I learned about the growth of baby rats. Within the first week of birth, the rats are born without eyes, leaving them completely feeble and sightless. They depend on their mother to feed them, clean them, and other important things.
By the 2nd week, the babies begin growing some fuzz on their body. The ears begin to grow and come flop off the head, sort of like an elephant. They are unable to hear, but they sense vibrations. They soon begin to walk a bit, like a human baby, a shaky learning experience. Late in the week, their eyes begin to open up.
By the third week, the more developed babies begin to behave in different manners. They do things such as trying to sit on their back end. They are able to run at this age now. Food apart from the mother's milk can now be eaten safely by the babies. Later in the week, the rats begin to eat any food on sight, spend more time awake, and roam farther than regularly. They begin to drink less of the mother's milk.
In our science class, we did a few projects and such. My favorite by far, though, was the "By Golly, By Gum, By Time" experiment. This experiment required us to chew gum for every two minutes, and then we had to take the gum out and place it on the scale (with the rest of your table's gum on it too), and then we had to find the mass of every gum altogether. This was my favorite because, well, for one, it allowed us to chew gum in class! But it really taught me more about how to use the scale and how to find the mass of an object(s). It was probably the most fun experiment, in my opinion, that we had in the first quarter in science. So, this was my favorite project for science in the first quarter because it taught me more on how to use a scale and find the mass of an object, or objects for that matter. (Pun intended)
Cells are needed for ANY and EVERY living things that exists. That includes us, human beings. But how do we know that our cells are functioning correctly if we cannot feel the cellular activity going on inside our bodies? Well, it's simple actually. We know that cells are not visible to the naked eye, so that means they are very small. That also means that you probably can't feel those small things functioning inside your body. Also, you know that your cells are functioning correctly if you are alive. Because remember, cells are one of the many things that help keep you alive. That means that your cells are obviously functioning the way that they are supposed to be. So, to sum this all up, you know your cells are functioning if you are alive.
As we have learned in science, people reproduce. Reproduction transfers the DNA of the parents to the newborn. But, who did I inherit my traits from? Well, I'm usually told that I look more like my mother than my father. The question is WHY do I look more like my mother than my father? Well, it might have just been random and could have gone either way at my birth. My brothers, on the other hand, are not very similar to me. My brother, Edgar, looks a lot more like my father than my mother. My oldest brother, Victor, looks like both my father and my mother. For example, he has the facial looks of my mother, but the body of my father. (except not as 'overweight') For my youngest brother, Omar, I haven't really noticed whether he inherited the looks of my mother or my father. One thing is for sure, I am probably the most similar to my mother than anyone else in my family.
Some people do not know how to find the volume of an object. Well, for a rectangular object you just find the length, width. and height of the object, and then multiply. But for an irregularly shaped object, the so called "formula" is a bit different. I believe the easiest way to find the volume is to drop the object in any kind of tube, (beaker, flask, graduated cylinder) that is filled with water. Beforehand, you must know the volume of the water originally. After that, once you have dropped the object inside the water, you measure the measurement of the water. Depending on the size of the object, there is definitely a difference between the two measurements that were taken.
As most of us may know, the presidental election is upcoming. I do care about who gets elected. With the broken down economy we have today, it is important that the right president is elected. I hope that Obama is re-elected. He may not have done the best job in his years, but I am sure he will be able to fix that. In my opinion, he will do a better job than Mitt Romney. It is essential to the economy that we do elect the right president. If we don't, the economy will get even worse than it is today. Sure, Barrack Obama could have done better. I have no bias nor do I have a political view (ex. democrat, republic), but I still have a huge feeling that Romney has less of a chance as a president than Obama, him (Obama) already having experience. Concluding my opinion, it is vital that we elect the correct president in the election, or the economy will get to the worse point it has ever been at. So with that being said, that is all that I have as an opinion for the upcoming presidential election of 2012.
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