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=Boricua Science Class Student Work Space=

Student Name:
[Type here}Kim Epps

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

[insert text here] [insert text here] Computer Class = [More/Less] Videos = [More/Less] Student Group Activities = [More/Less] Evaluations = [More/Less] [insert text here]
 * 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
[Type here]Ataxia Telangiectasia

Symptoms

 * 1) [Type here]Affects the nervous system, Immue ststem
 * 2) [Type here]slurred speech, trouble moving their eyes to look side to side
 * 3) [Type here]tend to have a high amount of protein

Genes

 * 1) [Type here]ATM gene makes a protein in the nucleus cells
 * 2) [Type here]ATM protein also help recongnizing damaged or broken DNA
 * 3) [Type here]

Cytogenetic Location
[Type here]11q22.3

Base Pair Sites
[Type here]107,598,768 to 107,745,035

Community
[Type here]SpringField Gardens

Evacuation Center

 * 1) Location – [Type here]Springfield Gardens
 * 2) Implemented Plan – [Type here]School

Your Evacuation Plan
[Type here]travel by Car

#1Brain Electrode calms Teen's Tremors

 * 1) Summary – [Type here]The first prson to undergo a promising new treatent for cerebral Palsy
 * 2) a diease of the nervous system. A doctor from Pittsburg implanted a medal devises called aelectrodes
 * 3) into a 17 year old boy brain
 * 4) Book Citation – [Type here]Sci News
 * 5) Personal Interest – [Type here]I feel this discovery is remarkable

#2Skull of Refrigerator sized Armadillo Found

 * 1) Summary – [Type here]Scientist have unearthed the skull of a giant armadillo that roamed Flordia 10,000
 * 2) years ago.
 * 3) Book Citation – [Type here]Sci News
 * 4) Personal Interest – [Type here]

#3Could other Planets influence Earth

 * 1) Summary – [Type here]Jerry Mitrovica a physicis here at the university of toronto, arrived at the starting finding
 * 2) after using powerful computers to simulate the effects of gravity exerted by various planets on one another
 * 3) Book Citation – [Type here]Sci News
 * 4) Personal Interest – [Type here]

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