Rapping?

I did not think that making a photosynthesis rap helped improve my knowledge and understanding. It didn't really help because I was focusing more on putting the song and the music together. The advantages from this assignment was to put what we learned into our own words when we wrote the lyrics. Then we would apply what we learn and really absorb everything that was taught. The disadvantages of this assignment was that instead of focusing on what we learned about photosynthesis, we tried to put the lyrics to make it match and fit with the song. 

Doing a lab would help me personally because I am a "visual" learner. If I see the process visually, then I can really learn and understand the photosynthesis process better.

Thanksgiving-What I'm really thankful for.

During the season of Thanksgiving, we're supposed to spend time and reflect what we're really thankful for. That's what I'd like to express here. 

1. I'm thankful for having a house, clothes, food, and other necessities, and non-necessities. Many people out there, whether here in the United States, rural China, India or Africa, aren't as fortunate as we are. They don't have anything.

2. I'm thankful that my parents care for me and provide for my needs.

3. I'm also thankful for being fit and healthy.

4.I'm thankful for being able to make new friends at Gunderson, because all my friends are at Leland.

5. I'm am thankful that God has given me such a great life.

6. Last, but not least, I'm thankful that the world is caring enough to have funds and donations to give to the poor.

Do science fair projects really "teach" science?

In some ways, science fair projects do help teach science. When you do science fair projects, you do hands-on projects that apply what you learn from the scientific method. You make a hypothesis when you ask a question that you are not sure about and make an "educated guess" about what is going to happen at the end of the project. You experiment, or test the hypothesis when you collect data and you also learn what the cause and effect was. As you do your experiment, you also observe what is happening. You analyze what has happened with the independent variables and the dependent variables. Finally, you learn to evaluate and prove your hypothesis through your data. 

Stem Cells- Good or Bad?

I think stem cells are good. The reason for this is that these cells can be more effective and convenient for people compared to getting new organs through transplants. For example, for Claudio Castillo of Spain, doctors took a donated windpipe, stripped it from the original cells, and used Claudio's own stem cells to "rebuild" the windpipe. The organ is now made up of Castillo's own cells. This allows the body to accept the organ, so she won't have to take medicine to stop the rejection.