January 30, 2017
by Mrs Shaw
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In a Topic lesson we were asked to make Reebops. The point of the lesson was to learn that Mums and Dads can have a variety of offspring and a mum and a dad each give one allele (kind of … Continue reading →
this is what you aim to see
On Friday the class extracted DNA from onions, here are the steps:
You will need:
100g chopped onions
Washing up liquid
Water
Tablespoon
Teaspoon
Surgical spirit
Coffee filter (or any other filter)
Cup (preferably clear)
Salt
Knife
Tub
Step 1: chop the onions
Step 2: Put the onions into a tub
Step 3: Pour the water, salt and washing up liquid into the onion
Step 4: stir gently so as to not cause any bubbles
Step 5: leave for 10 minutes
Step 6: filter the mixture into the cup and add the surgical spirit
Step 7: leave for 20 minutes
Step 8: after the 20 minutes are up there should be white strands floating In your cup
THIS IS YOUR DNA!
However as in all science experiments they don’t always work.
By Isla and Heather.
January 20, 2017
by Mrs Shaw
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This term, our topic is “Evolution and Inheritance”. Throughout this topic, we will be looking at human evolution and gene inheritance, among other things. So far, we’ve been looking at the inheritance side of things; activities include creating models of … Continue reading →
January 20, 2017
by Mrs Shaw
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Yesterday, we had a transition afternoon trip to Harlaw. We visited the Modern Languages department and we had 4 different teachers. Their names are: Miss Maes, Miss Gray, Mrs Adams and Miss Desavoir. In Miss Desavoir’s class we played a … Continue reading →