Nicolas Reed Science Blog

Summary Link      This week in science we completed a project called cell wars that we have been doing for 2 weeks.  What you had to do was chose a organelle, mine was the cell wall, and you had to say why it is the best throughout all organelles in cells then best explain that on a poster and video.  What I learned from doing this project is that most organisms have a disease.  Another thing I learned was that the cell wall is created by this sugar called cellulose.  Also that the mitochondria gives humans their energy.  The last thing that I learned is that the cell wall determines what comes in and out of each cell and determines the plants actual shape.  Backward-Looking       The things I knew before this project started was some organelles in the plant cell. Some of the things that I knew that are in the plant cell are the mitochondria, cell wall, cell membrane, and chloroplast. Another thing I knew was that the chloroplast helps the plant do the photosynthe

    This week my group completed our poster and are almost done with our video. The things I learned this week were that how my organelles shape is related to it's function. For me my group is the cell wall and the cell wall's shape is related to it's function because it covers the outside of the cell to have most of the protection. Also that the cell wall pretty much determines how big the plant will be and the shape of it. The last thing I learned is that a cell wall is made of cellulose. Cellulose is a special sugar. Link S&EP7_Engaging in argument from evidence: Ethan, my friend and I engaged in a smear campaign for a class project and our argument was that the mitochondria is very bad because it can give you a very bad disease. We used evidence by adding a professional website that we double checked that talked about the disease that the mitochondria gives humans.

       This week we started a new project called cell wars, and the point of cell wars is to sell why your organelle is the best out of all the other ones, and my organelle is the cell wall. One thing I have learned this week is that a cell wall is in every plant cell and plant cell only. Also that they chloroplast is in the plant cell so we will be smearing them a lot (smear means talk smack  about another organelle in a nice educational way). Another thing I learned is that the cell walls function. The cell walls function is it creates the plants shape and it determines what comes in and out of each cell to keep the each cell protected. The last thing I learned was that the cell wall protects bacteria from coming into the cell. Link S&EP 1-Asking questions and defining problems:        This week I asked a lot of questions. The types of questions I asked are the already known things about the cell wall but not known by my group. One question I asked was what is the func

Link      This week my science class did a science experiment with a partner (my partners were my friends Mason and Antonio). What I learned from doing this experiment was which magnet is stronger, a circle or square and it was circle. I learned that because my experiment was exactly that which magnet was stronger and we tested that by putting paper clips on each magnet and seeing which magnet will hold the most. I also learned how to analyze data after you are done with your experiment. One other thing I learned was more about the scientific method because this week we actually performed it. The thing I learned about the scientific method was that depending on your experiment you may not have to use some of the steps of the scientific method. I know this because that exactly happened to me because my group skipped some steps and yet our experiment was still good and fair. S&EP 4 Analyzing and Interpreting Data:      This week I did some analyzing. I did some analyzing by

= Link This week in science we learned more about the scientific method. What I learned was that the scientific method has no ending and no order. I also learned about how scientists after they are done with an experiment they write in something called a scientific journal. What they the do in a scientific journal is they put in their data and their findings so other scientists can build of their findings. Then after they are done they get peer review where other scientists check their journal to make sure it is correct and they get that so other scientists can trust that their findings are true. S&EP  6-Constructing explanations and designing solutions: This week I did a lot of explaining because we did a document that asked a lot of questions that involved explaining. For example one of the questions was, what is meant  by peer review so you had to explain what peer review is. Another example was w hat is the difference between an independent variable and a depe