Exploring Biology!

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We are back again to share our thoughts about biology. There were ups and downs but fortunately, the group were able to comprehend the various lessons taught by each group with their designated topics. Lets see the point of view of each members of the Wizards!

Apparently, for me, second quarter was not that bad than I thought it would be. Though I am not saying that it’s super easy. There were loads of work (performance tasks) given to us from different subjects and I must say, it was a major headache.

"Life"

Now, biology is fascinating because the study of life is involved. There are different species of animals and types of plants here in our world. Honestly, I am still amazed with the lessons that will or are already taught by teachers and my former classmates. Life is a fragile gift; one wrong move and you’ll lose it for good. I want everyone to take care his or her body and give care because God created us to live with purpose. How can you share your gift when you function properly right? Some may have sensitive body, that’s why it is important to know how you body works, if you gets easily tired or what. Know yourself before bringing your attention to others.

I remembered we did an experiment that is related to the feedback mechanism of the body. We were instructed to observe the temperature when adding ice cubes at the water that is being heated by fire. It was fun because the other group emerged with us to do the experiment.

"Oppose of STDS"

What lesson next caught my attention? The Sexually Transmitted Diseases or also known as STD that was disussed by my classmates. In this generation, I want everyone, especially teenagers and those who are LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender), to be aware what are the consequences in engaging premarital sex in such a young age. Love is not the right reason to commit an immoral act of human kind. Minors, like me, should prioritize their studies before involving his/her self with relationships. Besides, our minds aren’t that mature to handle serious problems that we may encounter in relationships. Plus now in our society, almost half of the teenager’s population commits relationships just to engage in premarital sex, which is a disgrace for his/her self. No offense to those who are part of the LGBT community but in my point of view, it is not right for two person who has the same gender to commit an act for only married couples can do. Of course they can have relationships with the person that they like, no one is stopping them, but they should know their limits. The consequences are more brutal and it can affect their family, even their lover.   

-ESTRADA

"Teacher Discussing"

This second quarter the lessons got harder. It's not that easy to understand it anymore. Our teacher had divided the class to perform reports. Which has been the death of me (sarcastically). I can't cope up with it because I don't understand it that much, unlike how our teacher reports it properly. Maybe this is the way of the teacher for us to understand his pain, because not everyone is listening when he is teaching. Sometimes everyone just do his or her own things. Also the performance task had also gotten harder, but hopefully we managed to survive it. I hope that maybe later on this quarter our teacher will teach us again soon, because I understand the lesson more in his method of teaching. But I'm really doing my best so I can cope up with smart people in my class. 

In addition, 2nd quarter is really hard because it's the start of the oral defense. Our group is nervous for the title defense, but who wouldn't be, because if we get rejected we would repeat all what we have started in our Investigatory Project. Even though creating the 1st 3 chapters of our investigatory project is not quite easy it's still quite fun, from the memories we've made in searching libraries and such.

-RAFER

This quarter the lessons got more complicated. Every group will have a chance to report and to share what they have learned. In my honest opinion, the group reports could have been made easier by making the groups pick what lesson they would like share and report. This can serve as a lecture for us to listen and focus on the lesson that the teacher is teaching us. Because when students teach the lesson only a few students listen and focus on the report while some play and do other stuff.

"Reproductive System of Female and Male"

The lesson that I liked the most is the Reproductive System. In our class, we are a mix of girls and boys that’s why this lesson is important because it can help us take care of our sensitive part. This lesson tackled a part about sexual transmitted diseases. It was interesting and funny yet serious because it is an important matter for us to learn. The first time I heard about this lesson was when I was in grade school and it brought back memories, which is one of the reasons of why its my favorite lesson. Without care of our reproductive systems it can cause severe illness and cause pain. So my class is lucky to learn what you need to do so that you can be healthy in terms of your reproductive system.

In addition, I learned that most women would stop having menstruation when they are 45 years old. I also learned further information of each gender’s reproductive system. This lesson really taught me how to appreciate God because without Him, this complicated system of ours won’t be created.

-CALMA

"Student Studying"

This quarter our lessons got more fun yet confounded. Everyone have a chance to report and to share what he or she have realized and learned. As I would see it, the group reports could have been made less demanding by making the group pick what lessons they would share and report. What I love about biology  is  we study about life and it is important to us since it helps people discover new things that help us in our daily life. For me, everybody have their own information and ability how to they see every words and its meaning and would you be able to gain and learn from it. This could be a lesson for us to listen and concentrate on the lesson the instructor is showing us and learn more things about nervous system. I have learned about the functions of the central and peripheral nervous systems (base from our assigned topic), and what it means for a neuron to be a charged cell and what are the two types of neurotransmitters, and how do they regulate the nervous system. The understudy taught the lesson while my classmates listen and concentrate on the report the new lesson we have to learn however, some of my classmates listen to the reporter while my other classmate not cooperating. Be that as it may, I figure out how to learn it and use it for my future studies.

-VIÑAS

As the first quarter came to an end, and the second quarter came, things got harder. It's now mid second quarter and things have become more difficult to understand, by now everyone should have exerted more effort in the subject and activities. One example is group reporting where each group has been given a lesson to understand and report, and that each member of the group has to create and preform a report to be discussed with the class. 

"Students Doing a Report"

What I have learned during this quarter is that I understand more things in the reproductive system and I had been informed the different kinds of diseases that can really affect a human being. And it also remains as my favorite lesson at the moment here in the second quarter. Things have changed and the way our teacher thought us the lesson is now on a different approach. For me, I think this is a way for us to understand the hard way of teaching with a busy class especially in the morning. We hope that this way would help others understand the lesson and that our teacher's way would become a success for the second quarter.

-PROSPERO

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[!!!] LESSON TIME [!!!]

In our class, each group in investigatory project are assigned one chapter base from the book and the number of lessons depends on the opic. We had supressed two chpaters already, the Reproductive System and Endocrine System. Our group is given the topic of the Nervous System, also knwon as "The Body's Command Center". Unfortunately, we haven’t tackled it in out class but now we will give you a glimpse of our lesson with our 3 members. Hopefully you’ll learn and get benefits from it.

Left side: a boy tripping
Right side: a boy spilling his water 

  Our body response when something happens, it is called “Reflex”. Look at the picture at the left, it shows two scenario that happened in the room. at the left side, a boy trips because of his classmate. Then on the right side, a boy spilled his water and his classmate laughed at him. Both showed reflexes, one put his arms on the floor to catch himself and the other got shocked. That is the use of our Nervous System, it helps us receive information about what is happening around us and direct us to respond .

  The brain then interprets the information as a threat and quickly sends electrical signals through selected nerves. In addition the electrical signals, the nerves also the endocrine glands in your body that produce chemical signals known as hormones. The hormones then triggers a sudden rush of emotions causing your body to be ready to move to guard yourself. The body has the ability to control and coordinate the activities of all its parts. The Nervous System enables the body to gather information from the outside environment and respond quickly. It also controls and interprets all the activities that happen within the body, making the body respond quickly to changes in the environment. 

  There are 4 functions of the nervous system;

    1. Gather information both from the outside world and from the inside body

    2. Transmits information to the processing areas in the brain and spinal cord.

    3. Processes information to determine the best response.
    4. Sends information to muscles, glands, and organs so they can respond quickly.

  Nervous system is also busy monitoring breathing, blood pressure and the body temperature, to name a few processes performed by the nervous system. Even when you sleep, it is still active. The Nervous System keeps the body working properly despite the constant changes that takes place around it. These changes are called stimuli (singular, stimulus). Some responses to stimuli are involuntary, because of it's not under one's control (ex. blinking and sneezing) and voluntary, because of ability to reason (ex. eating when hungry). 

-ESTRADA

  In life there are things that we should know but aren't even applicable in life until the appropriate situation comes in. An example is the "Prevention, Detection, and Treatment of Diseases" whether related to the digestive system to the circulatory system, but here were focusing on the nervous system. The things that I'm about to explain are important in case a certain kind of scenario happens.

"The Human Brain"

The Nervous System is a system that reacts through what our body is being put in a certain area or situation, and serves as our feelings or emotions when our body is being put to pain or relaxation. The Central Nervous System is composed of the spinal cord and the brain, which our parts that are very life threatening.important to sustain a life of a human being, and the cause of defects can be from average to this study involves the ways to contain defects from becoming more severe. As you age your body becomes weaker including the nervous system, one of the most popular common diseases found in the elderly is "Alzheimer's". Alzheimer's is a disease that causes problems that occurs in the brain and takes more effort to recall memories from the past. It is a disease that progresses with dementia symptoms getting worse over the years, that may lead to deathly issues.

The is no actual cure for Alzheimer's but there are things like memory practises and clinks that help people prevent from the disease getting more severe or spreading. This is just one example of many, and the outcome can be a tragedy. The best way to prevent diseases to come to the nervous system is to balance stress and relaxation. The best way is to involve yourself in activities like board games that require not much thinking. Second, the best way to detect if the person has a disease if it becomes noticeable that his/her actions may vary from others depending on the age or situation he/her is in. And the treatment may depend on the disease.

I therefore conclude that my study shows that certain types of diseases can occur in certain stages in life, and that it requires the right kind of treatment for the disease.

-PROSPERO

We are going to report about the nervous system. The nervous system is a very important part of the human body, because it controls our actions. My report is about nerve impulses. Signals are important in our lives. They carry information that tells us to listen, relax, or be alert. At the very moment, the nervous system carries thousand of signals through our body in the form of nerve impulses. Nerve impulse is a wave of chemical and electrical charge that is conducted along the membrane of a neuron. In other words nerve impulse is a way of nerve cells otherwise known as neurons communicate with one another. The way neurons communicate to one another is a complicated way.

There is a bridge that connects a neuron to another neuron called axon terminal. In the axon terminal we have axons. We also have a tiny gap between two adjacent neurons or a neuron and an effector called synapse. When an impulse reaches the end of a tip of the axon or the synapse, the neurotransmitters are released. Neurotransmitters are also know as chemical charge, which then allows the nerve impulse to flow to the other axon. Then the chain is repeated until the nerve impulse reaches its destination. This flows again and again; this is done everyday in the body, which is not seen by the human eye, but in almost everything we do we use how the process off nerve impulse to control what our actions should be.

This video will show how nerve impulses works. You'll learn how our brain sends signals to our body to make movements.

-RAFER

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There's Something About Physics!

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"Light Pollution"

So far, Physics is a bit challenging that I thought it would be. The few lessons that we had already discussed were not tackled before from our previous years but some terms clicked when our teacher mentioned it like about the refraction and electromagnetic waves. There are several formulas to memorize in order to solve for the specific thing like frequency so it made me so dizzy with all the numbers and signs. Computation is one of my weaknesses in Math, now it's also included in Science. I tried my best to solve some problems to enhance my relationship with numbers. Though I really do understand how to answer the given questions but I easily forget it. I really have to change my style. Now all I have to do is just practice and practice until I get the hang of myself.

What lesson that really got my attention was the Light Pollution, because it's my first time hearing that. The results of light pollution cause awful effect to our environment, which made me feel guilty because I got too careless about using light to much. I love the stars in the sky because by looking at it, it makes me relax. It's so sad that we're the one who cause the pollution that blocked the view for the shimmering stars. Now I have to know my limits in order to preserve the beauty of our earth. My family sometimes join Earth Hour to help the community and our environment. Karma may hit you hard as a rock so we have to be careful. Also we did our performance task, which was news casting. The experience was great and I learned how to boost my confidence when I'm in front of many people.

"Eye Condition: Astigmatism"

Moreover, after our midterm in Science, we had discussed some new lessons. The eye. That lesson also got me hooked with it because I can relate to it. I have Myopia, also known as near-nearsightedness, so my knowledge about it increased when our teacher tackled it. Plus now I know what is Astigmatism really is. We had a group activity, it's making an eye model and identify the parts of it. We had fun while we made with us having clay-war (they started it though) but I made it sure to submit it already so we don't have to bother it. Also, we had a quiz bee about the parts of the eye and the different conditions. The score wasn't high but we were already satisfied with it. Anyway, I hope the next succeeding three quarters aren't stressful for us to fathom the upcoming lessons.

—ESTRADA

"Spectrum"

I'm a new student at SHAP. So far the lessons are not that hard to comprehend. We have discussed a lot of things, from mirrors to different kinds of lenses. I learned about calculating frequencies and stuff. In my point of view, it’s easy when you like math because of the calculations of refraction. We also tackled light, which has many sub-topics. Some terms were new to me and I liked them. Also we had a quiz bee in Science and it was fun because we did our best. We just needed teamwork for us to score, high or low, we're still a group.

"Types of Lens"

Additionally, our new lesson is about the human eye. I Learned about Myopia and Hyperopia or nearsightedness and farsightedness. Myopia is the results in blurred vision when the visual picture is focused before the retina, instead of directly on it. It happens when the physical length of the eye is greater than the optical length. While Hyperopia, is the result of the visual picture being focused behind the retina as rather than directly on it. The eyeball being too little or the focusing power to be weak may cause it. Then we had a quiz bee about the human eye it turned out not as quite I think it will turn out. We didn’t score as much as our group wanted but we had fun doing it.

—RAFER

"Reflection of Light"

Science is an interesting subject for me. This year in the first half of our 1st quarter has a lot to do with our daily lives. Then we discussed some topics related to Physics; the light pollution, reflection, & refraction. Refraction is an interesting lesson because it is connected in our everyday life. Like the mirrors, most people can't see without their glasses so studying about light and mirrors help us to understand and relate to our daily lives. There are types of lens for a specific case like concave for a person who suffers Myopia. In addition, we tackled a lesson about the eye and its parts. This lesson helps us on how we care for Gods gift to us. We also learned about what types of medical issues does one person could have in their eyes.

"Eye"

An eye is a part of our body, a part that we use all day long. And it is a part of us that is important and fragile. Its parts are small but its effects on us are huge. The medical issues of this particular part of our body are dangerous as any sickness that we can get. So always take care of your eyes. Lastly i just wanted to say that Science is a very important part of our world. Its part of our daily lives and it will continually evolve to approach our needs.

—CALMA

"Group Activites"

Science is the range of study where I learn about lights, the human eye, magnifying lens, contamination, mirrors, scientist, news, science words and more things. For me science is important because it upgrades our gadgets and discovers new things and builds up the world. I experienced issues about the refraction yet my schoolmate shows me how to unravel it so i figure out how to learn it. The computations parts were the ones I had a hard time with. With the formulas to remember,it's tough.

The simplest lesson that i encounter is the parts of the eye and its function. Furthermore, our newsiest lesson is the parts of eyes and its function and the disease of the eye. Our gathering activates is about the quiz bee it was fun and we learned more things and develop our skills, intellect, memory, communication, cooperation, and teamwork. I hope that i can learn new things and apply it on myself with the goal that i can do the inconceivable in life.

—VIÑAS

Science is one of my favorite major subjects, as it includes other key major and minor subjects in it, such as Math and English and even Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE). Science is a part of life where it is always involved in each aspect, movement, action we take. And each atom, we can use to build a structure of living or non-living matter. Science can be defining as solid liquid or gas yet physical and mental at the same time. I can say that Science for me is an innovation itself. 

"State of Matter"

What I’ve learned through science is how we can measure, calculate, and compute distance, velocity and units without being in the literal position of doing it. Or learn the parts of the eye through simple pictures and text. What I like about science is that it is a diverse and yet complex kind of body structure that you have to understand through detail in order to know what to do. What I do find hard about science is about advanced technology where you have to find where the positive and negative goes through and which doesn’t, besides everything Science is unique in its own way as the word itself. One of my favorite things I’ve learned was life reflection, and I find it interesting how we can balance something infinite.

Thought the first 2 months of school and over 30+ hours of learning science, i find the subjects hard to learn at first, and yet easy to catch up once understood. Every lesson in the subject is being explained right and every detail has more detail provided in it. Group Activities are executed well and nothing goes wrong except for noise. Lastly, the thing I expect is that Grade 10 Science wont be easy and yet in the way wont be hard if you understood everything. I always hope that there would be more fun activities through out the upcoming 3 quarters and that Sir. Jhigz is going to teach us some new lessons.

—PROSPERO

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[!!!] MOST INTERESTING TOPIC [!!!]

Almost all of us in the group liked this topic, Reflection and Refraction of light, because it is interesting even though the computations there are somehow difficult to do. We are amazed with the laws and ways of reflecting a light in different direction. The terms were easy to memorize so we (somehow) remembered all of the words needed and understood their meanings. With the help of Sir Dolor's engrossing videos about light, it's the perfect moment for us to really listen for some facts. Then there's light pollution which we only heard it for the first time. The effect was really shocking. Almost all of us, human-being, are the number one causing the pollution (though practically all pollution) here. Now we rarely see stars in the sky. So we do hope to let everyone be open-minded what is happening. Let's all change for the better; like cooperating with the Earth Hour activity.

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