What I think about this topic is that it is very impressive because before this I had never known that there were many animals that had been modified to facilitate processing. Next, I was also excited to do a study on this topic where I felt the animal is uniquely.

What can be improved for the next session is to make some games together as this can also make students more excited and less sleepy.

Ramadhan bakal beransur pergi,
Syawal menjelma di Aidilfitri,
Seikhlas hati menyusun jari,
Memohon dimaaf kekhilafan diri.

SELAMAT HARI RAYA MISS ><

Through the learning exposure on this topic, I had gained beneficial information in the science world – that is not only plants and crops can be genetically modified, but as well as animals. It is often heard about crops being genetically modified by inserting foreign genes in their nucleus, but not animals. However, from this topic, I learned that transgenic animals can actually be a good thing by the discovery the scientist due to several reasons🧑🏼‍🔬💉. “Enviropig” is a type of pig where its poop contains less phosphorus than a normal pig. Note that a high volume of phosphorus released to the environment can cause the increased growth of algae (algae bloom) which are harmful to both human and animal health. On the other hand, it is often observed that chickens are always full of their feathers and it takes a long time for one to fully clean and processed the chicken before consummation. Thus, after being genetically modified, “naked chickens” are created whereby it is a type of featherless chicken. And by that, one had truly saved time and energy by the processing work of the chickens. ⏳

HOW I FEEL ABOUT TODAY’S CLASS: 

I was kind of surprised to know that animals too can be changed its habit and nature, just for the sake of people and their experiments. Other than laboratory mice 🐭, I now know that pigs🐷, chickens 🐔, goats 🐐 as well as sea creatures like salmons 🐟 and seahorses can be genetically modified too. Even the common experimental material like monkeys 🐵 is also put to the test. Though it works for a better future, one must truly have a hard heart and put behind one’s sympathy when it comes to a work like this. Yes, the animals may be cute and could seem cruel to animal lovers for one to put the animals to the test like this, but one should know that genetically modified animals bring more positive impact to both people and the environment in a long term. 🌏

WHAT CAN BE IMPROVED: 

In my opinion, the class session always goes smoothly and well. Though with a slightly sleepy feeling, still students are always on the lookout for miss’s class every week for the new learning. I think that having “Quizziz” by the end of the class works for us as it helps us to stay focused throughout the class knowing there’s a quiz to answer. At the same time, helping us to recall each of the topics learned on that day. As John Holt once quoted, “Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners.” 🌈

So sorry for the late post miss. 

Anyways, I do hope you have a good time during Raya and drive safe miss ~ 

“Selamat Hari Raya Miss Dina 💚 Maaf Zahir dan Batin” 🙆🏼‍♀️

 

Agrobiotechnology is a course that are more towards science and green technology where I had obtain a lot of information in flora and fauna aspects. In this topic, I had learned about the genetically modified organism (GMO) such as “Enviropig” whereby this pig gives a poop that contain less phosphorus which gives a benefit to the environment. Note that, phosphorus is extremely toxic to human body system and also can caused increased growth of algae and large aquatic plants which might decreased the level of dissolved oxygene in the pool and river. Beside of this enviropig, there is also a discussion about “naked chicken” whereby scientist had create a chicken that are featherless. Based on the scientist statement, it state that feather will slow down and decrease the growth of a chicken. Apart from that, to process a naked chicken is much convenient and faster compare to normal chicken. With that, I can see that Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) brings more benefit to the environment and ecosystem towards more time saving and better production of food.

 

HOW I FEEL ABOUT TODAY ’S CLASS:

 

I was amazed and does not expect that animals deoxyribonucleic (DNA) can be alter to change the animal’s habit, growth and nature. This genetically modified organism gives a solution to improve public health, demand of food production, reduce environment impact and at the same time optimize animal health and welfare production. As in the previous lesson that had been learned, genetically modify crops are unique and complex since it involves the nucleus of a plant cell. While for this topic, the animal organism involves the transgenic concept which is a process of mixing up two different genes that take place in a recombinant DNA. With that, I had gain a new input whereby pigs, chickens, goats, cow and marine life such as salmon fish and seahorse can be genetically modified.

 

WHAT CAN BE IMPROVED DURING LESSON:

 

Based on my point of view after the first class of session in week 1, the next class had been run smoothly with much clear audio. The most I like about miss Dina’s teaching is everytime before we start class is miss always recap what had been learned from the previous class and some times use “Quizziz “ to test our understanding.