MOODIEST POINT :X

my muddiest point is the reflex arc and everything about it and then the circulation of the blood in the heart (oxygen rich and oxygen poor)

Muddiest point. :/

What are the difference between vascular and non vascular plants?

Mooodiest Point.

ANIMAL DIVERSITY! I didn't know this unit was going to be soooo complicated! But we all survived. :) So my muddiest point is knowing the difference between class, order, family... can you guys come up with an idea to remember the order and what they represent? Ay! No me gusta nada!

EVOLUWHAT?

I still don't understand the Miller-Urey Experiment, can someone explain it to me in the simplest way possible?

MUDDIEST POINT...

This has been an interesting unit! AM I RIGHT? Well... my muddiest point is.. like knowing SOME parts of the male/reproductive system, its so hard to remember where everything goes and what their function is!

THE WHAT? THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE!

Ello! It's Rachie In the beginning of class we went over the Male and Female Reproductive structures where you could match the word to the correct parts. You can find it on Moodle if you want to practice!

Second, we learned about the Endocrine System. Which regulates MANY bodily functions and maintains homeostasis. In simpler words, it influences almost every cell, organ, and function of our bodies.

Next, we went over slides about the Male/Female Secondary Sex Characteristics.

Male:

During puberty, FSH stimulates testes to produce testosterone.

Your probably wondering... what in the world does FSH stand for!?

F ollicle

S timulating

H ormone

It is released by the pituitary gland. Testosterone causes:

• Larynx to enlarge
• Broad Shoulders
• Facial/Pubic Hair
• Muscle growth

Female:

During puberty, FSH stimulates ovaries to produce estrogen. Estrogen causes:

• Breast development
• widening of hips
• menstruation

Last but not least.... the MENSTRUAL CYCLE!

Remember: Hormones regulate the menstrual cycle.

If you want a little laugh, watch this video.

But if you want to be serious... watch this one.

NEXT SCRIBE IS...................... CATIE W. <3

MUUUUUDDDIEST POINT.

My muddiest point point this unit was PEDIGREES. How do I figure out what their offsprings parental gametes are? i know it has something to do with probablity, but I still don't get it!

Loeys-Dietz Syndrome

Loeys-Dietz is inherited. The mutated syndrome is dominant. Meaning, only one parent needs to pass on the gene in order for its offspring to develop this syndrome.

The signs and symptoms include abnormal organization of blood vessels. Many affected children have physical/facial features that is the first abnormality that is recognized. Symptoms include the following

• early fusion of the skull bones
• widely spread eyes
• cleft palete

Loeys-Dietz syndrome may be diagnosed by injecting a dye into the blood vessels that is visable by x-ray.

The only treatment for Loeys-Dietz syndrome is surgical repair of the aortic aneurysm.

The prevalence is unknown. There have not been any ethnic, racial group, or gender preferences reported.

Life expectancy for Loeys-Syndrome is 23 years old.

DID I JUST HEAR YOU SAY MUDD-I-E-S-T POINT?!

HEY! Rachie here! :) Muddiest Point.... Let's see... Well, mine has to be about the Memory B/Memory T cells. I dont get the difference! :(

DID YOU SAY MUDDIEST POINT!?

Hey Period 8! Rachie here :) I think my muddiest point this unit was naming the orangelles that the plant cells had and the animals didn't, and vice-versa. HELP!

Muddiest Point?!

I could name so many muddiest points during this unit but I think the first thing that comes to mind when I think about my muddiest point, it has to be... food webs. You might wonder... what about food webs? I think reading them is what I have trouble on. For example, finding out the primary consumers, or like the 2nd trophic level. All the arrows and pictures confuse me sooo much! HELP.

Reflection on Monday 9/12

Hello there Period 8! Rachie here :) Today was a very successful day full of note-taking, learning about how to read climatograms, and checking up on our duckweed. Note-taking consisted of Ecological Succession and Biomes. Ecological Succession is basically predictable changes that occur in a community over time. It usually occurs in ponds, lakes, and forest. There is Primary and Secondary Succession, and they are both very different from one another. Primary Succession occurs where NO SOIL exist (early plants prepare the soil). Secondary Succession follows community destruction without destroying the soil.

We learned that Temperature + Precipitation = CLIMATE. You could look at a climatogram and see their relationships in a biome. We, the class, also learned that temperate means not extreme.

For the last 15 minutes of class we got to work on climatograms and check up on our duckweed. Everyone realized their hasn't been much growth in them. Most groups control group died. But that doesn't stop us to continue this experiment! It's new to us and Mrs. Stein. We're learning more and more in her class everyday.

Next scribe: Eunice Chang

Unit One!

Hello! It's Rachie. I do agree with other's that this Unit has gone through fast. I enjoyed working with the microscope since i've never done something like that before. (my school never used one). It was also a good experience working with the jumping beans! I've never seen them before, and I'm happy that I actually got a chance to. Sure this unit was quite hard, but it's freshman year! Of course it's going to be hard, but thats how we learn! I'm honestly very excited for what Mrs. Stein has to offer freshman year! I know it's going to be awesome.

Camping 2011!! =)

Hello, Rachie here... and I finally made it on here, no matter how sleepy I am right now, I made it! The only exciting thing I did this summer was go on a church retreat to "Chain O' Lakes". It's a camping site up north near Gurnee & it was a very good way to end my summer. But the bad part was I have mosquito bites everywhere. :(

I'm not really good at telling people about myself, because I think it's just best to ask people about me, so you could hear what they got to say. But here goes a shot, I was born in Stockton, California. and i spent most of my childhood there. I moved to Chicago when i was 8/9 and I just recently moved to Glenview this summer! Oh! I am very family oriented, I like to eat Asian food, and sleep. :)

Personally, one of the things I am most excited about is making new friendships and hopefully maintaining those friendships I make. The thing that I am least excited about school has to be the tremendous amounts of homework that awaits me and everyone else. :( Other than that, I'm ready for what high school has to offer!