Oh AP Biology...I feel like I am going to have a love-hate relationship with you this entire semester. I do truly enjoy learning about science but sometimes it is a bit overwhelming. In this class I am mostly looking forward to the unit we are in (Ecological Interactions) and the Plant and Animal Structure and Functions unit. I really enjoy being outdoors and working with the environment, ergo my internship at Blandford Nature Center. These two units will hopefully help me understand the environment better. The unit I am not looking forward to is Molecular Genetics. I get really skeptical about the sciences when you get down to the microscopic level. I just don't like knowing that living things are just elements and compounds strung together. It is so incomprehendable to me.
Anyways, today was my first day interning at Blandford Nature Center and I learned quite a bit! And some of the things I learned even related to biology! Go figure. At Blandford I found and killed the invasive specie purple loosestrife, which may not sound exciting but I had a lot of fun! I will try to keep everyone updated on my progress at the Nature Center!
That is all for now...
I just read your blog and I happened to notice that our second entries first sentence is almost the same. Its kinda weird. Oh and I agree with you about the whole not looking forward to molecular science. Well goodbye for now.
ReplyDeleteI completley agree with you Rachel about feeling skeptical about the topic of Molecular Genetics! I understand what you mean about finding it hard to understand that topic. I am excited to hear more about your internship! I've always found it interesting how invasive species work, and how fast they can truly take over and ecosystem. Great blog!
ReplyDeleteI agree that the invasive species piece is extremely interesting, but also hope you give molecular genetics a chance as there have been some pretty big advances in this area, including the release of the ENCODE project that just occured. We will discuss this more soon in class :)
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