These past few class periods we’ve been taking part in a frog dissection. GROSS!!! (I know!) But, even with the grossness of the whole thing, we learned the importance of transferring our knowledge of dissections from a frog to modern day emergency dissections.
In class, Mrs. Seilhan kept saying, “Maybe some of ya’ll will be going into the medical field.” I’m sorry, Mrs. Seilhan, but NO WAY!!!
Frog dissections are important for those people who intend on going into the surgical work field, like I planned on doing before I actually cut open a creature! Frog dissections help schools know and understand the functions and uses of the organs and body parts.
In the close future, most of say we want to be doctors and nurses and some say they want to be veterinarians, but now that I have seen the inside of a frog I plan to stay with music!!!!
Our semester project consisted of worms, a lot of food and patience!
In our semester project, Beth Peterson and myself learned that worms don’t like sugary foods. They enjoy eating healthy-like foods. (ex. strawberries-which happened to be the sample that won-,vegetables, fruits, etc.)
Materials: 10 oz. of each food, (bread, strawberries, chocolate, french fries, gummy worms, and soil.)
Our investigation began with a problem. After many bad ideas, we came to the conclusion that we wanted to “care” for worms!
Our problem: Which food is most favored by the worms?
Hypothesis: We think the worms will favor the soil more than any other food selection because the worms live in and around the soil.
The procedure for testing this hypothesis: 1) Measure 10 grams of each selected food
2) Disperse each food equally, giving each team of worms a different food choice.
3) Leave the food in the designated area and allow the worms access to the food.
4) Measure, the next day, the amount of food the worms have eaten, and record.
5) Continue measuring the mass and rate the worms eat the foods.
Conclusion:
Our experiment, though not the best idea, did not turn out how we expected. We assumed that, because worms live in and around soil, that they would be more prone to favoring soil. Gummy worms, french fries, bread, and chocolate, as well as soil were no competition for the strawberry. We assume that the reason they favored the strawberry is because it is a fruit and it has nutrients to provide the worm. Our hypothesis was wrong.
If we could change anything we would select healthier foods, and include ant repellent in the materials!!!!
Some people have beliefs on their opinion on the Earth’s creation. If I were to choose a scientific explanation for God’s marvelous work, it would have to be “The Big Bang Theory”.
God is the creator of the universe, and us, being mere humans, have to wrap our heads around the fact that this earth and many other things were created by a great being, and the way He did it boggles our human minds. In Genesis, chapter one, it clearly states, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth,”. I firmly stand by this truth, and it also goes on to say how he did it, in seven days. With being so scientific now days, we have to either have a formula or a reasonable statement clearly specifying how things are made, and in the bible, these seven days could have happened faster than we could ever imagined, clearly backing up the name, “The Big Bang Theory”.
I haven’t any say in the matter between battling scientists on the opinion towards Earth and it’s creation, but I am entitled to opinions, and mine is that God, creator of every living being, created this wonderful land with his own hands.
During a chemical reactions, the atoms/molecules of two or more elements interact with each other, meaning the valence electrons of the atoms find “slots” to fill. By doing this they, either, explode, implode, etc. Chemical reactions haven’t got to be huge, but just as long as the substance that is “left behind” is a new thing, a new substance!
In science, some of us think that it’s just a time to fool around, and play around, but what do you think would happen if we were working on a major chemical, and you were fooling around, and you spilled the substance on yourself, and you were rushed to the hospital, and ended up with something drastic?
I think lab safety is very important because of the risk of anything like this happening to you. I think we need to put forward more precaution towards even the littlest of things because who knows, maybe the next time you feel like having a bit of rough-housed fun, you make sure to think of the risks!!!!:):)
