Taking Playing With Your Food To A Whole New Level.....

Hello Chipmunks!

So we made it through the week! Yah for the weekend!!! I hope you all do lots of fun things, but I know that you like me will be spending part of your weekend doing homework. Yes, I can hear you saying homework sucks, but here are somethings to make it more fun. Click Here, for a sight with a good explanation of cell division and some good illustrations and animations. There is even a little quiz you can take. This link takes you to a flash animation of mitosis, this is different than the link I included in the last post and I like it better. The animation is from this UA site if you want to check out the entire site. Now here are a few good clips from our favorite sight, YouTube.



This clip shows mitosis as it takes place in a real cell, very cool stuff.



This clip shows mitosis at the real rate it takes place!



Now here are a few clips about DNA and RNA replication. I think this makes much more sense when you see it rather than just read it. They go into detail that you don't need to know but the visuals are good.





This animation is a good explanation of RNA and what it does.



Now that you have strained your brain thinking about science here are some fantastic food photos for you.







And now I will leave you with, yes you guessed it, a mitosis song!

Cell Divison

Hello Darlings,

So what do you think about this genetic stuff? The concepts are interesting, but I know that they can also be hard. It is one thing to read about something in a book, and another thing to make a visual image in your head. I want to give you a visual way to look at the cell cycle and mitosis. Here is a link to a great web page with some animations that I think make the process much clearer. This link will take you to a really clear look at the parts of a cell. I will continue to look for more ways to make this stuff engaging and accessible so keep checking back!

Ms Deva

and now some science stuff for a change!

Hello All,

As you might have guessed from the video we started watching in Science we are starting a unit on genetics. You might not believe me right now, but this is really fun and interesting stuff, and I just know you will all be super into it! : P

Genetics and genetic variation is a complex subject, but it rests on a few basic and easy to understand concepts. I know Mrs. Hadinger will introduce all this stuff to you in class but I know how much you love YouTube videos so I pulled a few off of there for you. You can watch them and then impress us all with how much you already know!











So now that you have see the complicated stuff that modern science has discovered here are a few fun videos about Gregor Mendel. People, by which of course I mean science teachers, often talk about Mendel as the father of modern genetics. By just using pea plants Mendel was able to determine some really important things about genetics, like how our features are passed from one generation to another. He must have been a pretty smart and resourceful guy. But don't take my word for it. Hop into your time machine and watch the next video.



This next video is quite good, but it is about a 1/2 hour so watch it when you have a bit of time. It is about Mendel and the human genome project.



And because no post is complete without a rap song here is what you have all been waiting for the Geregor Mendel rap!



Alright, I just can't stop. This one makes me laugh, I would love it if one of you made something like this. I think it would qualify for some major bonus points!



And that truly is all. Now go do your homework!

Ms Deva

Fun Stuff, Including the Preamble Like You Have Never Seen It Before!

Hello Ladies and Gentleman!  Here we are almost at the weekend again, yay!  Sam has passed on some really great links (you rock Sam!) and so I am posting them to share them with you. So if you like them and find them useful, than thank Sam.  

Yes, I know you all have taken the metric system quiz in science already and all of you got A's I am sure ; )  but who knows, you may need a metric refresher sometime soon.  So here is the link to a YouTube video that gives you a great overview of the metric system.

Here is a School House Rock song that I think will help a lot in memorizing the preamble.  

Now that you have watched something educational check out this clip from one of my personal favorite TV shows, the original Star Trek.  I expect all of you to recite the preamble like Kirk now that you have watched this ; ) 

Here is getting ahead of ourselves a bit, but here is how a bill becomes a law.  If you thought the metric system rap got stuck in your head wait until you here this one!

Ok, that's all for now, but since I have gotten the hang of posting videos to the blog keep checking back for more!  And if you find something you feel will help  your classmates let me know and I will review it and put it up!  

Ms Abela