Science Class

First we came into class. Then we review the rules of the activity that we started yesterday. The objective of the game is to get the one group to say the message in English, but they can not talk. In the beginning the group that couldn't talk sent a message to us asking what we did. We told them that we can decoded things. Then the group that couldn't talk sent us the message. We decoded the message and sent it to the group that needed to read it out loud. They didn't now what to read it at first. We sent them a message saying to read it out loud. We had won the game. Then we answered some questions on the whiteboard. What part of the cell was table A? The answer is they was a nucleus because they started with the original message and had to transfer it and copy it. Also it sends signals to the organelles, like they did in the game. And the nucleus copies DNA just like they had to copy the message. Second question was what did the message represent? It represented DNA. The nucleus stores DNA like blueprints. The last question was what were the purpose of the rules? The answer is so it was like a real cell. The nucleus can't move just like group A. The kids sitting in a circle was the membrane of the nucleus. Only a copy of DNA can move like the copy of a message. They couldn't talk because the membrane can't communicate. Next we started to take notes. The nucleic membrane has little pores in it for transportation. DNA can come in different forms. There is Chornatin which is like twirled spaghetti. There is Chromosomes which is like two rubber bands rolled up. Lastly there is a Double Helix, which is like a twisted ladder. A section of each Chromosome is called a gene, which has traits. DNA stands for deoy ribo-nucleic acid. It is basically two sugar strings twisted. It was a good day. We took some fast notes, but got to finish our game which was fun.

Johnny S