Maze Game and Flappy Bird Codes

WALT: Code to be able to create games

Task Description:

Questions:

- What types of blocks and codes did you use in this game eg. directions, repeats etc?

- What did the blocks and codes enable you to do with the games?

- What did you learn from the exercise?

1. I would say there were a variety of different codes I had used throughout the game, although I did have to think a lot in order to get to the next level. As you can clearly see most levels have very, very different codes and some with the exact same as the previous level. In order to actually pass and clear the levels I was to use the right codes and of course the right amount that had been limited and already set for you.

2. Although I ended up struggling and making multiple mistakes with choosing the right codes, it enabled me to reset what I made wrong and test out other technique skills in order to pass the current level I was working on.

3. With what I've currently achieved in both games I've learnt how to code incredibly simple games, I've learnt that if you try different techniques you'll always get a different and hopefully better outcome than your previous attempt. My biggest one was having the ability of making multiple mistakes, this really helped because I was not only able to learn from it but to make different choices with what I made wrong. Although making mistakes is what everyone does, all that is expected from you is to just learn from it and change what you had presented wrong.

Now it's your turn, go on or enter in code.org to give some of their games a try and feel free to answer the 3 questions that has been entered above this description. It's not only fun but you can learn many things about coding and what they're purpose's are. Don't forget, enjoy!

Winter Learning Journey 2017

Chromosomes, 1 - 22

Chromosomes: 1 - 22

If you didn't know every human has 23 pairs of Chromosomes, in total we have 46. Here is an image of how we solved and placed each chromosome in each section! 

Task description:

Today in room 4 Genomics we were to place each chromosome from numbers 1 - 22. Each pair were to be Red and blue with words/numbers written on each chromosome. This task was quite challenging as it was hard finding and matching the right chromosomes. Although it was challenging I definitely found something I never knew before, Thanks to Doctor Terry I had so much fun as it also made many of us come together and work as a team. Now I know more about chromosomes and the exact amount we have!     

Hope you enjoy and that you learn something off this post, I definitely did!  

Chromosomes - 5th December 2019 

Who Dunnit?

Who dunnit?

Today in room 4 we are solving a crime due to the scene of someone breaking in & stealing something which hadn't been found by the owners or anyone, during the investigation we found bits and pieces of bloody cloths which was covered in blood. The window was violently smashed and the man had vanished in under 2 minutes before the investigators arrived.

Suspect 1: AB + 
Suspect 2: B
Suspect 3: A+
Suspect 4: 0 -

Although the suspects had different blood types all we were needed to find was A+. Due to the blood stains on the bloody cloth we had found the perfect match which came out A positive. The suspect was perfectly matched to suspect 3. Here are the images of us testing our suspect's blood!

Suspect 3: Positive - 4th December 2019!   

Living Organisms - 1&2

WALT: Place organisms on a continuum

Part.1

Part.2

Task Description:

For this task room 4 and I were to complete the task of knowing what was smallest - largest. Part 1 explains the living organisms from smallest to largest. Part 2 explains the connections between the cells from smallest to largest. Overall this task was incredibly interesting as it made me actually want to lean about living organisms and our cells.   

Dna - note taking!

Dna - note taking!

Today Room 4 watched a short video about cells and how they’re connected. Below this
introduction is my what I’ve been taking notes of. Learning more about cells and how they’re

connected was incredibly interesting. I really hope you enjoy! 

  

How is Dna, chromosomes and gene connected? Today we will be talking about how Dna,
chromosomes and genes relate. 

Our body is made up of hundreds and thousands of cells. Cells are only seen under a microscope. 

Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes. Chromosomes have different sorts of information about
dna.

 Dna is made up of 4 basis (AKA) 4 different things. A,G,C,T. Dna is in the chromosome, the
chromosome is in the nucleus, and the nucleus is in the cell. 

The reason why Dna is shaped as a ladder is because…

A always joins with T  and G always joins with C

When a sequence of three pairs come together they create a word, then when we add more
words together we then create a chapter which is called gene.  

Gene’s are like chapters in a book. More than one or two genes is what creates our chromosome.
Chromosome is what lives in the nucleus.

Protein base letters:

Codons = words

Gene = Chapter

Chromosome = Book

Science Experiment

Science Experiment!

Aim: see onion cells on a microscope

Hypothesis:
I think the 100x magnification we’ll be able to see what’s about to happen!

Equipment: 
Microscope Onion
Slide
Cover slip
Tweezers 
Blue dye - Blue stain

Method:
Our very first step started off with using a slide, after that we got ourselves a pair of tweezers and one onion, using the tweezers and onion we were to peel a thin layer of onion and gently placed it onto the slide, after placing the thin layer of onion onto the slide we were to pour a few drops of saline on top and add a bit of blue stain. The last step was to add a cover slip as it’ll help to make our vision more clear to see.

Observation: 
On the 10x microscope we were able to see the basic shape of the cell.
On the 40x microscope we were able to see a closer version of the segmented area.
On the 100x microscope we were only able to see the blue stain but from what our vision was the colour was purple.    


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