. To be honest there really wasn't enough time to learn all of the important things we did.
 * What 2-3 activities did you enjoy/learn the most?
 * What 2-3 activities topic did you find the most difficult to understand?
 * Describe how could we improve this course in the future
 * Explain why you enjoyed, or why you struggled through, this class, offering whatever insights you may feel are valuable:

Name of Disease
Cleidocranial Dysplasia Symptoms
 * 1) this disease affects their development of their bones and teeth
 * 2) They usually have under development or absent collar bones
 * 3) they may have decreased bone density and may develop osteoporosis

Genes
 * 1) this disease affects the way their bones and teeth will develop
 * 2) this disease will affect their hearing
 * 3) this disease will affect their motor skills

Cytogenetic Location
6p21

Base Pair Sites
45,404,031 to 45,626,796

Community
Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY 11211

Evacuation Center
I am located in the no zone 2. People who live in the no zone have no evacuation plan.

Your Evacuation Plan
First I will call my family and tell them where I will pick them up at. I will also tell them what to pack. After I tell them what to bring and pack my own bags, I will tell them to meet up at a certain spot and from there we will drive go west until we hit Denver, Colorado. We have family over there. We will stay with them until we can come back home. If we can’t come home because it is still underwater we will look into moving and creating a life and home for us there.

#1 Huntington disease
1. This article is about a woman who finds out that she has inherited the Huntington Disease trait. Katherine Moser talks about the effect of Huntington Disease. She describes what she saw her grandfather going through, and one day she too will not be able to walk, talk, think or eat.

2. Facing Life With A lethal Gene

3. This article is related to chapter 23 DNA. It describes what DNA is. It is a genetic trait. It is a certain trait that people get from each of their parents. Some traits are more dominant and some are recessive. The dominated traits will always over power the recessive traits

This story made me think about what I would do in a situation like that. Would I want to know, or would I not want to know?

#2
This article is about a fossil that resembles a modern duck. Scientist believes that they have found what appears to be a common ancestor of modern ducks. This is substantial evidence about how birds evolved. Scientist has excavated fossils that lived 110 million years ago.

Fossil Looked Like a Duck and Swam Like a Duck __. __

This article is related to chapter 25 evolution. It describes how fossils found million of years ago are related to humans and all species. It shows how evolution is a process. In this process it shows the transformation of species. It shows that everything evolves from something. It takes millions of years to transformation to happen but eventually it happens.

I found this article interesting because it shows that there is evidence to support the evolution theory.

#3
This article is stating that animals all over the world are becoming endangered or extinct. Within our generation, hundreds of types of animals might be gone as a consequence of our actions.

One in 4 mammals threatened with extinction

pick this article because it tells us how we are affecting the world and everything that lives in it. It is telling us if we don’t stop polluting and contaminating the environment, we too will ultimately become extinct.

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