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G10 Science Mini-Capstone

Posted by Maggie Clampet-Lundquist in Bio-Chem 10 - Sherif - D on
Science Fair Project

I wanted to know why bacteria grew in different temperature. I gathered my information by researching my topic on the internet, and I also had a book that I looked through. I was a part of a commntity when I presented with others to scientists, I also got help from my teacher and classmates. My presentation was effective because I got to share my project with many people. I would change the places I swabbed and I would change the temperatures. 

Science Mini Capstone

Posted by Ameer Holmes in Bio-Chem 10 - Sherif - D on

​ One of my favorite capstones from this year is the Q1 genetics

BM. During this project I discovered the innards of how genetics works.

Our team studied Leukemia. Leukemia is a term that originates from

the greek roots leukos, meaning white, and aima, meaning blood.


This condition can be critical because it is a cancer that harms

the flow of your white blood cells. White blood cells are necessary for

maintaining a healthy immune system. So this issue is of extreme

concern to me.


During the Q1 semester we learned various other topic on

genetics. I learned how to read and create a punnett square. I learned

about dominance and recessive; co-dominance and hereditary traits;

etc.


Inquiry

Our team had questions on genetics and on how leukemia worked.


Research

I wanted to learn more about leukemia, so my team and I

researched what it was and what it did.


Collaboration

The team I worked with collaborated to discover the various

properties on Leukemia and genetics as a whole.


Presentation

After our research was complete, we felt obligated to present our

research to the class.


Reflection

Our classmates gave us generous feedback in which we added to our

knowledge of genetics as a whole.


Genetics Q1BM


Mini Capstone: Brandon Yam

Posted by Brandon Yam in Bio-Chem 10 - Sherif - D on
One of the most intriguing projects I've done was my SFP. Relating to the core values, for inquiry I wanted to know how much bacteria actually gets on your food within 5 seconds of it being dropped on the floor. For research, I searched various of websites and looked into other projects from previous years relating to bacteria. For collaboration, I shared my information with my classmates that did projects relating to bacteria. For Presentation, I was effective by making eye contact with those I spoke with and gave them a sense of familiarness so it isn't awkward between the presenter and audience. For reflection, I would change the food I did. Instead of using fruits, I would use meats because of the bacteria that is in meat naturally. 

Post Science Mini-Capstone

Posted by Tiarra Bell in Bio-Chem 10 - Sherif - D on
My most intriguing project was a recent project of mine, my SFP. I test rocket candy which is rocket fuel, I thought it was my best project this year. It's something that I am will to spend a lot of time with. 

Inquiry: I wanted to know which rocket candy burned the longest. 

Research:  I gather this info by making four solid rocket candies and lighting them on fire to see which one would burn the longest. 

Collaboration: I had a lot of helpers help me in the lab, preparing and helping me light the rocket candy. Also during the science fair, lots of scientist and teachers crowded around me and were very engage in what I was doing. 

Presentation: The design of my slide show was very creative and nice, and the fact that I had a video engaged the audience.  

Reflection: For my project, I would measure the heat of the flame and the intensity of the flame. 

Click here for my video of the experiment.  
Here is my slideshow. 
SFP Rocket Candy

G10 Science Mini-Capstone_Kevin Courtney

Posted by Kevin Courtney in Bio-Chem 10 - Sherif - D on
Probably my most intriguing project for sophomore year of Bio-Chemistry has to be my SFP (you know me) project. 
INQUIRY: What I wanted to know was the rate of evaporation by doing the melting process on candy.

RESEARCH: I gather my information by researching what evaporation is and how it keeps you body cool.

COLLABORATION: I was part of my community by asking my fellow peers to taste the candy after the experiment to see if the candy was still cool.

PRESENTATION: The only thing that was effective if I knew what I was saying and did not stuttered. My presentation was great and I was given an achievement award for having one of the best SFP projects. 

REFLECTION: The only thing I would do differently would be still do the same trials, but do at least nine trials because every three trials use a different type of light bulb.

To see my SFP slideshow presentation click here 
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Science Mini-Capstone SFP

Posted by David Leonard in Bio-Chem 10 - Sherif - D on
Inquiry- I wanted to know how long it would take for filter paper dipped in catalase to rise to the surface of hydrogen peroxide.
Research- i just put the slides in the order they are suppose to be in.
Collaboration- I don't know.
Presentation- I just winged it.
Reflection- I would Explain a little more.

G10 Science Mini Capstone

Posted by Alexander Wroblewski in Bio-Chem 10 - Sherif - D on
​Reflection: Q2 Aspirin Lab

Core Values: 
Inquiry: I wanted to know if I could synthesize a common drug in a high school laboratory.
Research: I gathered info by checking temperature and toxicity every step of the way.
Collaboration: Given that I was the one in the group who did most of the work, I learned what it's like to be the only one invested in a project. Then again, I already knew.
Presentation: The smoke spectacle was a rather interesting presentation of my project to the class.
Reflection: I would plan out more and prepare better

Biochem 2014 - Mini Capstone

Posted by Eamon Kelly in Bio-Chem 10 - Sherif - D on
The project I chose to reflect on was genetic illnesses from the first quarter, when we studied Glaucoma. 

Inquiry - I wanted to know some disease of the eye. We chose to study Glaucoma


Research -  we had a classmate in our group that actually has glaucoma, so we got most of the information from her.


Collaboration - We assigned to each member of our group what exactly we had to research, and then we put it all together in our final presentation.


Presentation - We took turns explaining each slide, with our classmate explaining exactly what glaucoma is and her experience. 


Reflection - I would probably go to one of my doctors and ask for more information to make the research more primary rather than finding the information online.

Science Mini Capstone

Posted by Lindsey Jones in Bio-Chem 10 - Sherif - D on

Energy in Nuts Project

Inquiry: During this particular project, I wanted to figure out if nuts were as healthy as projected on packaging and on the article

Research: I looked up caloric content of the nuts. Also, I experimented by burning the nuts and adding kilocalorie for each degree.

Collaboration: I collaborated with a few students, as they helped me measure and also provided me with new nuts to try out.

Presentation: I created a trifold board. The effectiveness was the engagement of the board as well as the design.

Reflection: What I would do differently is try a different food and compare the findings to a different set of food.

G9 Science Mini-Capstone

Posted by Pedro Castillo in Bio-Chem 9 - Sherif - C on

The Alchemy Lab


Inquiry: Before beginning this experiment, Mr. Sherif told us that we will be making gold by using copper. I was excited and wanted to know how copper could be turned into gold.


Research: First we found out what we had to mix for the chemicals to turn the copper gold. We used a lab write up written by our teacher and found out that we needed to heat up salt water, sodium hydroxide, zinc, and copper pennies.


Collaboration: In the beginning, most of the students failed into turning their pennies gold. Therefore we decided to work together and try to correct each other's mistakes.


Presentation: After the lab, we did not really present our gold pennies. The most that we did was show them to peers and compare our gold pennies and how we went through the process of creating them.


Reflection: If I were to do this differently, I would follow the instructions correctly to in order to get the best results that I could get.


G9 Science Mini-Capstone

Posted by Indee Phillpotts in Bio-Chem 9 - Sherif - C on

Project-Science Fair Project


Inquiry- What Imani and I wanted to know from doing our Science Project is how many bacteria colonies are on phones depending on how long they are used.

Research- We used websites that gave information about how to clean your phone and what type of bacteria can be found on phones.  


Collaboration- Imani and I worked together on doing the experiment and creating the board.  Also, by doing the science fair we got our information out to our peers.


Presentation- I think just our project was effective because teens could relate.  Pretty much all teens have cell phones that they use all the time, so it makes people curious about what’s on their phones.


Reflection- If I was to do this project again I would do more trials.  I think it would have been cool to see if the trend that was happening continued.  

Dissection Portfolio Reflection

Posted by Imani Weeks in Bio-Chem 9 - Sherif - C on

Dissection Portfolio:


Inquiry- We were comparing the body ratio of organisms


Research- a frog and grasshopper were dissected to measure the different body systems to find the ratio.


Collaboration- I worked on the project with Isabel Medlock and Dejah Smith


Presentation- We presented the project in a slideshow and we used carp to organize everything.


Reflection- Some of the slides seemed a bit crowded so if I were to do it again I would put in a way on the slide so that it didn't seem so crowded.


G9 Science Mini-Capstone

Posted by Jun-Jie Zou in Bio-Chem 9 - Sherif - C on

Reflection:

I think the project that I enjoyed the most is the project where we turn a penny to gold by boiling it in sodium hydroxide and zinc, then burning it to make it gold.


Inquiry: In this project, we simply wanted to turn a penny gold. WIth that explained, our abstract for this project was to test out alchemy.

Research: We first studied about the definition of alchemy and what it is. Then, we got a guideline for the experiment and we read over it. Finally, we did the experiment to see how alchemy really works.

Collaboration: For this project, I worked with Ishmael. We helped each other by setting up the experiment because there were a lot of steps.

Presentation: Our project was very effective because we successfully made a penny gold. The guideline helped us out a lot because it gave us the steps to the experiment.

Reflection: If I were to do this experiment again, I would read the directions more carefully because we didn’t have a control and a experimental 1 when we were suppose to.

The Macromolecules Portfolio

Posted by Ishmael Brown in Bio-Chem 9 - Sherif - C on

Macromolecules


Core Values


Inquiry - I wanted to know more about Protein, Lipids, Carbohydrates and DNA and what they’re made up of.


Research - We research mostly through the internet and organized what we found through in a Google Presentation with a dedicated section for each marcomolecule


Collaboration - I worked in collaboration with three other people of my table group and the four of us took upon one of the four macromolecules.


Presentation - Our Google Presentation was very simple, repeated and  designed in the same way for each macromolecule and it was effective in this way.


Reflection - Add more information, graphs if possible and  make sure we all had similar points in the information we presented.

Luke W-S Reflection

Posted by Luke Watson-Sharer in Bio-Chem 9 - Sherif - C on
https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/presentation/d/1TQAAeOF_zYicVc6YNriLgcXOM-utZZICPVzd6LlnJ_g/edit#slide=id.p


Project: Photosynthesis.

Inquiry: I wanted to know the process and the way photosynthesis.

Research: We used textbooks in our classroom and we used Google throughout our presentation.

Presentation: We worked as group was our collaboration presenting because we entered and knew what we were gonna do.

Reflection: I'd been by doing different orders in our presentation and do more info through textbooks.


Periodic Table Project

Posted by Hanna Dunakin in Bio-Chem 9 - Sherif - C on
​The most intriguing project that I did was the Periodic Table project. 

Inquiry: I wanted to learn about the element I was assigned which was silicon. I wanted to know where it came from, what it’s used for, and who discovered it.

Research: I did a lot of research on the internet, and created a Google Doc to organize the information I found. 

Collaboration: Although I did work independently on this project, I did get to learn what my fellow classmates had learned on their elements.

Presentation: I had done so much research on my element, that if anybody asked me about it, I could answer them in a very detailed and informative way. 

Reflection: If I had to redo this assignment, I don’t think I would change anything I did.

DNA reflection

Posted by Jesse Stevens in Bio-Chem 9 - Sherif - C on

Intriguing Project: DNA Construction


Inquiry: I wanted to know what was the building blocks in DNA

Research: I went on the internet and research building blocks of DNA.

Collaboration:  I was working with another person to make this project happen.

Presentation: We used bright colors.

Reflection: I won’t hot glue candy together next time.



Periodic Table Wikispace Reflection

Posted by Isabel Medlock in Bio-Chem 9 - Sherif - C on

Project: Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt

https://chemsocialpolicy.wikispaces.com/Nickel


Inquiry:

- For this project I wanted to know what exactly nickel was and what where it’s uses and properties. I also wanted know why it was called Nickel and who discovered it.


Research:

- To gather information I researched my element online and I also used the periodic table.


Collaboration:

- In this project we had to compare some of our element’s properties to others. By doing this we collaborated to learn more about other elements. Other people also helped me learn how to make the graphs for the wikispace.


Presentation:

- For my presentation I included some pictures so that people would be more interested in reading my project. Also I used CARP and made sure all the font and alignment was appealing.


Reflection:

- Next time I would add more pictures. I would also add more details about how it was discovered and how it was named.

DNA Sequence Project

Posted by Cacy Thomas in Bio-Chem 9 - Sherif - C on
My most intriguing project in my ninth grade science class was my first benchmark. It consisted of writing a paper on DNA and making a 3D model of it. I started out think of my school’s Core values, inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation, and reflection. Inquiry is thinking of questions you want to ask and thinking of what you want to learn. I specifically wanted to learn about genetic mutations. Then I moved on to research and gathered my information. I searched online and asked my classmates and peers for help in order to put together my project. This also coincided with the third core value of collaboration. I was able to work with my friends and help them with their projects and in return they helped me with mine. In the picture below you can see my presentation board. I created a poster which included a full DNA sequence on top of the board, and I also included an up close version on the beneath it. If I could do this project any differently I definitely would start my board earlier. I wrote the paper fairly quickly, but I waited until the last minute to make my 3D model. I had so much fun working on and completing this project.​
DNA project
DNA project

DNA - Who Am I?

Posted by Ebony Ream in Bio-Chem 9 - Sherif - C on

  • Inquiry:

    • I wanted to know how DNA works and affects the human body.


  • Research:

    • I gathered and organized information by using useful sources and knowledge that I’ve learned in class.


  • Collaboration:

    • I worked together with my partner and would collaborate with my classmates sometimes, when I needed information I did not know.


  • Presentation:

    • Our presentation was a DNA structure sample made out of pipe cleaners. They were color coded according to their part.


  • Reflection:

    • What I would do differently is time management. Everything was done last minute really and if there was more time, maybe there would've been more thought into the presentation.

G9 Science Mini-Capstone

Posted by Daouda Njie in Bio-Chem 9 - Sherif - C on

SFP-Battery made out of coins


Inquiry- wanted to know how much electricity a nickel and penny can produce compared to a AA battery.


Research- I gathered information by research on Google and also finding different websites.


Collaboration- I asked many of my classmates for nickels and pennies to donate towards the experiment.


Presentation- The most effective write-up for our presentation was by drawing people in with our homemade battery.


Reflection- If I was to do this project over I would definitely work on the presentation setup because it was a very boring design.

Acid Wiki Reflection

Posted by DuBois Stewart in Bio-Chem 9 - Sherif - C on

Inquiry:We wanted to know what made the effects of acid rain so terrible and how it was created.

Research:We searched up the effects of acid rain on google and wrote down what we knew on a google doc. We found about 5 useful sites for the info gathering and utilized them for our information gathering.

Collaboration:All if us: Ari, Hanna, and Reily shared the work we did equally on the google doc and the retaining of information. All of made a diagram of acid rain in action and the symbolic equations as well as the pictures of it on a particulate level.

Presentation: The fact that all of us had focused on a certain portion of the project ensured that all of us knew a lot about our information. Also, the fact that all of us went back and peer edited the project contributed to our success in this area.

Reflection: I would probably try talk more because I am a sort of quiet person and i’m not good at talking to others. Maybe if I had communicated more with my teammates it would’ve gone quicker.


Science fair

Posted by Reily Knott in Bio-Chem 9 - Sherif - C on

Reily knott

Reflection


1- My partner and i wanted to know which soda contained higher corrosion levels.

2- We gathered our information from previous research that was done online and through asking questions.

3- I was part of an community by asking others for help and having my peers review my writing that was done for projects.

4- I feel what was effective about our presentation was definitely the fact that  both partners knew the information and we were both able to speak knowledgeably.

5- I would not wait till the last minute and be more proactive.

Inquiry Science Fair - Filtration Project Mini Capstone Reflection

Posted by Felix Schafroth Doty in Bio-Chem 9 - Sherif - C on
My most interesting project so far and what I have learned the most from has been the SFP project.

Inquiry: We wanted to know more about water filtration because of things we had done earlier in this class, and so we focused on that.

Research: We did research online, but we also researched stuff from a pamphlet.

Collaboration: I worked with a partner, Ben, and Mr Sherif.

Presentation: Our presentation looked cool and colorful.

Reflection: I would make the graphs right and be more precise in my measurements.