First of the 2nd round!

TRENTON HERE!!

During the start of class we turned in our quiz corrections from over the weekend if necessary. Then Mrs. Stein gave us another DOD (disease of the day), which happened to be Malaria. The agent of disease was protozoan (protist). -------------------->

During the remainder of class we all got into our groups to attempt

to finish our lab. After the incubation time our group found various bacterial colonies have formed. We also discovered how the antibiotics were holding up the bacteria. What our group (Anthony, Jarod and myself) found was quite queer (British term). Number 3 indicated many bacterial colonies, that was all on the screen of my phone 0_o (everybody loves my phone don't they). Don't forget to do the tree map due Wednesday!

Here is the format for the tree map:

HERE WERE OUR RESULTS..................................

JAROD is our next scribe

and the last scribe goes to...

Hii everyonee its Tessa N! WHOOOO LAST SCRIBE. (thisss is gonna be the best one yet nbd) Okay so, we started off class handing in our double bubble maps of bacterial disease VS. viral disease. Bacterial disease produce toxins and may be treated with antibiotics. Some examples of bacterial disease are staph, lyme disease,meningitis (hope i spelled that right) and strep throat. Viral disease may be treated with antivirals, cannot be treated with antibiotics, may lead to cancer, damages DNA, the lytic cell will burst, and it disrupts the cellular process by hijacking the normal function of cells.Some examples of viral disease are HIV/AIDS, influenza, polio, and smallpox. Bacterial disease and viral disease both evolve rapidly, attack and destroy cells, disrupt homeostasis, are prevented by a vaccine, are caused by pathogens, reproduce rapidly, and are preventable in the same ways. Thennn... we took about 5 minutes to discuss our muddiest points with our neighbors, talking about the things we were confused about from the homework. Then, we had about 10 minutes to ask questions for the quiz we were about to take. Finally, we took our quiz! We had about 20 minutes at the end of class. It was mostly multiple choice, with two fill in the blank, and two short answer questions. It was on all of 20, and section 33.1- mostly about viruses, bacteria and diseases. I hope everyone did great ! Welll... that's it! I hope I see everyone bright and early at 5:00 am tomorrow... lol i can't wait for the pep rally, it's gonna be great!(:

Bacteria

Hey guys, it's Maggie!

Today in class we went over quite a few slides on a powerpoint; mostly about bacteria. We learned the "Classification of Prokaryotes", which includes eubacteria and archeabacteria. We went over the three different shapes of bacteria. These include: bacilli (rod-shaped), cocci (spherical), and spirilla (corkscrew). Last but not least, we learned about binary fission and conjugation. Binary fission is when the DNA replicates and the cell divides in half. Cojugation is when a cell exchanged genetic material across a hollow bridge to another cell. At the end of class, we watched a movie that talked about fatal bacteria including anthrax. We have a quiz tomorrow so I hope everybody studies!

SCRIBE OF THE DAY YAY

Hi it's Catie! I'm the scribe of the day today! WOOOO!

Alright, so today in class, the first thing we did was turned in our cancer papers. I hope we all did well! After that, we discussed the lab we did yesturday. Turns out, MR PAEK was the instigator of the disease. ED was the one and only carrier of the disease. Silly old Ed!

After this, we discused VIRUSES. Viruses are interesting little creatures. Well, actually, they aren't creatures at all; they are NONLIVING, because they do not have all of the traits that scientist say make a thing living (CELLS are the smallest unit of life, not viruses!).

A protein coat, called a CAPSID, surrounds a virus. Viruses are sneaky little things. A virus uses its proteins to 'trick' a cell to take in the virus/its genetic material. (Speaking of which, a virus's genetic material consists of DNA/RNA.).

A virus can ONLY reproduce within a host cell; it can NOT divide on its own. Viruses are PARASITES, because they exist off of an organism and harm the organism while doing so. There are two cycles of a virus entering a host called the Lysogenic Cycle and the Lytic cycle. In the lysogenic cycle, the virus enters a cell and the viral DNA integrates into the host's DNA. Then, the host cell replicates WITH the viral DNA. From there, more and more virus cells get created! The lytic cycle is very similar, except for an important part. In the lytic cycle, the cell EXPLODES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and the viruses are let out and spread quite rapidly to other cells.

In other words: Cell go boom = Virus get spread.

After discussing viruses, we were going to watch a video. But 8th period jitters got the best of us again, so we didn't get to watch the video yet. :( But don't worry folks, we will watch it next time!

BIOLOGY RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok bye!

Next scribe is.. Maggie :)

The first and last...Monday, October 24th of 2011!

Alright soooo todayy we startedd of class by takingg a quiz on 10.1! (eww) Then went on to talking about Epidemiologist which is a person who studies infectious diseases. After that we watched a short five minute clip about how a pump caused a Cholera outbreak. Then we finished of class with a fun lab that helped us "investigate" who was the carrier and who caused the sickness at the wonderful school of Glenbrook SOUUTHHH! Alright ya'll have a good night! See ya tomorrow!

Next scribe...catie :)

Da Scribe of Da Day!

So we started off today by getting our tests back and then went into some notes on INFECTIOUS DISEASES VS. REGULAR DISEASES. We also started the beginning of our new unit on diseases and learned about deadly pathogens that get inside our immune system and harm us, and also viruses. We were also introduced to the Disease of the Day in where we will be investigating a disease for homework every day, or usually every day. We then found out Ms. Stein is GOING TO HAVE A BABY! Congratulations Ms. Stein! We ended with a short video that we will continue next class that had to do with a doctor named Semmelweis that had to convince his other fellows to wash their hands!               NEXT SCRIBE IS Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnneeeeeeee.

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Anyone on this site hiiiii its tessa. ok so i don't really understand the cell cycle... what does each cell look like? that big bird stamp sheet totally confused me haha, I made BenS do all the work. i've trieed so hard to memorize them but it just doesn't stickk... ANY ADVICE?