"For 21 days, Mrs. Deinhammer’s science classes were restlessly waiting for chickens to hatch. We learned about the life cycle of a chicken and how long it takes for a single cell to become a big, living organism. We named our chickens Albus and Minerva. I think this chicken experiment was a great thing to try because it taught us all about the life cycle of a chick. And it really makes me understand that what you think is just an ordinary egg with a yolk, could have been a cute little chick running in 21 days if it had been fertilized."
- Diya
"In science we recently hatched chickens. We kept them in an incubator to imitate a hen’s warmth. It was a 21 day process. They grew everyday. 2 chickens have hatched! We will use them to learn about genetics and growth in tissues and cell. "
- McKenzie and Nehal
"In class we experimented to extract the DNA from strawberries. We did this by blending strawberries in a mixer. After taking the mix out, we added laundry detergent to the mix to separate the cells. Then we added meat tenderizer as an enzyme to separate the DNA. Then, we added alcohol to see and capture the DNA of the cells. The result were stringy white threads which were actually the DNA of the cell."
-Anish, Sarang, Axel, Shreyas
Cell survivor was a educational game based off of the show, Survivor. We were given a specified organelle (an organelle is one of the many important parts of a cell which complete specific tasks that keep the cell alive). Each day, we would give a presentation about our organelle, it’s function, and a reason for why it should not be kicked out. Our goal for this challenge was to be the last organelle standing to win. Each day, we voted one organelle out because we thought it did not need to stay, based on the group’s speech and the information we had. (Every organelle is as important as the next)
- Rishi D., Dhroov P.
