December 4, 2007
Today in class Ms. Tucker went over our time line and told us what we needed to change in order to improve the time line. She wanted us to not start putting the website togerther on Thursday December 13, 2007 but to put the website together as we get the information.Wemade this change because our timeline needed to be more reasonable She also looked over Margaret and my journal entries and told us that we needed to add one more paragraph to each one. . While Ms. Tucker was checking everyone else’s timelines and journal entries, Margaret and I looked up what we needed to know for that night. We could not get very much information because the internet was running very slowly because so many people in the room were useing the same websites.
Tonight I started looking up pictures and the structure of our bacteria which is Streptomyces griseus. I went to Google and typed it in. I found one website that was very helpful. It was called Fermentek.com. It showed me a model of the structure of our bacteria. I cited the website on Source aid and put it in our biblogyaphy . Then I found some pictures of the actual bacteria on same wbsite and saved them in the notes that I had started last night.
December 5, 2007
Today in class Ms Jansen came back in to talk to us about websites we use for information. She gave us a document to go by when asking the question Does this site give me the right information? We looked through website that she had found with inaccurate information and she showed us how the information on the website did not match the real facts. She also tould us that we would be turning in an evalution of every webdite we use information from.
Tonight I was going to need to find nutritional requirements of streptomyces griseus. I googled it and found that it was a very common species of bacteria and that it has been known about for a very long time. I found articles on it that dated back to 1949. I was not sure if it was okay to use this information in our website because it was dated to far back so tomorrow in class I will ask Ms. Tucker if it is alright.
December 6, 2007
Today in Class we were going to start our lab showing a certain bacteria growing. But we could not because the aggar plats did not come in. So we researched some more facts. I put up some of the information that I had done over the past few days. Then I asked Margaret to stop doing all the work because I felt like I had done nothing. So then I started working really hard on the project.
That night I looked up the history of our bacteria Streptomyces griseus. I found 2 articles one that was an amazing article with so much information on the bacteria and what it was used in. I showed when it first came into the world and when it was discovered and all some more amazing things. The other article I found was an article with really good information but, other people in the world could edit it. So, on Monday I would ask Ms. Tucker about it and if I could use it.
December 7, 2007
Today I was not in class because I had to leave to Amarillo, TX. So what I did sitting on the plane was I looked over all that I had done this past week and I put the information in notes. I orgnised them and put them in the folder that I had made for the website in my computer. I did not look up any additional information that day because I could not connect to the airport's wireless internet.
That night I did not do anything extra because I had done what I had needed to do for our project. So I took a night off and spent time with my best friend who I had not seen since June.
December 8, 2007
Today I looked up interesting facts about my bacterial
December 9, 2007
Today I just got back into town from Amarillo. I got in four hours later than I was suppost to so I could not get done as much as I would have liked. I tried to do the lab report like we were suppost to but I did not know what we needed to do. So I called a friend and found out what we needed to do. We needed to do was questions 1,4,and 5 so I ddi them.
That night I got In from Amarillo. I gathered all the information sites that I had use since the begining of the project and I put it into a biblography. Then I looked over my notes one more time so that I could really understand what my bacteria does.
December 10, 2007
Today I came to school and Margaret came running up to me and asking where all my information and all the stuff that I have done. She was really freaking out. I tould her to calm down and so I showed her the information that I had found that weekend. She was jumping for joy! That day in class was one of the last days we had classs time to work on our project. So I took this time to elvaluated one of our websites. I finished it right on time.
Tonight I could not find any current event articles because my internet was not working. So I had one of the websites still on my computer so I made another website evaluation. I did this with out the internet because I did not click refresh or go to another website.
December 11, 2007
The past few days I could not put up all the information that I had gotton on the website because my internet at home had not been working. So I had gotton all the information that I have gotton over the period that we have done this project and I put it in my own words. I put it on a word document so that I could put it on the internet tomorrow at school. Margaret came up to me in school and was freaking out because she though that I had not done anything at all but when I told her and shown her what I had done she very quickly clamed down and came back to earth.
This made me realize how much we need to be more in touch with each other. So, from now on I have decited to tell her every thing that I am doing that night. Even if I cant talk to her on AIM or something like that I will call her and leave her a message or I will email her. This is one thing we need to work on to get a better grade on this project.
December 12, 2007
Today in class was our first day in class to work on the lab. The previous night I worked on my prelab and saved it under Lab 2. I have no idea why i saved it under that but I did. Anyways in class Ms. Tucker tould us what to do and then we started it. When I went to open up my lab report I could not find it. I was EXTREAMLY mad. I tould Ms. Tucker and she said there was nothing I could do about it so I went to the library and I started all over agai. Since I had done it before I finished it very quickly but could not finish it before the period ended.
That night I finished my lab report. My mom got the internet fixed and so I finally could start researching again. I looked for current event articles and could not find any. I got very frustrated and had to back away from it. So I started my other homework and came back to it. I didnt find any current events so I waited till the next day to see if Margaret found any.
December 13, 2007
Today in class we were on Day 2 of the lab report. Ms. Tucker showed us how to gram stain stuff. She tould us to go with the lab step by step. We did. Margaret, Garett, Austin, and I all went with the lab step by step. I though that our group was the group with the least questions to ask Ms. Tucker. I though we did very well in the lab.
Tonight I worked on how we would make the website more pretty. So I though about what to do to make the website fun and exciting.
December 14, 2007
Today in class Ms.Tucker went over how the lab went yesturday. For most groups it was very hectic. So she talked about why it was so hectic and why it wasn't very easy for the class because in other classes it wasn't has hard to them as it was to us. Then she gave us a rubric and went over the
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