Lit: 5 fables

We had to read 5 fables for our literature blog assignment. Then we had to write what we think the moral of each fable is. For the fable The fox and the goat, I think the moral, or maxim, is that don’t follow someone you know that cant be trusted because it may end up being a trap, and you might be the one who gets in trouble. In the fable, if the goat didn’t take the fox’s advice, and didn’t jump in the well, then he wouldn’t be trapped inside the well. For the moral of The crow and the Pitcher is that no task is impossible to do, and that if you try to get what you want, you can get it by a little patience, because the crow was really thirsty, and when it saw that the water wasn’t from its reach, the crow kept throwing pebbles into it so the water would rise. the maxim for, The fisher and the little fish is that even the littlest thing can fill your needs, and even a little is better then nothing at all, because the fisher didn’t let the little fish go, even though it was a little fish. For the next fable, The four Oxen and the Lion, the moral is that when you are together you are safer then being alone, because when the four oxen’s were together, they could defend themselves, but when they were quarrelling they got attacked by the lion. For the last fable, The Wolf in Sheep's clothing, the moral is that looks can be deceiving, because the lamb thought the wolf in the sheep’s clothing, was his mother, so he fallowed the wolf and got tricked and eaten by the wolf. These are the 5 fables and there morals or maxims!

Science: Ask a geneticist

When I read the websites that were given, I learned many different facts about genetics and genes. In one of the articles, they talked about humans and chimps. What I learned was that, even though chimps and humans have a different number of chromosomes, we might have close amounts of genes. Geneticists think that the difference between the two, (humans and chimps) is that the genome don't code for genes. Also, even though goldfishes are simpler then humans, they have 96 chromosomes, which amazes me. What I also learned is that a chromosome is a package containing a chunk of genomes. Like some of the simplest forms of life, like bacteria, can keep all their DNA in a single chromosome, unlike more complex organisms, like humans, that divide their DNA's into chromosomes, which I thought was pretty amazing.

Lit: The Wooden Bowls

In this story, it teaches you how to enjoy life with your family members. This means a lot to me because, it tells me that spending time with your family is the most important memory you will have, and if you separate yourself form them, you will never be able to have the memories to remind you of the good times, especially if they are those of old age. I can connect to this because I have my grandparents living here today. Even though they live far away from my family, and only come to visit almost every year, I try to spend the most possible amount of time I can with them, because I know that spending time with them will give me the memories I would love to cherish forever. This story can connect to C.A.R.E.S by empathy, because the little boy felt bad for his grandfather, and put himself in the shoes of his grandfather, by making wooden bowls for his parents for when he grow up, and they are in their old age. this also shows responsibility because the little boy made his parents make them think that they were wrong and he took the responsibility to bring him back. All in all, this short story tells you a lot about how spending time with your family is important to you. Giving all the care to your family members, mostly elders, shows you have great respect and you care for their well being.

Basic Genetics- science

HEREDITY AND TRAITS:

What I learned about heredity is that human beings have two sets of 23 chromosomes, total would be 46, and when the parents have a child they both give their equal amount of share of chromosomes to that child, passing their genes. another thing I learned about heredity is that, most cells in our body has two sets of chromosomes, the sperm and egg only have one set, which is 23. When the sperm and egg join, they create one cell called the zingote, which has two sets of chromosomes, to the total of 46 chromosomes. I also learned about traits. There are three types of traits, Physical trait: which include hair and eye color, and the height. Behavioral trait: these include the way a person may act. And the last one, predisposition to a medical condition: this includes a risk of a disease you may get by a parent. But with these traits, non-genetic (environment) also influence our traits, also.

Science current event #2

In this article, it talks about how the Environmental Protection Agency decided to put more ethanol oil in gas tanks. They said that raising the 10 percent ethanol in gasoline to 15 percent was needed to meet requirements for more ethanol production, and that cars or trucks, from a 2001 model, was able to use the oil without any harm done to the vehicles. Shortly after, they stopped. The EPA is sure that the approval of the higher blend, will be made, but the decision of using higher blend, is disapproved by the automakers and others, which think that it will harm the cars. However, the Ethanol makers are sure that the higher blend is safe and have research to prove it. So, the "EPA, should immediately approve the ethanol blend," says Bob Dinneen, the group’s president.

My opinion about using Ethanol oil in cars or trucks is that let the EPA take its time and think everything thru, because if they make a decision in a hurry, they will never know what will happen, and if the research is wrong, they will be in really big trouble. So, the EPA, should prove the blend in more depth, and be more on the safer side, then being wrong and getting a big loss.

SOURCE: http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/1605773.html

science reflection.

In science, we are learning about Ecology. In Ecology I learned many new things about our environment, and we got to do fun activities. One activity that we did was dissecting an owl pellet. We dissected barn owl pellets and we had to put the bones inside the pellet together, in order to figure out what the owl ate. This helped us determine where the owl came from. As a class result, most of the groups had mice or rodents. I really enjoyed this experiment because; I liked to take the pellet apart and taking out all the bones. Also, the part where we had to put the bones together was very fun and challenging. One thing that was challenging in dissecting the owl pellet was that in my pellet, there were a lot of fragile bones, so my partner and I had to be careful not to chip them or break them.

What I learned about an owl pellet is that they can not digest bones, exoskeletons or fur, so they throw up a pellet. The process is called regurgitation. Once an owl pellet has eaten, it can not eat again until the pellet is removed from the owl, because the pellet blocks the digestive system. Also, owls have two stomachs. The first stomach is called the glandular stomach. The glandular stomach breaks down the owl’s food, since owls cannot break down themselves. The second stomach is the muscular stomach, or the gizzard. The gizzard is where the fur, bones and exoskeletons is placed and squeezes it together, to form an owl pellet. Owls eat their food whole which is another thing I learned in this activity.

Science: current event #1

Global Warming

On February of 2007, the United Nations said that the human activity was the driving force of global warming in the past 50 years. There has been evidence that the release of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases from smokestacks, tailpipes, and more have played a role in increasing the average temperature of the Earth by more than 1 degree since 1900. They now look for new ways to help stop global warming from worsening. Businesses believe that in order to do this, we should work to better the regulation of greenhouse gases. The greenhouse effect has been around for a long time. The greenhouse effect is when gases like carbon dioxide and methane allow sunlight to reach the Earth, and preventing it from going back into space. Without the greenhouse effect, the planet would not have warmed enough to create life.

This is why I think the businesses are right. We should try to regulate greenhouse gases better so that we can save our planet. The greenhouse effect is an important factor that allows life to be formed on our planet. Right now, because of industries, large amounts of carbon dioxide have been released into the atmosphere. This caused the atmosphere to become warmer and warmer at an accelerating rate. Temperatures have gone up nearly three times the average of the 20th century. Unless we do something, the global climate will begin to rise as more carbon dioxide gases get released. Therefore, I think it is necessary to start taking action to regulate greenhouse gases. If we do not, our planet may be in risk.

source: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/globalwarming/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=global%20warming&st=cse