There isn't really much of a time scale, but I'll tell you how long I think things will take.
(5 hours) Organizing information for the index, obtain 2 pictures for each plant, redesign typing aesthetic , spell check, check sources.
(.5 hours) Make sources in MLA format
(1-4 hours) Work on redesign for the garden to scale, finish all hardscaping and critiques
(2 hours) Research more about ecosystem and type a coordinated paper
(2 hours) Finish legend with colors, well typed descriptions and information
(1 hour) Research Resource Needs and write a description
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
4 goals for class tomorrow
1. Research more trees that can grow very tall, maybe from 9ft-40ft for shade.
2. Place more rest stops throughout the garden
3. Place basic essentials on new draft
4. Finish legend
2. Place more rest stops throughout the garden
3. Place basic essentials on new draft
4. Finish legend
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Article 1:
Evidence shows that pollinators of crops and wild land plants are declining worldwide. UC Berkeley and UC David did a 3-year survey of bee pollinators which concluded that urban residential gardens providing resources for bees can help in the reproduction and diversity of native bees. I have personally not seen many bees around in the garden, I hope the planting of vegetation in our school garden will help the bee population.
Thorp / UC Davis, Robbin W., Jennifer Hernandez / UC Berkeley, Mark Rizzardi / Humboldt State University, Barbara Ertter / UC Berkeley, Jaime C. Pawelek / UC Berkeley, Sara L. Witt / UC Berkeley, Gordon W. Frankie / UC Berkeley, Mary Schindler / UC Berkeley, Rollin Coville / UC Berkeley, and Victoria A. Wojcik / UC Berkeley. "Native Bees Are a Rich Natural Resource in Urban California Gardens." California Agriculture Online. Sept. 2009. Web. 04 Oct. 2010..
Article 2:
Lima beans secrete nectar that attracts acts that, in turn, fends off herbivores. After some research, there is evidence to believe that "light quality or composition plays a decisive role in regulating nectar production in Lima bean". This is interesting because, for our garden, perhaps we can plant plants that also produce nectar that can fend off bugs.
Max Planck Institute. "Red Light Regulates Nectar Secretion." PhysOrg.com - Science News, Technology, Physics, Nanotechnology, Space Science, Earth Science, Medicine. 27 Sept. 2010. Web. 04 Oct. 2010..
Article 3:
The light brown apple moth, seen as a pest, feeds off at least 250 known species of plant. Though, they prefer plants in aster, legume, knotweed and rose families. People are worried that if the moths continue to spread "several vegetable and fruit crops may be affected, such as apples, pears, caneberries and peppers." With this future prediction, what can we do to stop it? I think a goal we should have in the garden is focus on how to fend off very harmful pests versus all pests.
California Agriculture Magazine. "The Light Brown Apple Moth: Everything You Always Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask." California Agriculture Online. June 2008. Web. 04 Oct. 2010..
Other:
Bergen, Molly. "Thinking Big About Forest Carbon." Conservation International. 8 Oct. 2009. Web. 04 Oct. 2010..
Evidence shows that pollinators of crops and wild land plants are declining worldwide. UC Berkeley and UC David did a 3-year survey of bee pollinators which concluded that urban residential gardens providing resources for bees can help in the reproduction and diversity of native bees. I have personally not seen many bees around in the garden, I hope the planting of vegetation in our school garden will help the bee population.
Thorp / UC Davis, Robbin W., Jennifer Hernandez / UC Berkeley, Mark Rizzardi / Humboldt State University, Barbara Ertter / UC Berkeley, Jaime C. Pawelek / UC Berkeley, Sara L. Witt / UC Berkeley, Gordon W. Frankie / UC Berkeley, Mary Schindler / UC Berkeley, Rollin Coville / UC Berkeley, and Victoria A. Wojcik / UC Berkeley. "Native Bees Are a Rich Natural Resource in Urban California Gardens." California Agriculture Online. Sept. 2009. Web. 04 Oct. 2010.
Article 2:
Lima beans secrete nectar that attracts acts that, in turn, fends off herbivores. After some research, there is evidence to believe that "light quality or composition plays a decisive role in regulating nectar production in Lima bean". This is interesting because, for our garden, perhaps we can plant plants that also produce nectar that can fend off bugs.
Max Planck Institute. "Red Light Regulates Nectar Secretion." PhysOrg.com - Science News, Technology, Physics, Nanotechnology, Space Science, Earth Science, Medicine. 27 Sept. 2010. Web. 04 Oct. 2010.
Article 3:
The light brown apple moth, seen as a pest, feeds off at least 250 known species of plant. Though, they prefer plants in aster, legume, knotweed and rose families. People are worried that if the moths continue to spread "several vegetable and fruit crops may be affected, such as apples, pears, caneberries and peppers." With this future prediction, what can we do to stop it? I think a goal we should have in the garden is focus on how to fend off very harmful pests versus all pests.
California Agriculture Magazine. "The Light Brown Apple Moth: Everything You Always Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask." California Agriculture Online. June 2008. Web. 04 Oct. 2010.
Other:
Bergen, Molly. "Thinking Big About Forest Carbon." Conservation International. 8 Oct. 2009. Web. 04 Oct. 2010.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
What I want to plant:
I want to plant sunflowers. If we buy regular sunflowers, they grow from 6 to 10 feet so I don't think height will be a hassle. We may have a problem with animals trying to eat the seeds out of the ground, not sure what we can do about that. They need to be planted about 2 feet or so apart. It takes 2-4 months for them to mature so it's not a whole lot of time. They need to be put in rich soil because other soils like sandy soil wouldn't be able to hold down the root growth. What's great about sunflowers is that we can just plant them out in the sun because they are sunflowers. They are also annual plants so they can grow in any season. We can try planting it with other annual plants like corn and beans. If you mean other flowers, we can plant Marigold with it too.
Essay Questions:
What are two examples of why ecosystems don't have boundaries?
Soil washes from mountains to lakes and birds migrate from one place to another
Name at least 3 things that ecosystems need and why they need it.
Energy, mineral, nutrients, water, oxygen, and living organisms.
What kinds of Protis are there?
Protists can be animallike, plantlike, or like fungi.
I want to plant sunflowers. If we buy regular sunflowers, they grow from 6 to 10 feet so I don't think height will be a hassle. We may have a problem with animals trying to eat the seeds out of the ground, not sure what we can do about that. They need to be planted about 2 feet or so apart. It takes 2-4 months for them to mature so it's not a whole lot of time. They need to be put in rich soil because other soils like sandy soil wouldn't be able to hold down the root growth. What's great about sunflowers is that we can just plant them out in the sun because they are sunflowers. They are also annual plants so they can grow in any season. We can try planting it with other annual plants like corn and beans. If you mean other flowers, we can plant Marigold with it too.
Essay Questions:
What are two examples of why ecosystems don't have boundaries?
Soil washes from mountains to lakes and birds migrate from one place to another
Name at least 3 things that ecosystems need and why they need it.
Energy, mineral, nutrients, water, oxygen, and living organisms.
What kinds of Protis are there?
Protists can be animallike, plantlike, or like fungi.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Article #5
Article: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/172353.php
Summary: This article is about premature babies who can't possibly breath. They are put on breathing machines to survive, but later develop chronic lung disease. Dr. Bernard Thébaud at Stollery Children's Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Alexandra Hospital cares for some of these premature kids. He is studying a healing liquid produced by stem cells that may be able to grow and repair lungs.
Background: Babies who are born extremely premature - before 28 weeks - cannot breathe on their own. In order to help the babies' lungs to develop, neonatal doctors give them oxygen and drugs to help them breathe.
These treatments contribute to a chronic lung disease known as Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). At present there is no treatment to heal the lungs of these premature babies.
50% of babies born before 28 weeks will get chronic lung disease. Case studies have shown that as these babies grow up, they continue to struggle with lung disease, coping with reduced lung function and early aging of their lungs.
Relevance: I think this is important. Children are our next generation and even 5% is a large number of chronic lung disease. This is a serious disease and it happens to so many babies. My brother was a premature baby and he had asthma for most of his life. He had difficulty running and I remember he needed an inhaler. With the discovery of a cure for this disease, I think many kids would be able to be more healthy and compete in sports. Breathing is a huge essential for humans and it ables us to do a ot of things. With lung disease gone, there is such a large amount of things that more people can accomplish physically.
Summary: This article is about premature babies who can't possibly breath. They are put on breathing machines to survive, but later develop chronic lung disease. Dr. Bernard Thébaud at Stollery Children's Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Alexandra Hospital cares for some of these premature kids. He is studying a healing liquid produced by stem cells that may be able to grow and repair lungs.
Background: Babies who are born extremely premature - before 28 weeks - cannot breathe on their own. In order to help the babies' lungs to develop, neonatal doctors give them oxygen and drugs to help them breathe.
These treatments contribute to a chronic lung disease known as Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). At present there is no treatment to heal the lungs of these premature babies.
50% of babies born before 28 weeks will get chronic lung disease. Case studies have shown that as these babies grow up, they continue to struggle with lung disease, coping with reduced lung function and early aging of their lungs.
Relevance: I think this is important. Children are our next generation and even 5% is a large number of chronic lung disease. This is a serious disease and it happens to so many babies. My brother was a premature baby and he had asthma for most of his life. He had difficulty running and I remember he needed an inhaler. With the discovery of a cure for this disease, I think many kids would be able to be more healthy and compete in sports. Breathing is a huge essential for humans and it ables us to do a ot of things. With lung disease gone, there is such a large amount of things that more people can accomplish physically.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Article #4
The Article: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/news/releases/102809-germ-cell.cfm
Summary: "National Institutes of Health have discovered how to transform human embryonic stem cells into germ cells, the embryonic cells that ultimately give rise to sperm and eggs. The advance will allow researchers to observe human germ cells—previously inaccessible—in laboratory dishes. Laboratory observation of human germ cells has the potential to yield important clues to the origins of unexplained infertility and to the genesis of many birth defects and chromosomal disorders. Researchers have long sought to understand the process by which cells in the early human embryo mature into germ cells."
The Experiment: "The study was conducted by Kehkooi Kee, Vanessa T. Angeles, Martha Flores, Ha Nam Nguyen and Renee A. Reijo Pera, all of Stanford University School of Medicine. The researchers began with human embryonic stem cells, to which they added a gene that makes a protein which flashes green when a gene found only in germ cells is turned on. After the embryonic stem cells grew and changed for two weeks, the researchers isolated the cells that flashed green and then confirmed that the green fluorescing cells behaved like germ cells. Once convinced that their cells were in fact germ cells, the researchers turned on and off several candidate genes to see if those genes played a role in the development of stem cells into immature germ cells."
Relevance: I find this article interesting because human germ cells contribute a lot to medical science as a whole. Like it was quoted from the article, germ cells could explain some things that involve unexplained infertility, birth defects and chromosomal disorders. I personally think this is a good article because usually when people think about germs, they think about something bad. But it's a weird thought when you think about germs causing birth defects and things like that. I didn't know it was germs that caused some of those, I thought it was just something grown the wrong way or some sort of DNA chromosome was sending the wrong message.
Summary: "National Institutes of Health have discovered how to transform human embryonic stem cells into germ cells, the embryonic cells that ultimately give rise to sperm and eggs. The advance will allow researchers to observe human germ cells—previously inaccessible—in laboratory dishes. Laboratory observation of human germ cells has the potential to yield important clues to the origins of unexplained infertility and to the genesis of many birth defects and chromosomal disorders. Researchers have long sought to understand the process by which cells in the early human embryo mature into germ cells."
The Experiment: "The study was conducted by Kehkooi Kee, Vanessa T. Angeles, Martha Flores, Ha Nam Nguyen and Renee A. Reijo Pera, all of Stanford University School of Medicine. The researchers began with human embryonic stem cells, to which they added a gene that makes a protein which flashes green when a gene found only in germ cells is turned on. After the embryonic stem cells grew and changed for two weeks, the researchers isolated the cells that flashed green and then confirmed that the green fluorescing cells behaved like germ cells. Once convinced that their cells were in fact germ cells, the researchers turned on and off several candidate genes to see if those genes played a role in the development of stem cells into immature germ cells."
Relevance: I find this article interesting because human germ cells contribute a lot to medical science as a whole. Like it was quoted from the article, germ cells could explain some things that involve unexplained infertility, birth defects and chromosomal disorders. I personally think this is a good article because usually when people think about germs, they think about something bad. But it's a weird thought when you think about germs causing birth defects and things like that. I didn't know it was germs that caused some of those, I thought it was just something grown the wrong way or some sort of DNA chromosome was sending the wrong message.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Article #3
Article: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168011.php
Summary: StemCells, Inc. announced that they had collected data about these stem cells. What this article is about is stem cells and how they could help vision long term. This varied from people with eye disorders or people who had lost sight in their aging. They said that the new neural stem cells were capable of protecting "photoreceptors (cones) in the eye from progressive degeneration and preserve visual function." With this information, they hope to move on and find a cure for AMD (Macular Degeneration), which effects millions of citizens.
Relevance? Interest?: I thought this was interesting because, well, I am learning about stem cells for my topic. I have bad eye sight and seeing statistics on people who actually have a disorder for it makes me feel lucky. I hope that in the future we find a way to use stem cells to preserve eye sight or protect is from disorders or aging. If this could be figured out, image what else we can achieve like preserving hearing. I think this is important because I will grow old one day. By then, it would be amazing if a way to preserve sight was discovered because it would assist me in my life in the future.
Summary: StemCells, Inc. announced that they had collected data about these stem cells. What this article is about is stem cells and how they could help vision long term. This varied from people with eye disorders or people who had lost sight in their aging. They said that the new neural stem cells were capable of protecting "photoreceptors (cones) in the eye from progressive degeneration and preserve visual function." With this information, they hope to move on and find a cure for AMD (Macular Degeneration), which effects millions of citizens.
Relevance? Interest?: I thought this was interesting because, well, I am learning about stem cells for my topic. I have bad eye sight and seeing statistics on people who actually have a disorder for it makes me feel lucky. I hope that in the future we find a way to use stem cells to preserve eye sight or protect is from disorders or aging. If this could be figured out, image what else we can achieve like preserving hearing. I think this is important because I will grow old one day. By then, it would be amazing if a way to preserve sight was discovered because it would assist me in my life in the future.
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