Saturday, January 30, 2010

Ask A Geneticist- Science

The first interesting thing I learned from these articles is that one human chromosome is really made up of two chimp chromosomes. That means that the chimp chromosomes are actually smaller. Also, our genes only differ by 1.2%.

Other than that, I learned that we have many different chromosomes instead of just one long strand to increase our differences. Only complex organisms like humans have more than one.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Literature- Wooden Bowls




This story is good; it tells people that they shouldn't be selfish and only care about themselves like the son and daughter-in-law did by moving the grandpa to his own table. Additionally, the story represents responsibility because the people in it were responsible to make the grandpa feel better. They made the grandpa sit at a separate table so they are responsible of it. Also, I think the story can be related by C.A.R.E.S with empathy, because at the end when the 4-year-old boy is making a little bowl, the parents started crying. They felt bad that the grandpa wasn't sitting with the family. After this, the parents let the grandfather sit with them even if a fork or spoon fell; they didn't care anymore. The lesson that the story teaches is that since our parents do so much for us, when we grow up, we need to help them back. It will make them very happy and us too.