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=Boricua Science Class Student Work Space=

Student Name:
Dianna Grizzle

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

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 * 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:
 * the reason i struggle this cycle in this class and overall school is due to my job and family issues, thanks be to God i made it through. this class was very much enlightening and brings me to be more aware of the enviroment and our genetic make up. thank you so much Pro. Lewis, i will try to continue in reading and looking out for scientific reading and educate other about it.

Name of Disease
Atelosteogenesis type2 Symptoms
 * 1) skeletal disorder in infant born with this condition have very short arms and legs, a narrow chest, and a prominent rounded abdomen.
 * 2) an opening in the roof of the mouth, cleft palate,distinctive facial features.
 * 3) serious health problems, infant with disorders, usually stillborn or die after birth respiratory failure and some infant lived for a short time with intensive medical support.
 * 4) [Type here]
 * 5) [Type here]

Genes

 * 1) slc26a2
 * 2) slc40a1
 * 3) [Type here]

Cytogenetic Location
5q31-q34 and slc40a1

Base Pair Sites
149,320,638 to149,347,155 and190,133,560 to190,153,857 on chromosome2

Community
williamsburg,brooklyn

Evacuation Center

 * 1) Location – none listed, because there is no evacuation plan for this area at the moment.
 * 2) Implemented Plan –the implemented plan is to stock up on non perishable food items and non food item for survival.

Your Evacuation Plan
[The family wouldn't have to evacuate according to the findings, the building is well equip to handle the storms, however you must reside below the 10th floor.

New York Science Times Reviews
This New York Science Article dated Tuesday November 18, 2008, written by David Tuller spoke on Chronic kidney disease the article starts with a 65yr old African American woman who is diagnose with kidney failure, she has not seen a doctor in a few years for a check up and now she has been told she will not make it. This woman is one out of many millions of Americans unaware that they are suffering from Chronic Kidney disease, which is caused in most cases by uncontrolled hypertension or diabetes and is often symptomatic until its later stage. citation: page a1 Human anatomy Personal Interest: the main reason i chose this article is because it send a personal signal to my life as a huamn being and battling genetic hypertension, plus i don't want to be in the dark about when it comes on to health issues, i want to be very aware ,not ignorantly unaware.

This New York Science time’s article dated Tuesday November 11, 2008, written by Andrew Pollack Talks about how scientists are exploring the other 99% in the process of uncovering the new secrets and facing new questions of the classic genes. they are now finding that a lot of DNA is transcribed into RNA without leading to protein production rather, the RNA itself appears to be playing a role in determining which genes are active and which protein are produced. citation: chapter 19 page 388, ecology, ecosystem and the enviroment. personal interest: this article reminds me of when the class study about the genes and how they are function, i till didn't get it pack down, but what i have learned i will take it throught life with me

This article in the Tuesday November 25, 2008, NY Science Times concentrates on the puzzling result of the shadow universe of dark matter that makes up a quarter of creation, but has misinformed direct detection until now. The nature of this dark matter is one of the burning issues of science, the way to a deeper understanding of the laws of nature and the theory of physics. An experiment was conducted where a cosmic ray detected on abroad a balloon flying around the south pole had recorded an excess number of high energy electrons and then anti matter opposites through local space. The advanced thin Ioning calorimeter (ATIC) detector is designed to measure cosmic rays high particles from stars and other sources citation:chapter 23 p 467 classical & modern genetics personal interest: this article have me very worried, because this class as open my eyes even more at the fact that we may be extinct at any time, basiclly global warming.

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