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Image: Summary: Something I learned a lot on this year compared to others was the charity statistics. Charity statistics is not only how much your charity gets in revenue, but how much the spend on awareness, the program, or the employees. For example on average our charity gives 94 cents of every dollar it makes towards the program. The 6 cents go to overhead which include administrative costs. In addition to that I now know that charities can go over their revenue that year if the have money from previous years to fall back on or use. In 2014 our charity had collected  $3,716,755. The spent $3,732,410 on the program and $231,443 on other expenses. They did go over, but if you take a look at the year before that, 2013 you can see the collected $5,648,895. That year they spent  $3,679,701 on the program and  $210,408 on other expenses. During our annual charity fair I really got to understand how charities use their money. Backward-Looking: How much did you know about the

Image Strange Animals Summary      Immortality. Something most people want, but only one creature can biologically live forever.  The immortal jellyfish or turritopsis dohrnii is the only living creature known to man that can hit the back button and change its age. The jellyfish starts off as any other, as a polyp or baby. It slowly grows and matures until it is a jelly fish that is swimming free. When needed the immortal jellyfish uses its "superpower" to defy the laws of time. It can shrink back to being a baby polyp. It does this through transdifferentiation in which its cells can be many different types of cells. For instance, a skin cell can become a blood cell. Even though this animal is immortal it can die from predators and diseases. Sharks and a few types of fish can cause the death of the immortal jellyfish through consumption. These jellyfish are typically found in warmer ocean waters; they can be found from the Caribbean Sea and the Mediterranean. These je

Image: Summary:      The goal of this project was to gather information on issues with the body system you chose, use that information to develop a plan to fix it, and have a presentation of some sort to share all the information and planning you've done with the class. Throughout this project I have gained so much knowledge on the issues with the way the respiratory system is designed. For instance, you can inhale anything, this includes smoke and other chemical that can harm you body. When inhaled the chemicals and toxins travel with the oxygen and are not separated from each other. All gases end up in the lungs, and most can lead to serious damage to your respiratory system. After gathering this information we knew that with this opportunity to redesign the respiratory system we could prevent lung cancer, which most often leads to death. Backward Looking:How much did you know about the subject before we started?       I definitely did have some solid background knowle

Image: www.therespiratorysystem.com Summary:       As we began our project, my group and I realized that before we could find a great way to redesign the respiratory system, we had to figure out some issues and what caused them. Asthma is caused by a tightness in the chest leading to difficulty in breathing. Bronchitis is when there is an mucus inflammation in the bronchial tubes. Cystic fibrosis is generally genetic, the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract produce a thick, sticky mucus that clogs airways. This is a very serious disease and can lead to death.  Emphysema is caused by the growth of alveoli located in the lungs which can lead to breathlessness. Pneumonia is caused by bacteria and viruses which inflame the lungs. Tuberculosis is extremely similar to pneumonia except this results in tissue damage. Learning about these diseases really changed and helped the thought process going forward for this project. S&EP - Constructing Explanations And Designing Sol

     Having a diet consisting of both meat and plants, an omnivore diet, is healthier than being a vegetarian. Consuming meat supplies your body with healthy saturated fats containing many vitamins and other nutrients that help your body stay strong. The human digestive system is designed to break down meat and plants which is why we function best when we ingest both. Meats eaten through the diet of an omnivore have proteins which strengthen your body. Living on an omnivore diet is definitely healthier than living on a vegetarian diet.      According to the article " Should People Become Vegetarian " by ProCon.org, meat consumed through an omnivorous diet provides your body with extremely useful saturated fats. The saturated fat have many vitamins such as vitamin A, D, E, and K. In addition to that, meats have cholesterol promoting health for both the immune and nervous systems. Studies show that many people who have low levels of cholesterol have depression. Saturated f

AIDS.gov Function: The function of the immune system is to keep your body safe from diseases, viruses, and bacteria that do enter the body. Organs: Thymus- The thymus teaches the T-cells during crucial childhood development. Bone Marrow- The bone marrow contains and produces many blood cells. Spleen- The spleen filters blood to keep bacteria away. Tonsils-The tonsils contain bacteria and germs. Lymph Nodes- Lymph nodes create lymphocytes which fight against bacteria before it goes back into your bloodstream. Skin-The skin protects your body from outside invaders, such as germs and viruses. Liver- The liver removes toxic chemicals. Interactions:  The immune system takes care of every organ. By this I mean the immune system attacks any viruses that are going after any part of your body. It has a strong relationship with the circulatory system. The immune system has the job of removing chemicals and bacteria from the bloodstream. Keeping these germs out of your circul

Image: New Health Advisor Summary:      Cells growing and dividing is known as the cell cycle or cell division. There are quite a few steps to this process and they are interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase and cytokinesis. During interphase cells grow, copy their DNA, and prepare for division. The specific process in which cells copy their DNA is replication. During prophase the chromatin condenses into chromosomes. When metaphase takes place the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell. As anaphase occurs, the centromeres split and the chromatids separate. A nuclear cover forms around the chromosomes during telophase. Through cytokinesis, the cytoplasm splits moving organelles into the new cell. The DNA is copied before mitosis occurs to insure the new cell has the correct genetic information. Phosphate and deoxyribose make up the two sides of DNA. Cell division is the very complex cycle of cells dividing. S&EP-Communicating Information:      Fo

Image: commons.wikimedia.org Summary:     The two common ways things move into the cell are defusion and osmosis. Defusion is the movement of particles from an area of high concentration to and area of low concentration. This movement requires no energy. Osmosis is when water moves from and area with high concentration to an area with low concentration. Solvent is the liquid something is dissolved in while solute is what is dissolved. People thing that the solute disappears, but it doesn't. It is so small the naked eye cannot see. This is why dissolving is a physical change. Isotonic is when both sides of the membrane have the same concentration. Water moves back and forth from both sides. If something is hypotonic there is more solute on the inside of the membrane so water moves in. Hypotonic is when there is more solute on the outside so water moves out. As our lesson of movement across membranes closed, learning about the duplication of cells began. In the picture above

Image: I got this off of the cell energy cycle gizmo.  Summary:      Cellular respiration is when your body converts oxygen and glucose into energy. The oxygen humans and animals breathe breaks down, or makes glucose into tinier pieces, so the body can use it. Glucose, a sugar that your body needs to make energy, is a very important part of this cycle. The formula for this process is C6H12O6 + O2 -----> CO2 + H2O + Energy. Oxygen is in the mitochondrion and glucose is in the cytoplasm. The glucose molecule split into two pyruvic acids which produce a minimal amount of energy. When the pyruvic acids move into the mitochondrion huge amount energy is produced, along with carbon dioxide and water. As for photosynthesis, the formula is H20 + CO2 ---(light energy)--> O2+ C6H12O6. The carbon dioxide and water are in the chloroplast. Once you add the sunlight oxygen and glucose are produced. S&EP- Using Mathematics:      As mentioned above, there are equations for both pho

Image: I made this chart. Summary:      An organic compound contains carbon because it forms a total of four bonds. Carbon can form straight chains, branched chains, or rings. This is why living things have different shapes even though they are made up of the same things. The elements that make up all living things are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen nitrogen, phosphorus, and sometimes sulfur. The four macromolecules are proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and nucleic acids, and they are key to living things. Proteins are made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sometimes it may contain sulfur. The simplest form or monomer of proteins are amino acids. The proteins form part of the cell membrane and makes up most of the other organelles. It regulates growth and increases the rate of chemical reactions. Lipids are made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. The monomer of lipids are fatty acids. It makes most of the cell membrane and acts as energy storage. Carbohydrates are made of

Image: View full version on Tackk Create your own customized Tackk page Summary:      Our main goal of this project was to learn about the structure and function of our assigned organelle. I believe my group and I accomplished this goal. The lysosome can very in size, but tends to be large. That helps it collect all the waste in the cell so its digestive enzymes can decompose it. Lysosomes are quite flexible allowing it to move through the cell. Most think that lysosomes just break down waste, but it is more than that. They break food and nutrients, as well as waste. The attack viruses that try to enter the cell. The lysosome performs these functions in areas of the cell with lower oxygen levels. The lysosome is membrane bound. The membrane holds the enzymes inside or they would eat the cell. I have decided to vote for the peroxisome because it is very similar to the lysosome. Throughout running we acted as brothers because they break down waste, but in higher oxygen leve

Image: This is a poster from our campaign.  Summary: As our campaign began to come to a close, it was time to wrap  up  as much as we could. Although the campaign still has a couple of days left my group and I have finished almost everything. This final week my group and I accomplished so much because we all helped each other out. If one person wasn't free to make a poster, the would make up for it by making an extra smear. While smearing my group and I figured out that you have to be careful with your choice of words. This is because it can easily be interpreted in a different way than intended. As well as that, since we filmed over the three day weekend we have some time to edit and make the video entertaining, but informative. Something I am very glad we did was look at the rubric for each component, the citations, the smears, the video, and the posters. Due to this I believe our project will be better than it would have been if w

Image: commons.wikimedia.org Summary: Inside the cell there are various organelles that allow the cell to function in the way it does. One of these organelles is the lysosome which was discovered in 1955. Some say that the lysosome acts as the stomach of the cell, breaking down macromolecules, but it really has a few other functions. The digestive enzymes that are inside lysosomes not only digest macromolecules, they "attack" uninvited bacteria. As well as that, the lysosome repairs cell membranes that have been damaged. There is a membrane surrounding the lysosome keeping the enzymes from digesting the cell. The lysosome is found in a wide variety of animal cells. If no food is available and the body needs energy a signal is sent. The lysosome then digests organelles to feed the body. You really don't want to get on the lysosomes bad side. Many confuse peroxisome for the lysosome and they do similar functions, but the lysosome has a lower pH and d

Image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Eukaryotic_Cell_(animal).jpg Summary- Cells are the basic building block for life, in which case all life is made out of cells. The human body has over one hundred trillion cells that go through 500 chemical reactions every second. I can tell that cells are living things because they reproduce, grow, respire, and they need nourishment. Most organisms are made up of multiple cells, but there are single celled organisms like bacteria. All cells come from other pre-existing cells which proves that cells reproduce. Each cell has organelles which help them function. There are many organelles, such as lysosome, peroxisome, cell membrane, mitochondria, vacuole, ribosome, and more. This week I have learned, as well as remembered a lot about the cell. SP7: Engaging in argument from evidence- After we knew our group, the project, and our organelle my group and I thought we should equally distribute the work of research. We

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Image: www.flickr.com Summary: Throughout this week, the main topic of discussion was food waste and food systems. To understand the food system and how it works, we went through the system of apples and how they can be wasted in each step. The apples are produced and they can be wasted when they are eaten by insects. Due to this, they can't sell, so the farmers throw the apples away. Next, the apples are harvested. If apples have fallen on the ground or are not up to standard the farmers throw them away, even though they are perfectly fine. After that, the apples are washed and waxed to look appealing to customers. During this step, apples are wasted if the they are ruined while waxing. Some apples are then processed into different food items, such as pie filling, apple sauce and more. If people mess up during this conversion, the apple product gets thrown away. Then, the apples are packaged.If packaged incorrectly, the apples get thrown away. After this step, the apples ge

Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Arizona Summary: The project we completed was the biome project in which we had to create a text product, such as a trifold poster board, as well as a diorama of our biome. The biome that was assigned to my group was the desert and we decided to choose the Sonoran Desert located in Arizona. For this project we had to find edible plants and animals. To go with the plants and animals we had to describe them to prove that we would be able to locate them. In addition, we needed to know different sources of water, how and what materials you need to start a fire, and how and what you would use to build a shelter. Lastly, we had to know what hazardous organisms would pose a threat to us if we were in our biome. During this project, I not only learned about the Sonoran Desert, but some survival skills, too. Here is what I learned while working on the project: Plants: Fishhook Barrel Cactus Cacti are known to be in deserts a