Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Fringe to Science

I was watching Fringe, which is a science fiction show and deals with inter-dimensional travels and a forensic scientific detective.  I think that this show deals with science because the detectives use science and math to solve their time frame when the story actually happens.  The story comes back and forth through time going to the past and back to the future, then mysteriously in the present again.   The series is at the climax, in which Peter Bishop lost his memory and is stuck in another dimension the one that he was stolen from as a child.  He was stolen from that dimension when the "our" dimension Peter dies.  Again this show deals with science because the main characters are scientific forensic detectives that use their abilities of knowledge to catch the unexpected actions of the "bad" guys.


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Sunday, December 18, 2011

frog disection blog

In science we dissected frogs (you guessed it) and we learned many fascinating things regardless of the horrible stench.  My group's frog was female and when we opened it we were surprised to see so many eggs.  We found out (from our science teacher) that female frogs had to lay tons of eggs because the survive/death ratio was low.  When Eric and I finished dissecting the frog (our other peers refused to touch it) our science teacher let us mess around with the creature, in which Eric took its eyes out and I shattered the 3rd vertebrae.  I think that the science dissection was a success because Kermit (our frog) was still in one piece and we learned so much.
The frog interested everyone, even the people that refused to touch it.  My favorite part of the dissection was when we had to cut through the skin and muscle of the wonderful frog to expose its organs.  My least favorite parts of the dissection were removing the eggs and having to take the safety equipment off.  The cleaning wasn't so bad, but when you had to remove the gloves the condition it left your hand in was excruciating.  Your hands would be left in a weird condition when the talc from the gloves mixed with your sweat.  However, when you washed your hands, you would feel relieved .http://www.weirdseamonsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/new-tree-frog.jpg.