Cell Cookies

The competition is on!

Boys vs. Girls

Each team was given three cookies and a whole lot of candy. Using their knowledge and notes on types of cells (prokayotic, animal, plant) they were asked to create each.

Tomorrow the winner will be decided.

Here are the beginnings of each...tomorrow we will have pictures of the final products.

Reaction Time

Today my seniors did a lab to determine if the length of a nerve affects the reaction time. They did this by catching a yard stick in different situations.

If you wonder what happened....ask a senior.

Some comments I heard today.

"My reaction time is terrible" - Meagan

"It's so funny to watch." - Victoris

"My toe sucks" - Sammy

"I got a one with the foot thing" - Sarah

"NOW!" - Everyone (during the ear part)

AP Lab -- Potatoes and water potential

Part C of the AP #1 Lab....Yea students.

Who is this very good looking somewhat older man?

So... This afternoon during a time when someone was not too preoccupied...this man showed up. Who is it? Can we really allow someone so "scary" looking to enter our school?

Well check out below to see who it is and how he came about....

The process.....

Check this out....

Anatomy fun

I have been somewhat neglectfull in my blogging. Despite this some of my classes have had such a great time lately. Others, unfortunately have had exams. Few view this as enjoyable.

but I am back. I just hope someone out there is looking at this and appreciating their own child and the learning that they are participating in.

Today in 9th grade anatomy we used the beautiful black table tops to create cells and with beads, tape and string. Modeled the process of Mitosis.

Mitosis, for those of you who do not know is the process of cell division. It is not a simply process that only involves splitting a cell into two. It is very precise. You have in each cell 46 chromosomes made from thousands of genes which in turn are made from thousands upon thousands of nucleotide sequences. Each sequence is a code for a protein in your body. One mistake in copying it and or splitting it results in some pretty bad mutations.

so..the process is pretty complicated

Pictures for your enjoyment.....

8th grade lab fun

Here we are...look how safe we are being. We used red cabbage juice to determine whether or not some unknown substances were acids or bases. We also practiced using litmus paper. Yea students.. so do you think these goggles will become all the rage soon? I do...He hE