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=Boricua Science Class Student Work Space=

Student Name:
[Karla DePergola}

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:

Name of Disease
[Cockayne Syndrome]

Symptoms

 * 1) [It is a rare syndrome which affects your appearance, (small head) aging before your time.]
 * 2) [Difficulty gaining weight.]
 * 3) [Sensitive to sunlight.]

Genes

 * 1) [ERCC6]
 * 2) [Type here]
 * 3) [Type here]

Cytogenetic Location
[10q11]

Base Pair Sites
[50,336,714 to 50,417,077]

Community
[Middle Village, Queens]

Evacuation Center

 * 1) Location – [Christ The King High School]
 * 2) Implemented Plan – [There is no plan in effect]

Your Evacuation Plan
[My evacuation plan is to ride the storm at home since I am in the no zone area. My family will meet at home. If they can not get to my house the next place to meet would be my sisters house a couple of towns away. If winds are to high we have to go to the basement. I plan to have a closet just for emergency use only. This will include canned foods, six casses of bottled water, a can opener, first aid kit, radio with extra batteries, flash lights, matches and candles. I will have emergency dog food for my pets. All of this will cost extra money but at least I will be prepared. In case we can not go to the shelter at Chris The King H.S., we will go to my second home in P.A. were I already have an emergency closet and last but not least my go bag. ]

#1

 * 1) Summary – [Peat bogs are a very big carbon sinks. They are an important part of ecosysstem because if it dryes up it releases carbons in to the air. This affects the ozone layer. ]
 * 2) Book Citation – [Page 454 Chapter 18 Understanding Climate]
 * 3) Personal Interest – [How Peat bogs can affect the ozone layer to prevent things from damaging it.]

#2

 * 1) Summary – [A protein that glows to track cell movement in a sonogram. It is called GFP (Green Fluoresent Protein), which was found in a jellyfish.]
 * 2) Book Citation – [Chapter 23 Classical and modern genetics.]
 * 3) Personal Interest – [Jellyfish are fasinating creatures, learning that they have something that can help humans as apose to stinging us is very interesting to me.]

#3

 * 1) Summary – [Chimpanzees are species that are closely related to humans. They dominate the Bonobos and are hunters and will hunt for the group. They are dominated by males. They like to mate alot.]
 * 2) Book Citation – [Page 501 Classifying Human Beings.]
 * 3) Personal Interest – [It is very interesting to me how we can be closely related to chimpanees.]

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