How Does Your Garden Grow?

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?

          Ever since we have watered our plants, they have grown. They have used the process of mitosis to grow and divide, forming new cells. They have also used photosynthesis, which gave them the energy they needed to develop. By taking in carbon dioxide and water, the plants' cells were able to create sugars and give out oxygen, which is needed by all living organisms. 

           The enzymes would be produced by the plant nucleus getting a signal to release the necessary gene for Transcription. Messenger RNA or RNA strands are given the contributed DNA. The messenger RNA goes into the cytoplasm and then to a ribosome. The ribosome then changes the nucleotides into amino acids. The amino acids then shape the requested codon pattern. The polypeptide chain will then be folded and then the enzyme is ready to work in the plant.

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Seed Stories

Plants. Before this project I always thought that planting watering and growing is a huge waste of time. There was something about me that hated how I had to stoop to my knees and plant a seed then everyday having to water it. But after this project I have a different view on planting and growing plants, also during this project I have learned a lot not only about plants but how they grow, for example I learned how plants use photosynthesis to take in sunlight and turn it into food. I also liked how are group all worked as a family and how I made friends while this project was going on. I had lots of fun with this lab and I also hope so did my group.

Niall, one of my partners in my lab group, learned how some seeds can not grow in different temperatures for example seeds have to be in a certain temperature to grow big. Niall was a really good helper he was not only an extra set of hands when we needed him but he was the key to this group. He would always give extremely good ideas and we would always listen to them. Niall had tons of awesome fun in this project and learned how to grow plants

How does our garden grow?

Plants grow bigger and bigger over a short period of time and how that happens is all about these 3 big reasons. Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration, and Mitosis also known as cell division. First off photosynthesis is one really important aspect of one plant. Photosynthesis is a process used by plants, and other organisms to convert the light energy from sunlight, and turn it into food for the plant to eat, so it can survive and grow. Another aspect is Mitosis or also known as cell division, this is when the cell makes copies of their own chromosomes and split in to two creating an identical cell. Each of the cells split and the newly formed cells kept splitting and that is what made are plant grow bigger and bigger. Cellular respiration is one aspect that is really important to the plant, it is important to the plant because the cells harvest the energy stored in food.

My plants made enzymes such as Rubisco and PEPC through protein synthesis. Those enzymes would help speed up reactions in the plant that help them grow. Enzymes are proteins and that is why thay are made in protein synthesis.

Sumano_Gabriela 4 Biology project - Google Drive cell organelle project

Three things I learned about enzymes are:
1.Enzymes are proteins
2.An enzyme speeds up a chemical reaction
3.Enzymes are reusable

How does your garden grow

Our plants are getting bigger and adding biomass everyday. They are doing photosynthesis, respiration and mitosis. The way mitosis works is in many stages. Prophase is the condensation of DNA into chromosomes. Metaphase is where the chromosomes line up to split apart. In anaphase, the cells and chromosomes split from each other. Cytokineses splits the membranes from each other and separates them. Telophase makes the chromosomes fall apart and go into individual DNA strands. In photosynthesis, light goes into the chloroplasts into the stroma and thylakoinds. The energy of the light creates high energy electrons from water, creating oxygen. the electrons make NAD+ into NADPH and some ATP. Then it goes to the calvin cycle. the calvin cycle uses the NADPH and ATP to make CO2 into glucose. In respiration, it begins with glycolosis. A molecule of glucose is split with 2 ATP, creating 4 ATP, 2NADH and 2 pryuvic acid. Then it goes to the krebs cycle, creating ATP, FADH2 and NADH. The NADH and FADH2 go to the electron transport chain, making hydrogen ions go against the gradient. The ions go through the ATP synthase, creating ATP. The total ATP created is 36.
PEPC and rubisco are enzymes, which make them proteins. RNA polmerase separates the DNA then creates a complimentary strand through the process of transcription. The mRNA goes out into a ribosome which reads it for creating protein through the process of translation. tRNA comes to the ribosome with the proper amino acid to create a protein chain until it gets to a stop. The proteins can become enzymes.

Dear Bread

Dear Bread,
     I am pleased to say that i eat you more than once a year. However, the rolls on thanksgiving are my favorite. I remember when i used to make a sandwich with mashed potatoes and turkey in it. I am privilaged to get your carbohydrates, whole wheat, and protein. Your carbs protect my muscles and give me energy for the day. Your protein help me grow and repair my bones. You are so important to me.

From, Gabbie Ruiz

Gratitude letter to Oranges

by Amine Abdelouahid

Dear Oranges,

I do not really get to see you anymore, because it is not your season when you get picked, but I do miss having a slice of you every hot summers day. With your citrusy flavor every time I eat one of you, you still make me want to eat another. You are definitely not expensive and your easy to get. I just need to run to my back yard and their you are, just sitting there taking in all the sunlight you can possibly take in. You are also really important because you have vitamin C in you a natural immune system booster that may help prevent viral and bacterial infections which is really important to our life. It is also an antioxidant vitamin that may prevent organ and tissue damage caused by free radical molecules and lipids. All in all you are really important to me and other humans, that’s why you are my favorite fruit ever.

Food Inc. Persuasive essay

Persuasive Essay on Food Inc.

Persuasive Essay

Do you know what ingredients are in your food? Many food companies have been debating whether or not to include all the ingredients of their products on their labels. According to The National Labeling Company, only 16% of all food companies list all their ingredients. People should have a right to know what is in their food because some ingredients may harm them and because someone can be on a specific diet. 

One reason food consumers should know what ingredients are in their food, is so the ingredients don’t harm them. Some people react differently to the intake of different ingredients. Therefore, if the company doesn’t list that one ingredient, it may cause serious harm to that person. Also, someone could always have an allergic reaction to a certain ingredient, which can also cause serious harm. There are many other reasons why consumers should be able to know whats in their food.

The second reason why a person should be able to know what’s in their food is because they could be on a specific diet. For instance, if they couldn’t consume a specific seasoning in their diet, and the company didn’t list it, then they may not know that it is in that food. This is another reason why companies should have to list the ingredients in their food.

However, some may argue that companies shouldn’t have to list all of their ingredients. For instance, one may argue that if they put all of the ingredients, another company may try to make their product exactly the same, and call it their own. However, there are many serious reasons as to why they must list the ingredients, including medical issues. 

Many people believe that companies should have to list all their ingredients. This is why so many problem are turning to organic food, because they list practically every ingredients. These are just some of many reasons as to why companies should have to list their ingredients in their products.

Niall Shelley
I watched a documentary called Food Inc. during class. In there, they say things about hidden costs and How it matters about which food companies produce your food. It does matter which food companies make your food because some companies have hidden unhealthy things in the food and might have bad practices which exploit workers.

The companies matter because of things they hide from you which might be unhealthy. For example, there might be certain chemicals that some people might be allergic to. When companies hide things like that, people get bad reactions and get unhealthy. Since many companies have hidden things  that can be bad, it does matter which company.

Some companies have bad practices that might make it bad. For example, some companies exploit workers and have E Coli contamination in their meat. Having contamination is bad because it can cause people to become sick and die. That is why it matters which companies produce your food.

This is why it matters which food companies produce your food. Some companies might have in-obvious things in them which can be harmful. Also, some companies have bad practices that exploit workers and have E. Coli contamination. That’s why it matters which companies produce your food.

Food Issue Essay: Should access to healthy food be available to everyone?

by Amine Abdelouahid

Access to healthy foods should definitely be open and free to the public. Some people in the country and on this earth do not have any food. For example in some parts of Africa some colonies do not even have anything to drink. Hungry people would do anything to get their hands on something to eat, if it is grain, water, or anything at all. So if people do not have any food to eat, they are not thinking of the health, they are thinking of getting food into their body’s. So the problem is not only do people eat healthy, but do they eat at all.

People that do not have access to healthy foods might be poor, or they just do not want to eat healthy. Healthy foods are really important to your health, eating fast foods all the time could really jeopardize your health and could lead you to different dangerous diseases. Some families do not always have the choice of eating healthy or even eating at all. Studies show that eating healthy can be 4 times more expensive than eating fast foods, but can also be a lot more healthy. At McDonalds it is 1$ for McChicken, in a McChicken there is enough salt to fill up a small cup all the way to the top. But in a grocery store you can only buy one pound of broccoli for 3.99$. which is really expensive.

Even though healthy foods are really good for you they can get a little pricey. So people that can not afford the healthy food at a safe way, then you should at least get something healthy at the fast foods that you are going to eat at. The problem that we have is that people do not have the access to healthy food, so normally people that do not have access to these foods are people that could not afford healthy foods, so those people go eat at McDonalds or other fast foods like this so they get sick really fast, and catch really harmful diseases.

People that eat these harmful fast foods on a daily bases have a really high percentage of getting diseases like type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure, just diseases like that could make a human pass away. Some hard working people do not have the money for healthy food so they eat fast food and once they start eating lots of fast food they risk their chances of diabetes and health issues and once they start risking health issues they pass away. So it is all leading one thing to another. Family with these hard decisions should try to start planting their own vegetables and fruits so they can have a healthy thing in their body. These are small tips to live a really long healthy life.

However even if people do not have the money or the time to go to the grocery store and buy healthy foods, it is not an excuse not to have healthy fruits at a fast food or to try to reduce the amounts of how much you eat. People should also try there best to reduce the quantity of their foods. If people start to do this then their will be less child obesity and less diseases.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gazVcMn81eZh8bhxjwNYSjXxouYZbtYt9AtviqJ52ro/edit

Cell Analogy Project

By; Gabbie and Francisca

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PTM1sJNXD22UMd_01JhfQ_KWdHfO_D1HB18G6zBdmFg/edit#slide=id.g12742b6e_0_10

Cell analogy project

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AY_5Ye---HA25DwmZEx9-wIRZAVF-ip21YBz3Audr-k/edit#slide=id.g126d0643_0_70

Enzyme Reading Response

Three thing i learned are that enzymes work as part of the immune system and digestive systems. A second thing i learned is that the upper stomach contains no digestive juices at all, A third thing i learned is that Hydrollic acid activates pepsinogen .

I think if i make changes to my diet, I would make to my diet is to try to eat more foods, and not all cooked food.

My name is Niall Shelley

My name is Niall Shelley. I'm a freshman at WGHS. I live in San Jose.

My mom has a big garden as a front yard. I can garden just fine as she sometimes has me work int the garden.

Responding to enzymes article

The three things that I learned from the article.
1.Over 5000 enzymes have been discovered.
2.Enzymes fall into 3 different classifications, metabolic, digestive, and food enzymes.
3.Sarry Fallon is the pro-raw food type so her information is extremely biased and out of date.
I'm not going to change my eating habits after reading this.

the enzyme hw

Reading this article I learned lots of new material about how enzymes work and what they do. I learned from this article is that the more raw foods you eat the less your body has to produce digestive enzymes. In reading this article i have also learned that enzymes are divided into 3 sections, metabolic enzymes, digestive enzymes, and food enzymes. I learned about how it can actually be bad for you to eat all cooked food because it can result in an enlarged pancreas and makes other crucial organs like the brain smaller. Reading this Article has improved my knowledge of enzymes to another level and I'm proud of it! Enzymes are really fun to learn about.

        Hey my name is Gabbie Ruiz. Im a freshman at WGHS. I live in San Jose, California. I have grown flowers before but never food. I have grown many different types of flowers that never seem to survive. I remember the process being very fun.
       The person that taught me how to plant was probably my mom. My mom has taught me to do so much, and i think gardening/planting was one of the things.

Story of the Seed

Gabbie, Xchiti, Nial, and Amine

Introduction

    We wanted to test the growth rate of seeds that were grown in different temperatures. We planted one set of seeds in our classroom, one set in an incubator, and one set in the fridge. Our temperatures ranged from 10 degrease Celsius to 29 degrease Celsius.

Purpose

 Our lab report is to show and share our results in the experiment we conducted.

Hypothesis

   We thought the plants would grow best in the normal temperature in the class room, and that the others wouldn't grow as much.

Materials

• potting soil   
• seeds     
• some type of pot or container
• water
• fridge
• incubator
• thermostat

Procedure

1. Determining the location of each plant.
2. Put the seeds in paper towels.
3. Dampen the paper towel.
4. Place the paper towel in the location it will be growing.
5. Over the next few weeks, check the growth and water the plants.
6. Once the seeds have sprouted, transport the seeds into potting soil in the pots.
7. Continue to observe and let them grow.

Observations
    Our observations were that some seeds sprouted and some didn't depending on where they grew. The seeds in the normal temperature also grew faster once they sprouted.
Data
  Here is the data we concluded:
      SEEDS SPOUTED:
     Incubator: 2
     Fridge: 7
     Normal: 9
        SEES THAT LIVED:
     Incubator: 0
      Fridge:4
      Normal: 8
Discussion
     This experiment was successful because enough data was collected to make some conclusions about our hypothesis. As the data shows the hypothesis that we created was correct. The temperature did effect the seeds germination and the growth rate. 

    The results for our lab was that the seeds in the normal setting grew much faster than the others. The seeds in the incubator never showed much sign of sprouting. And the seeds in the fridge sprouted, but not as fast as the seeds in the normal temperature.

    The temperature did have an effect on how the seeds grew. The seeds in the fridge grew slowly because the temperature of the seeds were cold. While the seeds in the incubator never really grew because it was too warm and too humid.

   Some problems we faced were with the seeds in the incubator and the fridge. They were growing very slowly or not at all, so we weren't sure we would have anything to plant. We continued to watch the seeds fail to grow. Finally towards the end of two weeks of growth, some had begun sprouting.

Hey my name is Xochitl Ruiz!I love to do many things when im in a good mood which is most of the time,when im in a bad mood you better watch out because i get all mean and you don't want to mess with me but that rarely happens!I was born in mexico but my parents brought me here when i was like 4 or 5 years old!Im a freshman at willow glen high!

I havent really tried planting though my mom used to have her garden beautiful back in mexico i never really payed attention to it though i guess im not the type of peron that likes to have plant stuff  i find it boring because it takes time and you have to be patient with it,And i cant really be patient with stuff!My mom really loved to have a beautiful garden she would get mad if we accidently stepped on the flowers but me and my brother didnt really it did matrer to us.

Hey I am Amine Abdelouahid. I am originally from Sacramento CA I was born and raised there. My cousins and family still lives in Sacramento so i go there every couple of weeks and on holidays.

I have not really gardened or done any yard work ever. I did not think it would be this fun. Gardening can teach you lots of skills I liked all these skills that i learned. Back in Sacramento my Grandpa and Grandma loved to garden. The garden lots of things like carrots, cucumber, strawberries, and much more. Now that I have seen my Grandpa and Grandma grow plants i really want to grow plants.