Gempur Bio Blog!: August 2011

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Respiration Lesson

After the Second Diagnostic Test done, we continue Bio lesson on Chapter 7- Respiration.

Still using mind maps to get hold of all the facts on only one sheet !!

Girls seem to be expert already doing mind maps....Well, practice makes perfect .

**May click on Pic to enlarge !

Doing mind map, needs planning too.

...such as...planning for space !!

Its up to you to make it colourful...After all...its your NOTES !!

And I am giving a bit of ideas...how to go about it ...

The mind map of Anearobic respiration in human muscles !

What about a mind map of anaerobic respiration in yeast ??

**Please take note :

You should be able to explain the followings (Essay ):

1. Explain anaerobic process in human muscles.

2. Explain anaerobic respiration in yeast.

3. Comparing aerobic and anaerobic respiration !

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Energy Value

To determine the energy value in food samples:

i. ground nut

ii. cashew nut

Problem Statement: What are the energy values of different food samples?

Hypothesis: Cashew nut has a higher energy value than ground nut.//vice versa

Variables:

Manipulated: Types of nuts/type of food samples

Responding: Energy value

Fixed: mass of water

Apparatus & Material:

Ground nut, cashew nut, pin, plasticine, cotton wool, thermometer, boiling tube, bunsen burner, electronic balance, distilled water, retort stand, wind shield

Procedure:

List down the procedure. Make sure you include sentences of:

1. How to set up the apparatus. **At least 3 sentences.

2. How to manipulate variables

3. How to get a responding variable

4. How to get fixed variable.

5, Safety measures such as:

-use wind shield to avoid disturbances of wind which will affect the exp result.

**List only one should be sufficient.

This is called ' A simple calorimeter'

Setting up of apparatus

Result:

Produce a Table with manipulated variable and responding variable in a row and column respectively.

Do not forget the unit!!!

Do not forget the formula to calculate the energy value (J/g) of food.

*State the formula please ...

♠ Study Tips

Early Morning hours is the best time to study as you wake up refreshed away from all sorts of disturbances. The ions in the environment is said to be lower in the early mornings hours (3 am - 6 am ) which makes the morning hours the best time to study more things in the least possible time. Here are 3 other reasons why morning hours is the best to study.

1.You wake up refreshed - Early in the morning you wake up refreshed and stays clear headed. I advise this based on my experience as I was able to learn any amount of topics in the morning compared to evening hours.

2.Helps better memory - After sleep, processing and learning is said to improve based on recent studies. Revising your lessons early morning helps to remember the contents on a specific topic better.

3.Helps better focusing - There will be very less distractions in the morning compared to any other time of the day and a focused learning is possible in the morning.
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The ideal time of morning hours of 3 am - 6 am is said to be the best time. A half an hour nap afterward will help you to better refresh your mind. Avoid learning for more than 3 hours in a stretch and take some short breaks of 10 minutes in between your study time.

Study Tips :)