The Story of the Seed

                                                                   Blog Post #8 1) The leafs have the biggest variation because they different shapes and sizes like on our plant(Yordi, Isaac,Aiden) have oval shaped leaves that are very large. The characteristic with the most variation is the stem of the plant. Some of the plants have green stems and others have purple stems but most of the plants out there  are purple. Also variation is in the height, our plant is the shortest ad smallest plant and others in the flower bed are much taller and some are wider. And no brassica is ever the same height and width. 2) In different brassica´s there is alt of variability because of the gene and the traits. The plants use selective breeding to give their younger plants different traits to see which have advantages which i...

Final Blog Post 1) The part of the plant with the biggest variation are the leaves because they come in many different sizes and shapes like on my plant it has oval leaves that are very large with green veins. The characteristic with the most variation is the stem of the plants. Some plants have normal green stems but most have purple stems with purple veins on the leaves. Also some variation are in the plants height. My plant is the shortest plant in the garden bed and the plant behind it is the tallest one and some are in the middle, but no brassica plant is the same height. 2) There is a lot of variability in the forms of the brassica plants because of genes and traits. The brassica plants used selective breeding to give their children different traits to see which have an advantage which is smart for the plants to do which changes up the plant's genes. With that the effect of descent modification happens and the new and original plants pass down their genes. But in the b...

                                                                 BlogPost#7  First things first in a flower you would need seeds. And we got these seeds because our original plant the Brasseca had to grow big enough and be healthy enough to grow these flowers that would have these seeds and all these different parts that we learned about. These parts would be the stigma, anthers, carpel, stamen and ovales. So first you would need the anthers which would produce the pollen and attract pollenators (bee) and send pollen to other plants. And then the bees with fly to the plant and basically sit on the stigma and would get stuck and extract the pollen. Then that pollen would go to the ovales and those would help fertilize the eggs, which would eventually become the seeds for the other plant. The image shows a close up pi...

Blog Post #7:        In order for our plant to have been planted in the first place, we would need seeds. We got these through a very important process. It all began with another plant, that when it got big enough, began to grow flowers. These flowers would have multiple parts, including the anthers, stigma, stamen, carpel, and ovules. First, the flower would use the anthers to produce pollen, which is basically the sperm for plants. Then a Bee would pick up that pollen from the flowers and bring it to another flower. This bee would land on the carpel, and the pollen would get stuck on the stigma, because of their sticky tip. Then, that pollen would be transported to the ovules to fertilize the eggs, which eventually become seeds for another plant.        Here is an image of the flowers of our plant (or at least one near our's). In this image, it shows the anthers and the stigma of the flower, both which are parts of the flower reproductiv...

1) So far, our plant seems to be growing. This isn't without help from different processes within the plant, and it takes a lot of energy to keep the plant consistently growing. Where does the plant get all of it's energy? The plants get all of this energy from photosynthesis , which is a process that carbon dioxide and sunlight to create energy. In order to collect sunlight, the leaves of a plant contain mesophyl cells that have chloroplasts. This is the main area of photosynthesis occurs, and absorbs the light energy from the sun (or sometimes artificial lighting). This energy is stored as ATP, which helps change carbon dioxide into glucose. This glucose is used to help feed the plant. The plant then needs to get the energy ,or ATP, from the glucose that the plants had created in photosynthesis. This is done in a process called cellular respiration . Cellular respiration begins with glucose being broken down in the cytoplasm of a cell. Then, the pyruvate molecules are trans...

        So fertilization for Brassica plants starts when the spring comes and the plants begin to atrract pollenaters like bees and other types of insects and animals to spread their pollen to other flowers and the pollen comes from the anthers of the flower. Then when the pollen from one Brassica flower hits the stigma of the same species then the sperm of the pollen enters the ovary and begins the process of fertilization. After that they begin to produce Brassica seeds and the process starts from the beginning again. In the picture to the left it shows the stigma of the Brassica flower and the stigma is sticky so when pollenaters like bees land on the flower the pollen on the bee gets caught on the stigma and fertilization begins. The picture shows the Anther which produces the pollen of the flower or sperm and this is pollenaters ca take the pollen and pass it onto another Brassica flower. ...

  How does your Garden Grow? Blog Post #6  1) Our plant is small but it is growing and that is what we care about. When my plant uses the process known as photosynthesis my plant makes its own energy so it can survive. This process begins when the plant recieves  nutrients to survive like water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide. When the plant gives out oxygen from the carbon dioxide it takes in the plant uses the energy. Since the energy the plant uses is for plant growth the cells then can start the process mitosis. The first step in mitosis is interphase when the cell is preparing to divide then comes prophase which is when the chromosomes of the cell are visible. Then metaphase comes and the chromosomes go into the middle to the fiber and attaches them together. Another step is anaphase and that is when the chromosomes divide. And the last step in the mitosis process is telophase. And then cytokinesis is when the cellis now 2 cells in which it is now 2 plant cells. ...

1) So when my plant uses Photosynthesis it makes energy for it self to survive. Photosynthesis begins when the plant receives water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide. After that it dos the process and releases oxygen because it doesn't use a lot of it and it also produces glucose or sometimes food like fruit because it uses it as energy. Then when the plant breathes out oxygen all the energy it made is used. It is used for plant growth, flower for\ation and fruit production. Since the energy is used for plant growth that means it has the energy of its cells to begin to multiply by the process of mitosis. The beginning of mitosis is interphase, when the cell is preparing itself to divide. Then comes prophase when the chromosomes of the cell are now visable. Then metaphase comes and the chromosomes align in the middle for the fibers to attach to them. Then anaphase comes and the spindle fibers begin to split the chromosomes in half. Then telophase and two nucleus have formed and the cell...

Edwin's Answers   What have you learned?            Edwin: I have learned to how to maintain a plant healthy for a long period of time. What surprised or amazed you?            Edwin: How fast my plant grew What made you laugh?            Edwin: Nothing much What made you pause or think deeper?              Edwin: How the seed only needed some (not a lot) sunlight to grow when it was in the cabinet at first         For my interview i chose to interview Edwin Angeles. He said that he learned a lot from this lab. What he told me that he learned was how to maintain a plant healthy for a long period of time. What he said surprised him was how fast the plant grew. He said that nothing really made him laugh because it wasn't funny to him. In the end I asked him what made him think deeper. He said that how the seed...

                                         Bio site  Project P.1        Our group was me, David and Isaac. What our group did to prepare was basically we looked over our packet and we looked at all the things that we need to teach and we divided each section and everyone in the group got one or two sections and we all studied our part. My part in all this was to talk and describe all the parts of the plant like seeds, flowers, fruit, stem, roots, and leaf. Knowing my part I studied it all day and for about half an hour during the night and then some more the next day. The days that the kids came I was ready and prepared to teach the kids but I do admit that I was definitely nervous. But, I did what I needed to do and it felt good to know that I didn't need to be nervous. Overall I group did a good job preparing.

1. Some abiotic factors that our plant depends on are the sun, water, nitrogen, air, carbon, and the dirt. Some biotic factors that affect our plant are nearby plants, which could eventually block some of the sunlight that our plant needs, or birds or other animals that might eat our plant. 2. I would be able to tell out plant is in competition if it was growing slower than the other plants or was making very little progress on making it to the size that it needs to be at. Our plants would be competing for water or sunlight, and it'd be competing with the other plants or maybe the tree nearby it. 3. "winners" and "losers" are determined by if the plant makes it to the expected size it needs to be, or if the plant ends up being too small, from what it's supposed to be. It's not always clear who the "winners" or "losers" are because they could be just a little bit under the required size, or maybe it's an internal growth issue, ...

                               Blog Post #4  An Ecological Analysis of the garden and your Plants 1) Abiotic  factors a plant needs for survival are sunlight, water, oxygen, soil and temperature. Biotic factors are amount of water, temperature and predators. 2) We can tell our plants are in competition because all around our plant are more plants that want more water and sun to grow. The competition are other plants and animals. And they have the same niche which is to get food and be healthy. 3) Winners and losers would be decided by who gets the most sun and water and which plant grows more and more. What makes it complicated is that  both plants get the same amount of sun and water and so it can be hard to call it even. 4) Other types of interaction would be interacting with other plants and animals who want what the want. This affects each organism because they can be hurt or in relief...

Blog #4 1) Some abiotic factors my plant depends on are the sun, soil, and water because the sun gives the plant energy, the soil gives the plant its nutrients, and the water makes sure the plant is hydrated and some biotic factors the plant depends on are us, bacteria, and little mammals to distribute it's seed or bees to distribute it's pollen. 2) I know that my plant is in competition with other plants because they all have the same niche which is to produce food and to do that they have to compete with each other to get there resources and be able to make food and reproduce my plant's competition are the other plants in the garden bed from period 5. 3)The winners are identified by how healthy they are and if they reproduced and the losers are the unhealthy looking ones who look like they are about to die and haven't reproduced yet. Sometimes it can be hard to identify if all the plants look healthy or if all look unhealthy. 4) They are als...

                                                             Blog Post #3 Biogeochemical Cycles 1) Our brassica oleracea this week looks like it has gotten bigger. It looks more green and colorful then the last few weeks I got pictures of them. 2) When the water gets into the soil and plants the moisture goes through the plants from roots, then it changes to vapor and is released to the atmosphere. 3) Our plant participates in the carbon cycle in the biosphere because carbon photosynthesizes into plants from the air and then the plant breaks it down and the carbon respires to the air. 4)In the nitrogen cycle the soil bacteria changes ammonia and ammonium ions to nitrate ions. Nitrogen ions turns back to nitrogen gas.

1. In the last week, I've noticed that our plant grew a little bit more, and the stems started to change from green to a purplish color. I also noticed that the leaves of the plant are starting to get small points on the edges. 2. Our plant was part of the water cycle by absorbing the water that comes from rain or other things, and will eventually be eaten by our group. 3. Our plant is part of the carbon cycle because it absorbs the carbon, and will get eaten when it gets to a big enough size, passing on its carbon. 4. Out plant absorbs nitrates from the ground and will pass them on when it dies or gets eaten.DDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDX

Blog #3 1) The changes I noticed this week was that the plant did grow a little, but it looked pretty dry like it needed some water and I also noticed that one of the stems with a leave on it had fallen and was really dry. Today  2) Their roles in the water cycle is transpiration of plants which makes the water go up in the sky for condensation. After seeing my plant today I guess it just did this process because of how dry it looked when I went to go see it.(View picture above) 3) Their roles in the carbon cycle is photosynthesis and plant respiration which lets carbon into the air. The plants are always doing plant respiration and photosynthesis so I don't think it had any affect on its physical appearance. 4) The role of my plant in the nitrogen cycle is plant consumption and organic residues which means they ate nitrogen and threw it out as organic matter. I think the fallen stem that fell off the plant is part of the organic matter and the plant will use it ...

Blog #1   My name is Yordi Lopez I have only lived in San Jose California. I was born on November 1st 2003.  Yes I have gardened before and i grew chili peppers. I remember that it took very long to grow the peppers and I had to water them every day and had to do my homework every day but in the end I got to harvest and eat them so it was worth it. I know of people who work a lot at farms and gardening for example my great grandpa.  He grows corn, lettuce, potatoes, tomatoes and has chickens. When I was a kid I remember helping grow corn and it was a great memory. Once with my cousins we all grew corn and for thanks giving we all ate it and it was worth it.