Honey Bee- Project Reflection
Honey bees are important to our environment because they pollinate everything that we as humans eat. Not only that but
they keep plants alive and healthy so that all organisms can thrive in a balanced ecosystem. Furthermore the solution to helping
them is so simple. Planting a meadow is so easy and the ecosystem that you can admire and learn from will benefit
you and those who live with you. Meadows are also significantly less work than a lawn is, especially if you plant
flowers that just rebloom in the spring. Therefore plant meadows not lawns.
For my project I chose to focus on the beauty not necessarily the function of the honey bee. I chose this because
I wanted diversity in the way the public was looking at the honey bee, they would see the scientific functions, and
the beauty of the insect. Therefore I began to study a lot of bee anatomy so I could understand no only the
functions of the bee, but the way it moves in such an alarmingly fast way so I could understand how to promote
the organisms allure. Therefore I made jewelry with actual dead bees in the pieces to show how the bee actually moves
from flower to flower. I am most proud of the way I decided to present my side of the work, I love the pieces I came up with,
and I feel that they are very original. However I wish I had made a more diverse selection of bee jewelry to choose from.
they keep plants alive and healthy so that all organisms can thrive in a balanced ecosystem. Furthermore the solution to helping
them is so simple. Planting a meadow is so easy and the ecosystem that you can admire and learn from will benefit
you and those who live with you. Meadows are also significantly less work than a lawn is, especially if you plant
flowers that just rebloom in the spring. Therefore plant meadows not lawns.
For my project I chose to focus on the beauty not necessarily the function of the honey bee. I chose this because
I wanted diversity in the way the public was looking at the honey bee, they would see the scientific functions, and
the beauty of the insect. Therefore I began to study a lot of bee anatomy so I could understand no only the
functions of the bee, but the way it moves in such an alarmingly fast way so I could understand how to promote
the organisms allure. Therefore I made jewelry with actual dead bees in the pieces to show how the bee actually moves
from flower to flower. I am most proud of the way I decided to present my side of the work, I love the pieces I came up with,
and I feel that they are very original. However I wish I had made a more diverse selection of bee jewelry to choose from.
Crime Scene Investigation
This project's goal was to teach the process of investigation and exoneration through forensics. Through the process we
learned how to identify how the victim was killed through Blood Spatter, Bullet Trajectory, and Toxicology. We also learned
how to identify a suspect or victim through blood typing, and DNA testing. We also learned how to search of a body after
proclaimed dead for certain characteristics that help with time of death, suspect attacks, etc. A man by the name of Ken
Marsh, who was falsely convicted for homicide. He told us about the exoneration and prison experience, and how life under
false conviction really is.
In each step of our process we went through forensic steps to help discover type of death, and suspects. Our case was a
homicide where Aaron Lee was murdered by his wife Michelle Lee and his stepson Scott Henderson. The first was
Blood Spatter and Trajectory of a Bullet. Blood spatter is the connection of certain spatters to the wound to see where the
person was when shot. Then we found the trajectory the the bullet by sticking a rod through the wound to see what angle
the victim was shot from. We found that The victim was already lying with there head on the table and had been shot from
a standing angle. Through fingerprinting and toxicology we found that Michelle Lee had poisoned her husband with oxycodone
before he was shot. He had also been drinking heavily which shows that Michelle must have slipped it into our victims glass.
Next we used blood typing to discover who elses blood was found at the crime scene, and discovered Michelle Lees on her sweater,
which suggests that Aaron Lee had hit her before his murder. Next we conducted an autopsy of the body and found his time of death
and other related topics. We later found that Aaron Lee's blood was found in Hendersons sink, and Michelle Lee and Scott Henderson
admitted to homicide.
The forensic science most interesting to me was fingerprinting. I think that it really interesting that we can get so much information
about a person based on a fingerprint. I also really enjoy blood typing, and how the bloods interact with one another, and how if the
wrong type of blood is donated it could be fatal to the patient. In this project I think I did very well on the evidence reports because they
had strong vocabulary and structure and the evidence was relevant and necessary. I also think that I did a good job on my exoneration tile,
where we chose someone who had been exonerated through forensics, and made a dedication tile to them. I think I could have improved
on my labs during this project, because I always felt rushed through them and they wouldn't always turn out to be ideal. IN the future I will
focus more on the quality rather than quantity and create the best work I can with the time that I have.
learned how to identify how the victim was killed through Blood Spatter, Bullet Trajectory, and Toxicology. We also learned
how to identify a suspect or victim through blood typing, and DNA testing. We also learned how to search of a body after
proclaimed dead for certain characteristics that help with time of death, suspect attacks, etc. A man by the name of Ken
Marsh, who was falsely convicted for homicide. He told us about the exoneration and prison experience, and how life under
false conviction really is.
In each step of our process we went through forensic steps to help discover type of death, and suspects. Our case was a
homicide where Aaron Lee was murdered by his wife Michelle Lee and his stepson Scott Henderson. The first was
Blood Spatter and Trajectory of a Bullet. Blood spatter is the connection of certain spatters to the wound to see where the
person was when shot. Then we found the trajectory the the bullet by sticking a rod through the wound to see what angle
the victim was shot from. We found that The victim was already lying with there head on the table and had been shot from
a standing angle. Through fingerprinting and toxicology we found that Michelle Lee had poisoned her husband with oxycodone
before he was shot. He had also been drinking heavily which shows that Michelle must have slipped it into our victims glass.
Next we used blood typing to discover who elses blood was found at the crime scene, and discovered Michelle Lees on her sweater,
which suggests that Aaron Lee had hit her before his murder. Next we conducted an autopsy of the body and found his time of death
and other related topics. We later found that Aaron Lee's blood was found in Hendersons sink, and Michelle Lee and Scott Henderson
admitted to homicide.
The forensic science most interesting to me was fingerprinting. I think that it really interesting that we can get so much information
about a person based on a fingerprint. I also really enjoy blood typing, and how the bloods interact with one another, and how if the
wrong type of blood is donated it could be fatal to the patient. In this project I think I did very well on the evidence reports because they
had strong vocabulary and structure and the evidence was relevant and necessary. I also think that I did a good job on my exoneration tile,
where we chose someone who had been exonerated through forensics, and made a dedication tile to them. I think I could have improved
on my labs during this project, because I always felt rushed through them and they wouldn't always turn out to be ideal. IN the future I will
focus more on the quality rather than quantity and create the best work I can with the time that I have.