Jared+B.

flat =About Me=

Hello, my name is Jared. I am a freshman in high school. I play sports that include baseball, basketball, and bowling. I am a major hockey and Pittsburgh Penguins fan. One of my hobbies is that I play airsoft with my friends. I have one dog that's name is Sydney. I enjoy being outdoors, when I can. I am in Ms. Maine's 9th grade Biology class. That's some stuff about me, so check out my wiki! =Red Maple=

The tree that did research on was the Red Maple. Its scientific name is //Acer rubrum L//. Trees that the Red Maple are similar are the Norway Maples, the Silver Maples, the Striped Maples, and the Sugar Maples. The Red Maple is deciduous because its leaves fall off in the winter. It has opposite pinnacles and and a simple leaf. The Red Maple has V shaped sinuses, with a pointed lobed margin. Three things that make a Red Maple a Red Maple are that it has a soft wood, the seeds have wings, and it is a great ornamental tree. One of the uses of the Red Maple is that it can me made in to musical instruments. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_rubrum

=Devil's Club=

Another tree I did was the Devil's Club. The scientific name of the Devil's Club is //Echinopanax horridum//. A similar tree to it is the Thimbleberry. My tree is a deciduous tree because its leaves fall off during winter. The Devil's Club has a simple leaf, with pointed lobes. The pinnacles are alternate on the Devil's Club. Three things to reconize the Devil's Club is that it has thorns on its stem, it only grows on average 5 feet tall, it grows red berries that are poisoness. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Club

=Biomolecules Present in Food=


 * Chart of the Banana Tests Results**

I tested the food Banana for the 4 tests. The results that I got were that bananas are present for starches. Then the results for proteins told me that bananas are absent of proteins. The next test was simple sugars and that came up present. The last one I tested was for fats. It told me that bananas do have fat. Another test that Keegan did was on avocado. He found that avocados are present for proteins, absent for simple sugars, present for starches, and present for fats. In the chart above it shows that starches, fats, and proteins when tested half of the people got present, but half the people got absent. For the simple sugars though everyone that tested for simple sugars got 100% present. When I tested the banana I thought that the banana would not have simple sugar. I always thought that simple sugars would be in sugary things like cookies, icing, and lollipops. I also expected that proteins would be in bananas because I thought that fruits had proteins.
 * Analysis**

=Food Issues Infographic=

=Biomolecule Infographic=

=Photosynthesis Infographic= http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-720586-human-skin.php?esource=linkconn&aid=23185&asid=166421 human skin http://www.flickr.com/photos/beatkueng/3897711772/sizes/m/in/photostream/ Ballet reloaded http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-11641581-beautiful-woman-eating-chocolate-chip-cookie.php?esource=linkconn&aid=23185&asid=166421 Beautiful woman eating chocolate chip cookie http://www.flickr.com/photos/51035720546@N01/78141724/sizes/s/in/photostream/ stack o waffles http://www.flickr.com/photos/jup3nep/6553704375/sizes/s/in/photostream/ Ocean of possibilities..:))) http://www.flickr.com/photos/f18e777/4938436314/sizes/s/in/photostream/ "Power behind Faith" http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/5199730364/sizes/s/in/photostream/ M42 The Orion Nebula
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=Cheek Cell DNA Homework Questions=
 * 1) Did everyone in your group have about the same extraction results? Why is this the case?
 * 2) How is the amount of DNA that you extracted affected by your day to day activities?


 * Answers**
 * 1) It varied a little, but other than that it was pretty close. This was the case because we all made sure that we bit and scraped the side of our cheeks to get the some cheek cells. There was only one thing that was different. That was Ben, who had braces, and didn't get as many.
 * 2) The amount of DNA that we extracted was affected by day to day activities because it could have been affected by how much you ate before you did the experiment. Another possibility is that it could if your mouth is dry or not.

=DNA Replication Summary = Have you ever wondered how we get so many DNA in our bodies? Well this is do to DNA replication. In DNA replication, DNA is copied. These steps are very simple. First you have a protein named Helicase comes and unzips the DNA into two strips like a zipper. One is called the leading strand because it is leading ahead of the lagging strand. Then in the next step, the single stranded binding proteins come and keep the two from joining again. After that you have the step where the protein Primase comes and starts to copy the original DNA on to the strips. From there the rest is up to the polymerase, which finishes the replication. The new DNA is copied from 3 prime to 5 prime on the leading strand, but the opposite on the lagging strand. That is how DNA is replicated.

=DNA Infographic= http://www.flickr.com/photos/sigfrid/223626315/sizes/o/in/photostream/ Les Baleines http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/317526758/sizes/t/in/photostream/ cap on yellow http://www.flickr.com/photos/benheine/6225886421/sizes/t/in/photostream/ The Road Never Ends http://www.flickr.com/photos/dallaportfolio/3685083450/sizes/t/in/photostream/ Little Magga & little magga
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=Ebola Infographic=