In this project, we learned how our bodies maintain themselves throughout our life. First, is protein synthesis. As proteins die in our cells, they need to be replaced. The protein we looked into in depth is hemoglobin. Second, is homeostasis. Homeostasis is how our body maintaains stability. Examples of this are heart rate, blood pressure, and temperature. For our project, we focused on how a person's blood pressure of BP changes from listening to different genres of music. The different genres included rap, pop, death metal, and dubstep.
Physics Concepts
Protein: A long chain of amino acids that perform most of the funcitons in the cell
Central Dogma: The process in which a fully functional protein is made
Transcription: The copying of the genetic code for the protein from the DNA to the mRNA
Translation: The process by which the amino acids, based off the code on the mRNA, are brought to the ribisome to make an amino acid chain
Folding: The process where a polypeptide chain folds to create a fully functional protein
Homeostasis: The process of keeping stable internal conditions in the body
Blood Pressure: The pressure of the blood on the artery walls
Central Dogma: The process in which a fully functional protein is made
Transcription: The copying of the genetic code for the protein from the DNA to the mRNA
Translation: The process by which the amino acids, based off the code on the mRNA, are brought to the ribisome to make an amino acid chain
Folding: The process where a polypeptide chain folds to create a fully functional protein
Homeostasis: The process of keeping stable internal conditions in the body
Blood Pressure: The pressure of the blood on the artery walls
Reflection
This unit was not as amazing as I expected. It was very complicated and took a lot of time to understand, which would be okay but it made it tedious because I wasn't that interested in the material. Nevertheless, it was still important information to know. It taught me many things about myself. One is that I am not that interested in cells and genetics. Another is that biology is not my thing. This was, in my opinion, the hardest unit to understand in all of STEM. Some things went poorly during this unit. When we were testing people for their blood pressure after listening to different songs, we found that our hypothesis was wrong. Our original hypothesis was the slower the tempo of the song, the more your blood pressure would reduce. The thing that actually happened was the more a person liked a song, their blood pressure decreased. Something that went really well was our end result with the homeostasis lab. Our data was more or less consistent and led to a very recognizable outcome. Something we could've done better was time management. We waited till the last couple of days to do most of our project which didn't lead to any problems but made our work load a lot larger in the end. A peak was our presentation for hemoglobin. It went very well and was thought out and all of our facts were justified. We knew our protein well. We were pretty much out to dinner getting to know hemoglobin and I feel we did a good job. A pit of this unit was the focus. Since I didn't have much interest in the topics, I didn't focus as much as I should. Thankfully, it didn't lead to any problems. This unit was eh but was still valuable information that we should all know.