Forensics Reflection
In the San Juan Forest on September 21, 2014 two people found a body. The remains where brought to the “lab” and were examined. Entomology told the investigators the body was around 1-3 years old. Anthology confirming that the body was 5ft to 5.4ft and male. The investigators looked through missing people reports and narrowed it down to Nathan Herron and Andrew Ahonen. The dental records were examined and showed that it was Nathan Herron. Scientists wanted to confirmed it was Nathan by using mitochondrial DNA. A knife was found with fingerprints near the crime scene. The suspects were looked at and there was not confirmation with the fingerprint. Blood was found under the fingernails of Nathan Herron. The blood type was b+. The case is still inconclusive.
Dissection Reflection
In the dissection lab we were given the option to dissect a pig, a cat, or a shark. I decided to do a pig, which was not a popular one to choose. I wanted to challenge myself and try the pig. I chose the pig because it was the closest to human antimony. I wanted to learn more about how the human body function and the pig was the right choice. I learned more about the human by dissecting the pig. I leaned that pigs do not have an appendix where as a human does. What I learned about myself is that I am very supportive with my peers who are struggling with this project. I can use this skill with everyday life as well.
Bee Reflection
Bees are one of the most important insects in the world. They are the main workforce of pollinators. Without bees our price of food would sky rocket. It is estimated that 1/3 bites of food is directly or indirectly affected by bees. But there is a major problem that is occurring with bees. Bees are disappearing at a rapid rate. This is mostly due to Colony Collapse Disorder. Colony(CCD). Scientist believe that this due to long term effects of pesticides. The issue with CCD is it is a long term issue. Major organizations who test this look at the short term which reviles no issue.
- With this bee project I had to think outside the box to come up my project. The options were limitless with only one restriction, it had to be related to bees in some way. This actually made it more difficult in some because there was so many options that yo couldn't narrow it down. After discussions with colleen I wanted to talk to people why bees can't replace bees. I did a bug box with different pollinators, as well as showing feathers and pictures of people. In my presentation I talked about how in some parts China all bees are gone and the people have to hand pollinate thousands of flowers. A hive of bees can pollinate 3 million flowers a day, a group of people can only do 30 trees a day.