Blog post #10 Zach Walker

The part to the right is the male part where the pollen is produced and where it get released to go and land on the stickey stigma of the flower causing fertilization 

This is where both of these come together to make the reproduction actully happen within the flower there the stigma releases fertilization to create a seedling and they get planted around to make the flower sprout 

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This part of the flower ironicly looks more like the male but is actully the female part where the pollen lands and where the fertilization happens 

Conclusion paragraph: Angiosperm interact within this flower because of the all of the reasons that I listed above, first of the all flower has a stickey stigma where the fertilization occurs and causes the more seedlings to sprout creating more flowers etc.. there is a point within the flower that both of the actions male and female come together to form the final process of reproduction of a Angiosperm. The interactions of other fertilization and other plants coming together.

Joe Fordyce period 6 anthers, stigmas and styles

The pollen lands on the sticky stigma and that is what is abel to fertilize the flower and make it fertile. There are the parts: The carpel which produce female gametophytes; The anther which is where the stage of meiosis takes place. The whole flower has a life cycle just like us humans.

These are the an anthers and these are the map parts of the sex organ of the plant. THis is also where meiosis takes  place and there are usually more than two or three anthers of each flower.

This is the stigma which is the female part of the sex organ of the plant. There is only one and in this picture the pollen lands on this and then that fertilizes the egg.

This is the ovary of the cell and this is where the female phenotype is created along with this ivar are little ends called ovules.

Haley GATTACA Essay

  GATTACA

 Glass/water as invisible obstacles Vincent must over come. The first thing I chose was when the janitor told vincent to clean the glass too well. The way Vincent overcame this obstacle was using Jeremy’s identity to meet his dream and go to space and see the stars.

    When Vincent was younger him and his brother used to play a game called chicken and they would go to the beach and both would swim as far out as they could and who ever would turn around first would lose and be the chicken. Well every time Vincent and his brother would play Vincent would always lose and then one day he played the game and ended up winning and also had to save his brother. Thats how he overcame the obstacle with his brother.

   The last obstacle Vincent overcame was him trying to keep his two different identities. Vincent fell in love with a girl named Irene, but he had to make sure none of his skin cells and hair folicals were identified because he was already a suspect for the murder that had happened. Eventually Irene found out that he wasnt actually Jerome it was Vincent that she was sleeping with. At first she was scared and after she just accepted it because she loved him.

Haley "who wants to live a million years"

In the game it took me 5 times to complete it. I had to choose the tall one and then I chose the medium one and then I chose the small one and it worked because the predator came and then it tried to attack but the little creatures survived. Second came the heat and the little creatures didn't have any fur so they all survived and populated ben more. Third the volcano erupted and there were so many of them that it didn't wipe them all out and the rest survived.

Haley #9

The leaves are the biggest part and probably the most important because they collect sunlight to make the whole plant grow. The plant mutates because when it gets bigger it changes form. THe leaves get bigger ands the stem gets bigger and the plant gets taller and probably changes  color.

Joe's,"Who wants to live a million years"

It took me 3 generations to win the game and I know from studies that overall, organisms don't survive that long unless they adapt to their surroundings
I accidentally chose one that was furry and that was a mistake because that kind of animal could not survive long in the desert. The kind of animal that would survive in that desert needed to be able to escape hawks and be able to run fast and keep up with the hot and cold elements thats why 1/3 options I chose was furry because at night temperatures in the desert could be very cold.
I think that my genetic drift would work because the genes after a couple of generations would thrive like how the 1/3 furry would only protect that part of them at night.
I think that the non 1/3 furry was much more dominant
a/c and b/d
don't make it some round animal that was made up, more types of variations of the animal, and a deeper information about how ti win the game.

Zach: Who wants to live a million years

#1: It took me about 7 time of playing to actually win the game and get to a million years, It took this long because I had no idea what the capabilities of each of the creatures. I eventually learned how each of the creatures behaved with the environment, and I won


#2: I picked one of each creature so that I could know directly what they could and could not survive with. For example I didn't know that the long necked creatures were better with heat. But after a fail and more try's I found out the long neck creature adapt to heat well.


#3: I know they would be affected by it because not all of them have the strength or resources to adapt to all of the frequent environmental changes so a lot of them would die within a 250k year period


#4: An example of a dominant phenotype was the furry short cut creatures. When the weather got colder it adapted and grew more fur to withstand the cold breezy weather


#5:  Environments:(New large preditor) Situations:(Large predator) Conditions:(Hot/Cold weather)


#6 To improve it I would set the strengths and weaknesses to be visible so people would know what the animal can handle to keep it alive in the long run

Joe blog post #9

question #4

For plant breeders to get to get the same stem, Which was very strong in my groups plant. The stem is like the root of the leaves it was so steady and felt like it was solid iron. For scientists or breeders to get the same kind of stem they would have to do something that was quite amazing because the stem is such a great part of the plant. For breeders to give the stem a steadier appearance and function they would have to probably have to shoot up the plant with some steroid or something of that nature.

Zach's blogpost #9

A plant breeder would generally have to take really good care of the plant, by watering it, giving it nutrients and other essential stuff that the plant may need for survival.  Keeping them with out pest repellant (organic) Is always a better option for them to grow to their fullest potential. All of these processes must be followed to get the same stem when breeding plants.

joes GATTACA essay

Joe Fordyce

period 6

GATTACA essay

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GATTACA essay

Like the holocaust decades before, GATTACA explores a new type discrimination through imperfect genes. Through GATTACA the main character Vincent goes through discrimination because he was expected to die due to a heart condition. The topics I will explore deeper are how GATTACA still has natural conceiving, and how imperfect genes can be discriminated against.

The first topic of relating to how sinister this new form of racism is natural conceiving. The generation that we live in right  now has so many imperfect people that do wonderful things. IN GATTACA people always wanted the best child. I believe that having a kids who finds true happiness in life is the best child that you can have. NO matter what they do or how badly they do it. In the movie natural conceiving was how Vincent was born. They knew from the start that he had a heart condition so in a way they gave up on him. After Vincent they were wanted to have a baby created in the lab. These things like giving up on your child is not how a society should function.

Next I will explore deeper how imperfect genes can be discriminated against. Like Vincent and others since they have no chance of living a full life they will then be thrown away by the society in the movie. Vincent is basically forced to be a janitor. However through his imperfect genes he decided to get up and follow his dream. His dream was to go to space and that is what he did. His imperfect genes also showed that he can beat anybody at anything. LIke how he beat his brother in the swimming competition.

The reasons that a society should never function like this is because it has flaws of discrimination. Just like how back hundreds of years ago our society was racist toward african americans. This movie explores a new racism through genes.  

Haley Schlaick #7

Broccoli.  It came from two living/biotic cells.

Haley Schlaick #8

I learned how a plant grows and what it looks like in its stages.  The thing that surprised me was that it was so big and thats what brocolli looks like. I didnt really laugh becuase growning a plant really isnt all that funny. What made me pause and think a little deeper is the fact that broccoli is so big.

Haley Schlaick #6

More cells are formed in mitosis so the plant needs to get bigger.  The cells split apart from photosynthesis. The nucleic acid helps the plant grow because its in the nucleus and it makes more cells and when there are new cells the plant starts to grow and with photosynthesis the plant also turns green and thats how a plant grows.

Haley Schlaick #3

The plant got bigger. It looks about 7 inches and its green with quite big leaves for its size. They use water to stay hydrated and when they drink water they stay green. The plants obsorb water through there roots which makes them grow bigger.  They go through photosynthesis and they take in the carbon. They take in carbon  and cellular resperation. They obsorb nitrogen through the ground through assimilation.

Zach Walker blogpost #7

Broccoli is our plant the main source of growth is the watering of the plant. Due to all of the rain we have been getting, The plant has grown to be at least 3 feet high, my prediction is that it will not grow any higher and will stay the same, and over time the plant will produce the broccoli that we are expecting, The parent plants have a huge impact too, There are also a lot of holes in the leaf due to bugs and insects bitting on the leaf.

Zach Walker blog post #8

For my final blog post I am interviewing Joe, In my SOTS group, The first question  I asked joe was, What have you learned? He responded "I have learned a lot of things but the number one thing is that plants have to compete for the provided space given to them to grow" The second question I asked him was What surprised or amazed you? He responded "The fact that our plant had holes in the leaves and that other insects were feeding on our plant" The final question is, What made you stop and think for a while, He responded "I thought for a second how deep the roots could dig down into the soil for the plant to grow"

Joey Costantino interview blog post #8

Joey has learned that it takes a long time for the plant to grow just like a human growing it dos not happen over night. How big the plant has grown over time. Joey has laughed over nothing because science is very serious and no laughter will be tolerated. Joey paused and thought a little but deeper about other plants growing more because they have more sun light. He thought long and hard.

Joe Fordyce blog post #7

we are experimenting with broccoli. The plant is at least 2 feet high now and is still growing. Our plant is very big and it looks like the parents were pretty big plants. The parents can't take all of the credit though. There was a reflection which made the pliant grow almost twice as fast. the offspring of this plant will be huge.

Blog post assignment #6 Zach Walker

My plant is growing very fast mainly because the reflection off the sun and the water hydrating the plant. and very importantly water moving through the roots of the plants giving it nutrients and vitamins provided by the sun and light which is a very important factor to keeping the plant alive. Since enzymes are proteins they send water and protein molecules to the nucleus causing it to expand which causes a chain reaction which causes the rest of the plant to grow