Mitosis Animation
What is mitosis and when does it occur?
Mitosis is the process that occurs when the cells are splitting
What are the stages?
Interphase
Prophase
Prometaphase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Cytokinesis
interphase
How long do they last? You can explain what you learned about onion root mitosis.
Interphase lasts for 90% of the cells life whereas the process of mitosis only takes up 10%of the cells life span
How does this relate to the current research we are doing with planarians?
The planarians are actively using mitosis to regenerate their bodies. When they are injured this process appears to speed up so that they can heal faster.
How does understanding the process of mitosis help us tackle questions about human regeneration?
It gives us a greater insight Into how cells divide as well as being useful for making medical advances by testing the difference between our cells and the stem cells of animals that can regenerate and how this process works. He can also test medical advances on things that regenerate faster.
Mitosis is the process that occurs when the cells are splitting
What are the stages?
Interphase
Prophase
Prometaphase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Cytokinesis
interphase
How long do they last? You can explain what you learned about onion root mitosis.
Interphase lasts for 90% of the cells life whereas the process of mitosis only takes up 10%of the cells life span
How does this relate to the current research we are doing with planarians?
The planarians are actively using mitosis to regenerate their bodies. When they are injured this process appears to speed up so that they can heal faster.
How does understanding the process of mitosis help us tackle questions about human regeneration?
It gives us a greater insight Into how cells divide as well as being useful for making medical advances by testing the difference between our cells and the stem cells of animals that can regenerate and how this process works. He can also test medical advances on things that regenerate faster.
Ecology Workshop
For this project we tested to see how much oxygen Spider Plants and Aloe Vera plants could produce in 24 Hours. To test this we used an oxygen chamber that would measure the carbon and oxygen levels in it while we had plants living inside. Every 24 hours we would rotate plants. The information would be directly and digitally put onto a graph that represents how the oxygen levels and carbon levels changed over the time period.
The boarder impacts of this project was for us to be able to transplant the plants we tested into a vertical hanging garden and hang them in our classroom. The point of hanging them in the classroom is to create a better environment in the classroom. When there is higher oxygen levels in a space it can improve mental health by lowering anxiety, depression, and stress levels.
If we were to do something different from this project we would definitely give us more time to test the pants. Ideally we would need 40 test results but in the end we were only able to get 13.
The boarder impacts of this project was for us to be able to transplant the plants we tested into a vertical hanging garden and hang them in our classroom. The point of hanging them in the classroom is to create a better environment in the classroom. When there is higher oxygen levels in a space it can improve mental health by lowering anxiety, depression, and stress levels.
If we were to do something different from this project we would definitely give us more time to test the pants. Ideally we would need 40 test results but in the end we were only able to get 13.
Photosynthesis Interactive Lab
The purpose of this experiment was to investigate how plants turn carbon into oxygen, a process of photosynthesis.
My experiment was not a success, I never saw my leafs float to the top of the water. So from that I wasn't able to get a lot of information about the process of photosynthesis. From observing different experiments that were a success did give me a better idea of how when it absorbed the water and carbon dioxide and combined it with the light from the lamps it got lighter in weight from creating and releasing oxygen and carbohydrates.
My experiment was not a success, I never saw my leafs float to the top of the water. So from that I wasn't able to get a lot of information about the process of photosynthesis. From observing different experiments that were a success did give me a better idea of how when it absorbed the water and carbon dioxide and combined it with the light from the lamps it got lighter in weight from creating and releasing oxygen and carbohydrates.
The process in This Experiment:
Step 1: Prepare 2% bicarbonate solution for each trial. This is the carbon source.
Step 1: Prepare 2% bicarbonate solution for each trial. This is the carbon source.
- 300 ml water
- ⅛ teaspoon Sodium Bicarbonate
- 1 drop soap (make sure you do not create suds)
- Cut 10 or more leaf disks
- Use hole punch because these need to be uniform in size.
- Make sure not to use veins.
- Creating a Vacuum
- Remove the plunger and place the leaf disk in the syringe.
- Carefully push out the excess air, but do not squish the leaves. Leave some air in the syringe.
- Suck up a small amount of sodium bicarbonate solution into the syringe.
- Tap the syringe to suspend the leaf disks in the solution.
- Hold a finger over the syringe and pull back on the plunger to create a vacuum in the syringe.
- Hold the vacuum for 10 seconds.
- While holding the vacuum swirl the leaf disks. This will suspend them in the solution.
- Repeat this process 2-3 times to get the all the leaf disks to sink.
- Hold the vacuum for 10 seconds.
- Remove the plunger and place the leaf disk in the syringe.
- Place leafs into a cup of water
- 3 centimeters deep
- After each minute record how many leafs have floated to the surface of the water
Mini-Experiment Monocots vs Dicots
Day 1: Day 3: Day 5:
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The purpose of this experiment was to help us get a better understanding of what a Monocot and Dicot were. As well as the differences between the two.
Monocots and Dicots are two categories that plants are placed into help them be identified. Depending on the roots, leaf shapes, seed system, flower groupings, and amount of leafs.
I believe the corn is the monocot and the mung bean is the dicot. Why I believe the corn is the monocot is because t appears to have one seed system at the base of the kernel moving it to the monocot category. While the mung bean can easily be split into two parts which indicates that is has two seed systems which places it into the dicot category. The roots are also different between then two, the corn grows with similar root widths and is spread out. The mung beans roots have one main large root with smaller roots sprouting off of it. The mung bean leafs are a more circular shape while the corn leafs are narrow and long.
Some troubles I faced with this project was not being able to get all the observations I needed each day, as well as not having enough time to do observations. In the beginning I was also confused about what the observations where supposed to be but I caught on quickly and was able to get most of them done. Another problem was once I had planted the beans and corn into dirt they had died from lack of water as well as trauma from being transplanted. This meant I couldn't continue my observations or research from that point.
Monocots and Dicots are two categories that plants are placed into help them be identified. Depending on the roots, leaf shapes, seed system, flower groupings, and amount of leafs.
I believe the corn is the monocot and the mung bean is the dicot. Why I believe the corn is the monocot is because t appears to have one seed system at the base of the kernel moving it to the monocot category. While the mung bean can easily be split into two parts which indicates that is has two seed systems which places it into the dicot category. The roots are also different between then two, the corn grows with similar root widths and is spread out. The mung beans roots have one main large root with smaller roots sprouting off of it. The mung bean leafs are a more circular shape while the corn leafs are narrow and long.
Some troubles I faced with this project was not being able to get all the observations I needed each day, as well as not having enough time to do observations. In the beginning I was also confused about what the observations where supposed to be but I caught on quickly and was able to get most of them done. Another problem was once I had planted the beans and corn into dirt they had died from lack of water as well as trauma from being transplanted. This meant I couldn't continue my observations or research from that point.
Observations:
Day 1.
Day 2:
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Day 3:
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