This is my quarter 2 Bio-Chemistry Benchmark.  I completed the assignment by doing various experiments and conducting a lot of research on cheek cells and onion cells.  If I were to do this again, I would try to take better pictures with the microscope.

This is my quarter 1 Bio-Chemistry Benchmark. 

I completed the assignment after performing an experiment that dealt with yeast respiration. I worked with two of my other classmates. If I was to do this project again, I would add some more details.

For this project, we had to create a portfolio that included the pictures we had taken, with the microscopes, during the quarter.  It displayed our knowlege of cell structures and other specimens, such as hair, and sucrose crystals.  There were many required photos as well as two student choice photos. 

I worked on this project individually, but I collaborated with many people.  I spent a l ot of time making the pictures as good as possible and the explanations as clear as they could be.  My favorite pictures came from the onion cells.  I found it interesting that they looked so organized.  

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For this benchmark, we were required to design a lab about the process of respiration. We worked with partners and created our own variable to see how it affected yeast's ability to preform respiration.

For my project I worked with Cameron Clayton. We experimented with brown sugar and table sugar to see if one allowed the yeast to produce more carbon dioxide than the other. Our results showed that if brown sugar is added to yeast, it will produce more carbon dioxide than table sugar.

If I were to do this project over, I would experiment with soda to see if its carbon dioxide content affects respiration.