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Genetics poster
Summary: For this unit we were learning about genetics. We were learning this by making a superhero. We needed to choose an animal we thought had 'superpowers'. I chose the frogfish, which is a fish that's head looks like a frog but its body is that of a fish. The frogfish can camouflage and it had a lure that pulls in food for it. My superhero's name is Rocket Jaw. We then needed to mate the super hero with a real super hero. I chose Super man. Then we created a child by learning about heredity and inheritance. I took six traits from Rocket Jaw and three traits from Superman to pass on. In the Epigenetics portion, decided via coin flip if the child would be healthy or sick after its lifetime choices. Mine was all healthy, but there were some adults that had sicknesses. After that we drew a picture of the child all grown up looking different from their lifetime choices. Then we created a villain. The villain had a normal mode and a nefarious mode. Then we chose four body systems to change in the nefarious mode. I chose skin, skeletal, eyes, and the lungs. The villain is in the picture up above. I really like this project.
Backward-Looking: Does this work tell a story?
I think my work does tell a story. It tells the story of the creation of a new superhero. I think I did well on this piece of work.
Inward-Looking: How do you feel about this piece of work? What parts of it do you particularly like? Dislike? Why? What did/do you enjoy about this piece or work?
I feel god about this work. I really liked the drawing elements and there wasn't anything that I disliked. I really enjoyed that it had to do with an animal and that we could create our own superhero.
Outward-Looking: What grade would you give it? Why?
I personally would give this work an A because it looked like I worked hard a nd took my time and didn't rush through it.
Forward-Looking: As you look at this piece, what's one thing that you would like to try to improve upon?
I would like to improve on the detailed science part in the villain body systems. I could've written a more detailed description on how they changed when the villain switched mode.
