Project Describtion
For the first project of STEM Biology and Biotech we learned about evolution. We were first introduced to evolution through a series of small activities and games. One of those activities was the odd one out. This was the first point of being introduced to one of evolution five factors, natural selection. After the introductions to evolution we moved into more deep dive actives. One of those activities was learning about spectiation. Specitation is how species evolve into other species based of certain factors like separation or geographic barriers. The finally thing we learned in the evolution unit was performing pcr. PCR is the process of taking a small bit of DNA and make thousands of copies to be anyalised. After learning all these different parts of evolution we had to choose one endangered species. Our species was the Great Hammerhead Shark. We looked how this species evolved and why it is evolving to a point of extinction. We also looked at factors that is affecting the shark to go extinct and why they can't evolve fast enough to adapt to these new human factors. This presentation wrapped up our evolution unit and now focuses us on nutrition.
Our Presentation and Video
Content:
- Evolution - The process species go through to change and devolve to be different from their ancestor.
- Artificial Selection - Selecting which organisms to live based off which traits the selector wants that species to have.
- Natural Selection - The environment eliminating organisms that have the worse traits for survival.
- Biodiversity - The amount of species that live in one environment.
- Speciation - The process of a new species being created through evolution.
- Survival of the fittest - The organism which has the most adapted traits who lives long enough to pass those traits down.
- Extinction - When a species has no more organisms living.
- Gene Pool - The diversity of genes living in an environment or species.
- Mutation - When ones dna is not copied correctly and forms a new gene in place.
- Gene Flow - Genes moving in and out of an environment.
- Non- Random Mating - When an organism looks for another organisms with desirable traits that they want to pass down.
Reflection:
This was an interesting project. During the project I had two highs one of the them was doing every single question of the day. Even though the question of the day can by hard and tiring to do at the beginning of class I made sure to do it everyday. Another high was doing my best during the PCR lab. The pcr lab was very challenging but I still was able to do all the steps to my best of my ability and I felt my result came out good.
While having two highs I had two lows. One of those lows was playing games in class. Me and my shoulder partner would sometimes play collaborative games when the class was slow or we weren't interested. During the next project I am really focusing to keep the nonacademic breaks down and short. Another low was not doing some of the work to the best ability. For example for the web quest I could of aced the quest but I slipped on a few parts and got a B. Next time I am going to put all my effort into all of the work.
While having two highs I had two lows. One of those lows was playing games in class. Me and my shoulder partner would sometimes play collaborative games when the class was slow or we weren't interested. During the next project I am really focusing to keep the nonacademic breaks down and short. Another low was not doing some of the work to the best ability. For example for the web quest I could of aced the quest but I slipped on a few parts and got a B. Next time I am going to put all my effort into all of the work.