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Hello, my name is Vladimir Krotov, and I am 16 years old. I am currently enrolled in School Advanced Studies on Wolfson Campus. This school has a unique program where each student currently enrolled in the school needs to complete at least enough college credits in their last two years of high school to complete their associate’s degree before graduating high school. I was originally born in Miami, Florida, making me the only member of my family to be born out of Europe and Asia, and I have lived in Miami my whole life. After graduating high school, my goals and ambitions are to attend a four-year college that provides a high academic standard and contains a good overall boy’s soccer program where I can excel and develop my passion for soccer. During my time in college, I would like to pursue a line of education toward a legal occupation, specifically criminal law, because I am interested in the inner workings of the country’s criminal justice system and the trial and indictment process.

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1) Which one is not an experimental variable?

A. Control Variable

B. Independent Variable

C. Dependent Variable

*D. Inference Variable

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Claim, evidence, and reasoning are factors developed to create a conclusion that is made in a scientific experiment, with the claim answering the original question, the evidence supporting the claim, with this evidence being factual and peer-reviewed, and the reasoning showing how and why the evidence supports the claim. The claim develops an original, personal answer to a question that originates the process and procedures of the experiment. The claim differentiates from the evidence with it being supported information that comes from a factual source that is peer-reviewed by other scientists and colleagues, and it is similar to evidence by it proving the questioned claim. Lastly, the reasoning connects the evidence and claim stated in the conclusion together with it, demonstrating the claim to be true because of the evidence brought forth and stated. Also, the claim, evidence, and reasoning framework can be used to develop conclusions in your everyday life and activities by using these factors to infer a well-defended claim about a subject.

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The Golden Eagle is a global species that have great significance for many individuals around the world. This species lives in a habitat that is described as an open country in the vicinity of hills, cliffs, and bluffs. Also, they are characterized by their physical attributes of having a wingspan of up to seven feet and being covered by feathers that are colored gold on their head and neck, with the rest of the body being colored brown.

Source: https://www.fws.gov/species/golden-eagle-aquila-chrysaetos

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Cell vs. Virus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqGuJhOeMek

The Nature of Science:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nAETHZTObk

The Common Cold:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsqCA50d7BM

The Biggest Single-Celled Organism:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK9xHry877U

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The Golden Eagle is a widespread species, with it being located in the wilder country of North America, Europe, and Asia, with the animal living mostly in locations with open mountains, foothills, plains, and open country. This animal species usually lives in the northern hemisphere of North America, ranging from Alaska to the central parts of Mexico, with it living in areas where it can find habitats that have temperate, cold, or tropical climate zones and that include shrubland, forest, mountain, grassland, and woodland biomes. In these specific local ecosystems, they play an important role in controlling prey populations and, in addition, competing with other predators for prey and habitat. A danger to the ecosystem of the golden eagle is the rising temperatures and forest fires resulting from climate change and the destruction of their nests, and the poisoning and collecting of their eggs by other animals in the habitat and hunters in the area.

sources:
https://animalia.bio/golden-eagle

https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/golden-eagle#:~:text=Open%20mountains%2C%20foothills%2C%20plains%2C,over%20marshes%20or%20along%20rivers.

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The video I chose the investigate is the TED ed video titled "When is a pandemic over." In this video, the narrator discusses three different strategies that the World Health Organization could have implemented to solve and eradicate the Covid-19 pandemic. What I found interesting in the video is that the best possible technique to eradicate the virus completely is the delay and vaccination technique. In this technique, governments and countries work together to slow down the spread of the virus to produce time for research facilities to complete a vaccination. I learned that the World Health Organization could use multiple techniques to slow down the spread of the virus, including completing widespread testing to identify specific carriers, quarantining of individuals around the world that are infected and the people that they interact with in their everyday life and the implementation of physical distancing between individuals all around the world.

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi0edf_nJDo

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Photo of the evolution of the Golden Eagle

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Photo of the evolution of the Golden Eagle

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One of the things that caught my attention in the mini-lecture on butterflies is that butterflies are one of the 800,000 insect species that transition from larvae to adults through metamorphosis. Also, these 800,000 insects that can perform a complete metamorphosis combined into approximately 85% of all insects and around 70% of all known animal species.

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The life cycle of the butterfly - Franziska Bauer

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My selected species is the Golden Eagle or the Aquila chrysaetos, which has lived since around 12 million years ago in the mid-Miocene Age. The Golden Eagle is the oldest species in the genus Aquila with it being diverged from other species in the genus Aquila, which means eagle, like the predatory hawk, owls, and falcons. These Aquila-like birds evolved from their origins in Europe and Australia to be commonly located on the western coast of North America in regions including from the northern tundra and forests to the woodlands and deserts. Also, my species evolved culturally as well as evolutionary with it being a cultural symbol since the 5th Century BC in Rome all the way to the use of eagles as national symbols of countries like Mexico, Albania, Germany, Austria, and Kazakstan and in cultural rituals in mostly native American tribes. As well, this species of eagle have been deprived of its resources, causing it to be endangered and for nations to start protecting the vulnerable species.

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Photo of the evolution of the Golden Eagle

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Photo of the evolution of the Golden Eagle

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One topic from the mini-lecture that caught my attention is positive feedback loops, which occur in the natural environment when the product of a reaction leads to an increase in that reaction. This feedback loop is an essential force in the build-up of ecosystems because it amplifies a particular effect or changes from previous conditions.

Source: https://www.albert.io/blog/positive-negative-feedback-loops-biology/#:~:text=A%20positive%20feedback%20loop%20occurs,from%20the%20target%20of%20equilibrium.

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Feedback loops: How nature gets its rhythms - Anje-Margriet Neutel

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Prokaryotic Cells are single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles. These cells belong to the domains Bacteria and Archaea, and they store DNA in the cell in the cytoplasm rather than the nucleus in eukaryotic cells.

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The Padlet that I selected to review is the Padlet of my peer Polina Smirnova. Her Padlet includes an artistic background of environmental scenery, and the information posted is organized into a vertical block layout. Each of her informational posts includes a white background and a photograph relating to the topic at hand, with an example being a photograph of herself for the topic of Personal Biography. My peer has a total of 18 Padlet posts on her account, ranging from her first initial post being the Personal Biography and the latest post on her account being titled Mini Essay #1, which describes the species that she selected and how it is impacted by climate change. The species that she selected to research about is the black-and-white ruffed lemur, which is stated to be a part of a species with over 100 variations and one that lives in forests in Eastern Madagascar.

Padlet Link: https://padlet.com/linasmi05/my-portfolio-jp3eqps7gsa4ntt

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The species that I selected to research about is the Golden Eagle. I selected this specific species because of its diverse range of physical characteristics, including its golden-colored feathers, and because of its possibility of becoming endangered due to climate change destroying its population and ecosystems. The rising temperatures of climate change cause the destruction of its open and mainly cold environment through forest fires and the destruction of breeding and nesting locations because of temperatures rising consistently above 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

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This image showcases the three different parts of the adenosine triphosphate, which is a structured nucleoside triphosphate consisting of a nitrogenous base, a ribose sugar, and three bonded phosphate groups.

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Before entering this course, I have taken a variety of science courses in my time at high school, including honors Physical Science, honors Biology, honors Chemistry, and AS Level Marine Science. With the completion of this wide range of scientific classes, I expected that my first Miami Dade College science course would be challenging and use my knowledge of previous information learned throughout the years. My initial reaction to this course is that it would be beneficial in my mastering of expertise in biological aspects of science, including evolution, genetics, and molecular biology. Through my participation in the class lectures, assignments, and presentations, I have learned essential topics in biology, like natural selection and the aspects and variations of cells. The class was different than my previous courses in the way the course was taught with the use of classwork instead of homework for the students to learn the topic information, which I found was beneficial for me to continue being intensive through the lectures for the purpose of succeeding and prospering in the course and future science classes. I expected that this course would be overly rigorous and time-consuming, but the professor's style of teaching has made this class beneficial for the student by giving them a suitable amount of time to complete assignments, which are limited rather than assigning an excess of tasks in a small amount of time. Completing these styles of assignments has made me change my perspective and feelings about science and the biology branch specifically because this style of learning has made me feel more involved in the topics taught, which has benefited me in learning the specific aspects and definitions of terms that I have previously been unable to master of use in different aspects of classes. This course overall has taught me new strategies and techniques that will benefit me in future science courses and has helped me comprehend complicated and confusing subjects that will be advantageous if I decide to pursue a career or major in science.