Eukaryotic cell ornament

Digestive lab

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Interesting fact about digestion (Horse's digestive system)

I always wondered how a horse can sprint for such long periods of time without getting tired. They were used as the main type of transportation for centuries. I wanted to research this particular topic because I was curious to how a horse can dash so efficiently. Today I found out that their digestive system plays a huge part in a horse's ability to run. Like humans they have a esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. The difference with their digestion system is that their large intestine contribute much more to their digestive tract. Their large intestine contains bacteria that break down the food very efficiently including plants. the large intestine is usually referred to as the hindgut where symbiotic bacteria break down plant fibres and undigested starches. Fatty acids can be absorbed through the gut wall. With all this energy as well as horses eating plants, horses become very fast as runners.

http://www.hygain.com.au/horses-digestive-system/

Digestive system t-shirt

Protein lab

Primary 

Secondary

Tertiary

Quaternary

Protein lab Questions' Answers

1. Peptide bonds are found in the primary structure.

2. The secondary structure forms due to peptide bonds between amino acids.

3. Interactions between R groups, covalent bonds, H bonds, and repulsion caused the 3D structure. The reason why my protein looks different from others because I have different R groups and different bonds and interactions between my amino acids compared to everyone else's.

4. The fourth structure was created by 2 or more polypeptides stuck together.

5. No my protein would not have the same shape if I changed the primary structure because that means I would have different R groups and different amino acids meaning different types of interactions and bonds. 

Exercise Science Fitness Assignment

9My personal fitness goal is to increase my strength which probably fits under muscular endurance. It does count as some muscular strength as well. My plan is to go to the ymca in the mornings and work on bench press, squats, overhead press, deadlifts, pull ups, and barbell rolls. I plan to do a daily rotation routine. I will do squats and deadlifts one day, chinups and shoulder press the next day, and bench press and barbell rows the third day. I plan to go three times a week to complete each exercise.

This is where I get my idea from.
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Schedule

Tuesday, November 18: squats with weights on bar, and deadlifts.

Wednesday, Nobember 19: shoulder press.

Monday, November 24: bench press

Wednesday, November 26: bench press, squats, and deadlifts

Friday, November 28: barbell rows, overhead press, and chinups

Monday, December 1: bench press, squats, and deadlifts

Wednesday, December 3: overhead press, barbell row and chinups

Friday, December 5: bench press, squats, barbell rows, and chinups

Wednesday, December 10: overhead press, deadlifts, and chinups

Friday, December 12: overhead press, deadlifts, and chinups

Monday, December 15: bench press, squats, and barbell rows

Before these weeks, my initial testing was pushups for which I first did 20.

After these weeks, I was able to go up to 33 pushups.

Colon Cancer

It is pretty interesting to be able to see live tweets during a surgery because it is not very common. A surgery for colon cancer is something I have never seen before so I was definitely amazed as I have never seen any kind of surgery being done before. I was surprised by the amount of Carbon Dioxide that fitted into the stomach without the stomach bursting. Honestly, the most amazing part was they inflated the stomach with carbon dioxide to make it look like a balloon. I never thought something like that was even possible. I could not relate the surgery to what we learned in class comparing it to the colouring sheets, or notes we took in class but I could say I could relate it to the one digestive system video we watched in class. Taking out the colon itself was very surprising for me as I thought that was dangerous but very interesting. When talking about the removal of colon, I didn't know they literally pull it out, which is one new thing I learned from this.

Body skeleton

Common Soccer knee injuries

    Soccer is definitely a fun sport to play, but it  does not mean it is entirely safe to play; no sport is. Common injuries that occur in soccer usually or mostly involves the leg area which majority of the game requires to be used. Some of these injuries include fractured knees, broken or fractured tibia or fibula, fractured or dislocated patella, or a broken femur. However one of the most serious injuries to occur is tearing the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Your ACL is located deep within your patella connecting the tibia (shinbone) to the femur. the main function of it is to prevent the tibia moving to far forward or stretching too wide, and providing stability to the knee.

     Typical ways to injure in soccer is to land awkwardly from jumping, being kicked by the cleat on the patella, stretching the leg to far, or an awkward movement the body was stretched awkwardly or bent in some way. This truely is a serious injury as it takes from 8 months to a year to recover and it does require surgery as it does not recover on its own.  




http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/news/acl_injury_and_the_female_soccer_player/

Respiration Lab

Both test tubes with limewater are ready for testing.

The limewater that came in contact with carbon dioxide that came from our lungs turned white. The water in the contact with the general air remained neutral.

Part B is about to begin where the distilled water shown on the left will come in contact with air from our lungs while the water on the right will come in contact with general air. We will see the difference in pH level after.

The distilled water that came in contact with air from our lungs on the left has become more acidic in pH level while the water that came in contact with general air remained neutral. 

25 minute run

I ran the 6 laps durimg the 25 mjnutes run alongside Lavpreet. My running tracker had started late when I had almost finished my second lap. I had finished 1.7 miles from my phone but because I ran with Lavpreet the whole time I got the same time and distance as him. We could have done 7 laps if we had about 3 more minutes left. For this run I used the Nike-run app and so did Lavpreet who's picture I am posting.

Balloon lung diagram

The first one is exhalation as you can see the balloon is flat. The diaphragm is relaxed.

The second is inhalation as the balloon can be see filling up as the diaphram contracts.

How a bird's repiratory system differs from others

My question in this particular topic is how can birds breathe with such small bodies and such high altitudes where air pressure is so high?

      
The interesting fact here is that their lungs are barely even involved in breathing. They have air sacs that do the gas exchange that expand into bones over their entire body. They are basically like living balloons that just don't explode.

http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biodiversity/birds/aviantopics/environmentalphysiology.html

My goals for fitness

My goal is to improve my physical strength but I do not want to lift weights to do it. I want to do a full body workout without weights.

What I have done to test this is do pushups and a nody bridge to see how long I can hold the bridge and do the pushups.

The app I am going to use to help me achieve this goal is called "inofit full bodt workout"

Fitness testing

1. Aerobic- there was no good aeroboc test where we were tested our endurance over a long period of time and felt completely tired.

2. Agility test- the box drill was the best agility test testing one's movement and ability to change directions. I got 9.28 seconds on the drill

3. Anaerobic glycolysis- the best exercise that had us tired in two minutes was the bench step ups in which I had a heart rate of 160 beats per minute.

4. Atp cp- the best exercise that makes you physically sore but doesn't make you breathe harf is the constant pushups in which I did 12 nose touching ground pushups. I would like to improve on that result.

5. Power- Again I believe the best exercise to test power is the constant pushups in ehich i did 12 tight nose to the ground pushups. I would still like to improve on that.

6. Flexibility- I believe the most challenging flexibility test was the back wall bridge which tested huge part of the mid body flexibility. I was able to go down to 32 cm

From all this testing, I would like to improve my power the most because that is an area in which i lack the most.

Interim Report

Hi Mom and Dad!
This is my interim report for the Human Kinetics Coop.

So far, the highlights for me have been: 
Being able to go on so many field trips and make learning fun.  


I am the most proud of:
Completing the grouse grind in 52 minutes.

The most interesting things I have learned about are:
How the human heart operates and how our circulatory and respiratory are related.

An example of when I really pushed myself in SuperFit is:
During the extended beep test

I could make improvements in:
Being more involved in the class

I am really looking forward to:
Going to Extreme Air Park if we can and 

The Basics - WORK HABITS:

Attendance (classes missed and why) - 
Never missed class. Only missed Super fit for school soccer games

Participation in field trips (woo kim, grouse grind, rock climbing) -
Fully participated in all

Lates (how many & reasons) -
Never have been late
Preparedness for class (gym strip &/or supplies) -
Always prepared for class
Class time management (are you using your class time to complete your work?  engaged in class discussion? participating? following along? doing your best? or talking too much? ) -
Use class time to complete work efficiently
Blog assignment completion - (out of 8 assignments) Comments?
All completed
Self evaluation of work habits for each class in coop - G/S/N

Biology 12: G
Exercise Science 12: G
Super Fit 12: G

Blood flow from heart to brain

Blood flow from heart to brain: http://youtu.be/4QzIgRwR9A4

I did this video with Lavpreet Brar and Nabeel Hundal

Grouse grind

1. The grouse grind was an extremely difficult task for me even though I finished it. I was already breathing heavily about 5 minutes into it. If i was breathing heavily then my legs were sore. Steps grew steeper and my legs were throbbing harder. I was sweating like a pig very quickly.

2. I believe we use the aerobic energy system due to long endurance we went through as well anaerobic glycolysis because we would grow tired after two minutes and our legs would be very sore.

Heart dissection

1. The most surprising thing I found about the heart was that the atria appeared as flaps did not appear as they would on paper.

2. The reason the atria and the ventricles are so different in structure is that the ventricles were thick and hard to cut through do to the amount of blood pumping through and the atria were flappy, pruny, and seemed more like a storage than atrium. The atria must deliver blood to the ventricles while the ventricles deliver blood to arteries to go outside the heart.

3. The left ventricle is larger than the right ventricle because the left ventricle mudt pump to the entire body while the right ventricle only has to pump it to the lungs.

4. The function is of the valves is to make sure blood flow goes through and does not go back. The chordae tendinae helps keeps the valves intact. The importance of the valves is very high as they prevent reverse blood flow which can damage our bodies