Mira's Science Blogs

This is our trifold poster Summary:  This week in school, we have been working on the charity fair. The charity that my group chose is Aim High. Aim High is a non-profit organization that helps middle school students that are either behind in learning or come from low-profit neighborhoods. They help by offering them a free chance to catch up during the summer to be prepared for high school and then later on for college. About 97% of Aim High students are youth of color, 80% live in low-income homes, and 75% speak a language other than English at home . 70% of their teachers are people of color, 60% are multilingual (speak several different languages), and 30% are graduates of Aim High, and come back to help other kids because they have the same experience. Aim high is very cost-effective, and pays the teacher $2,000 per-student for teaching during the whole summer. Aim High does not teach like an ordinary school, and not just a fun summer camp. They combine impo...

This is a punnett square used to determine what the offspring could be https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Punnett_Square.svg/220px-Punnett_Square.svg.png Summary: You may be wondering why you look like somebody in your family. Or why you have some of the same traits as them. All of this ties to a powerful word, genetics.  In each trait (a trait is a notable feature of quality in a person), there are two alleles. One allele is inherited from each parent. To represent these alleles, you use big letters and small letters. The letter you use does not matter. For example, if your dad had brown eyes, and your mom had green eyes, the genotype (combination of two alleles) would be Nn.  I will explain how this is determined below. How is the genotype determined? The big letter is the dominant trait. The dominant trait is the trait that shows in somebody. The small letter is the recessive trait. This is the trait that you won...