Evidence of Work
In this project we were challenged with finding the murderer of a man named Carlton Comet and receiving an arrest warrant. My group used forensic science to prove that it was Nancy Normal who killed Carlton. After getting enough evidence we presented it to a "judge" and were able to receive the arrest warrant for Nancy Normal.
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Fingerprinting: By comparing key features of the fingerprints from the crime scene with those of the subjects we can identify if they are the same. This allowed us to know that Nancy Normal’s fingerprint was on the table at the crime scene.
Ink Chromatography: By letting ink spread across paper using an alcohal solution in order to seperate the pigments from the pen. The ink spreads across the paper alowing us to compare it to other samples and conclude whether or not they are the same. We used this to conclude that Nancy Normal wrote the death note.
Karyotypes: Karytypes are a method of looking at the chromosomes of a person to see if they have a chromosomal disorder. As seen in our presentation many of the suspects had many chromosomal disorders including Nancy Normal who had triple X syndrome.
Chromosomal Disorder: The karyotypes revealed many chromosomal disorders. These include triple X syndrome, which involves having an extra X chromosome. It causes taller height, flat feet, seizures, and development issues. Klinefelter Syndrome is having an extra X chromosome in males and results in less body hair and breast enlargment. Jacob’s Syndrome is caused by a male having an extra Y chromosome which causes them to be taller have weak muscles and learning problems. Down syndrome is caused by having an extra 21st chromosome and causes a short neck, upward slanting eyes, wnd qnd a droopy face.
Pedigrees: A pedigree is a map of a family tree usually made to find out who had certain diseases in the family. We used a pedigree to establish motive for Nancy Normal and to completely understand what happened in all of our suspects lives.
Genetics: This is a list of genetic vocab.
Chromosome: Storage for DNA and all other gentetic information.
Gene: The DNA code for a specific trait.
Allele: The variant of a given gene.
Genotype: The gentic makeup of a specific trait.
Phenotype: The physical expression of generic traits.
Heterozygous: When the genotype has two different alleles.
Homozygous: When the genotype has two of the same alleles.
Dominant trait: The genetic trait always shows.
Recessive trait: The genetic trait does not show unless it is homozygous recessive.
Co-dominance- When both traits are dominant so the both show.
Incomplete dominance: When both traits are not dominant so a mix of them is shown.
Haploid cell: A cell that only has one set of genetic material.
Diploid cell: A cell that has two different sets of genetic material.
DNA structure: DNA is made up of a sugar phosphate backbone and nucleotides connected throught the center creating a double helix. The nucleotides form base pairs G matching C and A matching T. DNA is used to make proteins via protein synthesis. In protein synthesis the DNA unzips then mRNA passes through being formed then is transported to the ribosomes in which tRNA brings amino acids based on the mRNA code then the line is folded into a protein.
DNA replication: DNA is split into a leading and lagging strand by helicase then Primase puts down a primer and DNA polynerse goes down in the 5’ to 3’ direction filling in the DNA. On the lagging strand primers have to be placed in multiple places to go in the opposite directions. Two new strands of DNA are made which are semi-conserved.
DNA mutations: We created presentations about different DNA mutations to inform the class. We did franeshift mutation. In total we learned about point, insertion, dna duplication, deletion, repeating, and missense mutations. All of these mutations cause many diseases and other problems.
Ink Chromatography: By letting ink spread across paper using an alcohal solution in order to seperate the pigments from the pen. The ink spreads across the paper alowing us to compare it to other samples and conclude whether or not they are the same. We used this to conclude that Nancy Normal wrote the death note.
Karyotypes: Karytypes are a method of looking at the chromosomes of a person to see if they have a chromosomal disorder. As seen in our presentation many of the suspects had many chromosomal disorders including Nancy Normal who had triple X syndrome.
Chromosomal Disorder: The karyotypes revealed many chromosomal disorders. These include triple X syndrome, which involves having an extra X chromosome. It causes taller height, flat feet, seizures, and development issues. Klinefelter Syndrome is having an extra X chromosome in males and results in less body hair and breast enlargment. Jacob’s Syndrome is caused by a male having an extra Y chromosome which causes them to be taller have weak muscles and learning problems. Down syndrome is caused by having an extra 21st chromosome and causes a short neck, upward slanting eyes, wnd qnd a droopy face.
Pedigrees: A pedigree is a map of a family tree usually made to find out who had certain diseases in the family. We used a pedigree to establish motive for Nancy Normal and to completely understand what happened in all of our suspects lives.
Genetics: This is a list of genetic vocab.
Chromosome: Storage for DNA and all other gentetic information.
Gene: The DNA code for a specific trait.
Allele: The variant of a given gene.
Genotype: The gentic makeup of a specific trait.
Phenotype: The physical expression of generic traits.
Heterozygous: When the genotype has two different alleles.
Homozygous: When the genotype has two of the same alleles.
Dominant trait: The genetic trait always shows.
Recessive trait: The genetic trait does not show unless it is homozygous recessive.
Co-dominance- When both traits are dominant so the both show.
Incomplete dominance: When both traits are not dominant so a mix of them is shown.
Haploid cell: A cell that only has one set of genetic material.
Diploid cell: A cell that has two different sets of genetic material.
DNA structure: DNA is made up of a sugar phosphate backbone and nucleotides connected throught the center creating a double helix. The nucleotides form base pairs G matching C and A matching T. DNA is used to make proteins via protein synthesis. In protein synthesis the DNA unzips then mRNA passes through being formed then is transported to the ribosomes in which tRNA brings amino acids based on the mRNA code then the line is folded into a protein.
DNA replication: DNA is split into a leading and lagging strand by helicase then Primase puts down a primer and DNA polynerse goes down in the 5’ to 3’ direction filling in the DNA. On the lagging strand primers have to be placed in multiple places to go in the opposite directions. Two new strands of DNA are made which are semi-conserved.
DNA mutations: We created presentations about different DNA mutations to inform the class. We did franeshift mutation. In total we learned about point, insertion, dna duplication, deletion, repeating, and missense mutations. All of these mutations cause many diseases and other problems.
Reflection
I did really well on some things this project and not so well on other things. Two things I did well were my work ethic and interest. I was almost always on task during this project and worked hard to produce a good final result. This caused our project to be really good. I also had a lot of interest in the project which let me do better work. This caused our project to go well aswell.
Two things I could improve on were my communication and actually being at school. While I was sick I did not communicate with my team to find out what we did. I was skck for multiple days which held our project back.
Two things I could improve on were my communication and actually being at school. While I was sick I did not communicate with my team to find out what we did. I was skck for multiple days which held our project back.