Blog #16 (Wrap Up of Year)

Blog #16 Reflect on your semester and year in biology What were your successes? What were your failures?
What did you learn that you will never forget?
I believe that my successes in this semester were the Online Quizzes and the Blogs. I was able to keep up on this and this was one of the bigger percentages of my grade. 
I also think that the Projects of this year we successful for me, they we very educational and I enjoyed doing all of them.
My Failure of this year was my notebook. I had a hard time keeping up with all of the book work and vocabulary that was necessary to get a good grade on my notebook.
Things that I learned this year that I will never forget (especially in other classes) is to write everything that I have done in the class day, and to write all assignments,projects,etc. that are due in the week. If I would have done that this year I probably would have had more success in your class because I would have been more aware of the work due for my notebook.

Blog #15 (Comparisons)

Blog 15 Compare two of the organisms that we have dissected Discuss at least 2 similarities and 3 differences.

I will be comparing the Crayfish and the Grasshopper.


Similarities
Both the Grasshopper and the Crayfish have Antennas 
Both have ExoSkeletons that protect its internal organs 


Differences
Crayfish live in water, while Grasshopper live on land
Grasshoppers have no pinchers (chelipeds) like the Crayfish
The Grasshopper has wings, and the Crayfish does not. 

Body of Crayfish

Body of a (VERY LARGE) Grasshopper

Blog #14 (Dissection&Humans)

Blog 14 Which specimen that we have dissected so far seems most like humans? Why?



I believe that the frog is the closest specimen to humans that we have dissected this year. Like the human the frog had very similar organs (Heart,Lungs,Kidneys,Bladder,Anus,Arms,Legs,Backbone). Also they have a similar digestive system(Small Intestine, Large Intenstine, Duodenum, Gail Bladder, Stomach, Pancreas). Also they have a similar Respiratory, Circulatory systems (Lungs, Heart, Veins, Arteries). 

Blog #13 (Dissection)

Blog 13 What was most interesting about this week's dissections? 

The Crawfish i thought was interesting because it has such a hard exoskeleton and so many appendages. The exoskeleton was very similar to an exoskeleton that I would encounter on an insect. Also that the crawfish had exact symmetry with its organs,etc. you could cut the crawfish right down the middle and it can be the same on both sides. The gills on the crawfish are similar to the book lungs of an insect, this is further example that a insect an a crawfish are arthropods.