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My name is Tomas Borges and here is what I experienced in this biology course. When I first learned about this course, I was interested in what I was going to learn. I thought science courses were good because it talks about world and its living things such as animals. I was expecting this course to be a little easy for me and I thought that I would have a little more time to do my assignments. I always take my time in doing the assignments so that I can correct any mistakes I might make. I was looking forward to this class because I thought it would give me the knowledge that I need to become a veterinary technician.

During the entire semester, I learned many things in this course, and I learned how to use a new program, where I can put all of my information in. I have done pretty well on most of my assignments, and worked really hard to get a good grade in this course. At first I felt like that I was not going to get anything done on time, but I knew that if I were to stay focused and do my best, I would be able to get things done correctly. The experience in this course was a little different than what I expected, because I thought that was going to get homework in this course, but instead I got class work, so it save me a little more time to do work for my other courses.

Completing the activities in this courses made me realize that there is more to science than what learned before I started this course. I learned from this experience is that I am not always going to have much time to complete my work, but know that I will do my best if I continue to work as hard as I can. It changed me as a person because I realize now that once I start my career, I am going to have a lot of work do, but I will use the knowledge that I have obtained in this course, so that I can have a good career in veterinary technology.

I have learned a lot in this course, and I enjoyed doing biology this semester. I thank the professor for teaching me everything I need to know about biology, and I hope that I will use the knowledge and learn more about it once I start my Career.

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The video that I chose is the TED video that is based on penguins. I learned that some people may think that penguins were clumsy birds, but in reality, they are actually graceful. Most penguins live in Antarctica, but there are other types of penguins that live in places near the equator of the earth like South America, Africa, and Australia. Penguins are one of the only birds that cannot fly, but they can swim in water. Like other birds, penguins can reproduce and molt their feathers. Penguins are being threaten by things that are caused by human activity like pollution and oil spills, but the biggest threats that penguins are facing are climate change and decrease of fish. Penguins mostly eat fish that they catch while they're in the water. Without the fish, they will not have anything to eat and they will die. Littering in the water is an example of pollution because if a penguin were to get caught in a piece of trash, something bad could happen to them.

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The popularity, plight and poop of penguins - Dyan deNapoli

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There were theories saying that the dingo was a domesticated species of wolf that was from china. They also say that they were brought to the northern shores of Australia between 3500 and 5000 years ago. Some theories also suggests that dogs from all over the world were domesticated by wolves that live in other countries. A genetic study of other dogs, based on their origins now suggested that those theories were wrong after being tested. Professor John Novembre took the genome of a dingo and compared it with a basenji genome. After no further study, it was revealed that all wolves were more related to each other than other dogs. It also said that the dingo, basenji, and boxer were more related to each other than to wolves. They say that the dingo might have genes that allow then to digest starch, but were branched off from its dog relatives.

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/austropalaeo/2014/05/dawn-of-the-dingo/

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I chose Naimur Fiha's padlet because I like the peregrine falcon species that he selected. The falcon caught my attention because it is one of my favorite birds. What spoke to me was the way Naimur talked about how fast the falcon can go when it dives. The content was thorough and understandable because it explained how fast the falcon can go and where they live. It even included a map of where they live and links to where he got the infomation about it from. The layout of Naimur padlet is good because it contains pictures as well as links to the stuff he also added like Enzyme Inhibitors and the Ribosomes.

https://padlet.com/naimurfiha001/my-portfolio-66n3nauafqeo7u93

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I chose the dingo because I just wanted to make sure that no one got the same species as mine.
Dingoes are not affected by climate change but they affect it by eating kangaroos, which in great numbers can damage the Australian landscape by eating to much grass.
This is a way for the dingoes to keep the Australian vegetation growing.

https://www.britannica.com/explore/savingearth/the-dingo

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Enzyme inhibitors can be irreversible inhibitors that can permanently deactivate an enzyme, which will take time to reactivate.
They can also modify an enzyme’s catalytic properties that can even stop the catalysis

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/enzyme-inhibitor

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Osmosis is a process that plays an important part in biology.
It is a diffusion of solvents that involves a semipermeable membrane.

https://www.britannica.com/science/osmosis

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The Golgi Apparatus is also known as a Golgi Complex, which are a series of membranes within a cell.
The Golgi Apparatus can gather and combine molecules to form a complex molecule.

http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_golgi.html

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The Nucleus contains the DNA of an organism such as a human.
It can also control a cell’s growth as contain the materials it needs to perform its tasks.

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-cell-nucleus-373362#:~:text=The%20key%20function%20of%20the%20nucleus%20is%20to,other%20cell%20activities%2C%20it%20needs%20proteins%20and%20ribosomes.

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What caught my attention in the video was how the termites defend themselves from predators.

The soldier termites uses a goo that they spray to stop their predators from eating them.

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Coneheads, egg stacks and anteater attacks: The reign of a termite queen - Barbara L. Thorne

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What caught my attention in the video, was that butterfiles have a life cycle. It starts when a catterpillar hatches from an egg, and then it starts eating. Caterpillars have imaginary disks inside its body that remains dormant until they become butterfiles. After they stop eating, they turn into cacoons, and then soon, they become butterfiles, while retaining some memories of their catterpillar days. These are the life cycles that Over 800,000 insects go through for years.

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The life cycle of the butterfly - Franziska Bauer

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inVZoI1AkC8

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

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What caught my attention in the video was the linear feedback loop. In the video it shows that if you add pesticide to the grass, it will not only kill the bugs, but their pedators as well. Without the predators, the population of the bugs will grow and that can lead to more predators. I learned is that if you add one negative to a negative feedback, it can create a positive feedback. Add a weaker number to a feedback, and the loop will decrease. Lose the number and the feedback loop is broken.

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

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Dingoes live in deserts and rainforests in Australia. They are not found anywhere in Tasmania. Dingoes are also found in grasslands. You ca find them in northern Australia, eastern Australia, and central Australia,but not southern Australia. The climates that they have in their ecosystems are arid zones, tropical zones, and temperate zones. These are the places where you can find the dingo.

Dingo - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
Basic facts about Dingo: lifespan, distribution and habitat map, lifestyle and social behavior, mating habits, diet and nutrition, population size and status.

https://environment.des.qld.gov.au/wildlife/animals/living-with/dingoes#where_do_they_live

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Why is it so hard to cure the common cold?

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When you have a cold you start to cough, sneeze, and start having a runny nose. To prevent a cold, you must not touch your nose, mouth, or eyes before you wash your hands. A cold is caused by Rhinoviruses, and that enters your body when you touch something that has germs. It takes 7 to 10 days to recover from a cold, if you have an average health.

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Digital Story: Common Cold Lesson Done by: Loteisha  Lattibeaudiere

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nAETHZTObk

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK9xHry877U

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What is the biggest single-celled organism? - Murry Gans

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A dingo also known as Canis Lupus Dingo is a subspecies of wolf that are native in Australia. Their habitats are deserts and wet dry forests. They are predators, which means they like to eat other animals, such as Rabits, Lizards, and rodents. Dingos come in different colors like Brown, Yellow, grey, red, black, and tan. This is the information I have on the Dingo.

https://a-z-animals.com/animals/dingo/#single-animal-text

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The Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning can be used for Biology because they can help us explain what we learned. When we learn something in Biology, it is always important to have evidence on what you learned to support your claim. You must also have a reason for that claim when you are making it. In the video, it explained that you must do a scientific investigation to gather data for your claim and then you must have a scientific explaination that will act as your claim. The data is used for brumation that initializes your data. After you provide your listeners with claims and evidences, you must also give them a reason for your explaination. Your explainations must always be factural and peer-reviewed. Claims, Evidences, and Reasonings are always used in a conclusion when writing a paragraph. Biology is one of the many things for you to use claims, evidence, and reasonings because by using them you are explaining what you learned about it.

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What is the first step of the Scientific Method?

A. Experiment

B. Analysis

C. Conclusion

*D. Observation

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My name is Tomas Borges. I grew up here in Miami, Florida and I live near the Nicholas Children's Hospital on 34th Street. I like to travel, ride bike, swim, and watch videos on the computer. I used to volunteer at Zoo Miami, and now I volunteer at the animal shelter. I'm not just a student at Miami Dade College, I'm also a part-time employee at the Miami Dade College Eig-Watson School of Aviation. The campus I go to as an MDC student is the Edurado J. Padron campus. My major is Veterinary Technology in Associate and Science. My strenghts is that I like to be organized, punctual, and working with others. My weakness is that I get stressed when I don't know what to do. I resolve that by coming down and asking for help when I need it the most. This is my personal biography and I look forward to learning more about biology in this class.