SuperSara is Back!

  Hello all my friends... I am back from a very fun summer! I hope your summer was great but now it is a new school year and I am in 8th grade! YAY!!!!!! Aaaaaaaand... I have a new logo! Well now I am going to tell you about my summer no matter how boring I am :D

End of May

• MY BIRTHDAY!!!! 

 Yeah that's pretty much it for May!

June

• Did regular kinda stuff, you know, watch movies go to the mall, hang out with friends, and go to White Water.
• Went to my Grandpa's house in Tennessee for a week
• Started making YouTube videos, you can watch them by searching "anabelistyping" into youtube. (Just to warn you they're pretty bad)

My favorite ride, the Tornado. 

July

• SAW HARRY POTTER!
• Did regular stuff again
• Made more YouTube videos

Beginning of August

• Did more regular stuff
• Was sad because summer was almost over 

  Also, during the summer, at Sparkles it would only be $3 to go on Thursday nights, so I went there with some of  my friends too! :)

  

   Now, by going to my friend Kate's house, I have learned the art of playing Mario Kart. Haha, but really, in all seriousness (or as serious as Mario Kart can be), Mario Kart is now my favorite sport and I am quite good at it :) And I don't even have a Wii! So yes, that was a big part of my summer too! And..... BABY MARIO AND LUIGI RULE! 

  

  Now, for my goals. 

Goal 1: 

   I want to be less lazy. If there's a test the next day, I will study, and not go to bed because I am tired. I think that if I got an A it would be worth losing an hour of sleep. 

Goal 2: 

  Yeah, I rrreeeeeaaaaalllllyyyyyy wanna be student council president. Ever since the beginning of 4th grade (was that really 4 years ago?) I've wanted to be. So, yes, if that happens I will be very happy :) But if it doesn't, well there's always next year! 

Here's a message to myself to read at the end of this year:

Dear Anabel,

  I hope you had a good year. Hope it was was fun, and that you won many bronco awards, and that you got good grades. Because after this, you have to leave, and then, there will be high school. I just want you, well myself I guess, to stay awesome, and happy, and nice. Treat people the way you would want to be treated. I think that by now (May), you will be smart enough and well prepared to make new friends and to start the 4 years that lead to the rest of your life. Never forget who your true friends are. 

- the August you

  Well, that's pretty much it! I am very happy to be back and I hope you guys are too! Oh yeah! I have a twitter now! You can add me at anabelisawesome! Thanks guys! Goodbye!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

again, nothing like ending it with a big smiley to start off the year! :D

RAINBOW MAGIC UNICORN HAPPINESS

  HEY GUYS, IT'S ME!!!!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Okay, so today, in the last blog post of the year, I will be talking about rainbows, because they're awesome, so don't judge! Now, there is not a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, as you think. There is no leprechaun that's gonna come and say you won the lottery and declare you the king of Ireland. That just won't happen.

  So, have you ever tried to reach the end of a rainbow? Well, guess what, you can't. It's impossible. This is because rainbows are made from when the suns reflection bounces off water. We just see the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. They are because the wavelengths in our head see these colors,and I don't know why, but they just do. So, when your walking near a rainbow, no matter how far you walk, you'll never get to it, because the sun will just keep bouncing off the water droplets. Interesting right?

  Well, that was a really short topic. Like, seriously, that's really it for rainbows, as far as information goes. That's all I could findOkay, so here are some really cool animations of rainbows!!!!!!!!!!! :DDDDDDDDDDDDD

Now... PART 2!!!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHA YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING THAT WERE YOU?!?! Okay, so I'm supposed to talk about all the fun times I've had this year. I think this year was really good, and I made alot of good friends (you know who you are!!). And yes, we will all miss you, Kenneth. :D The most fun we've had has probably been man.... I don't know!!! It's all been fun, and I love how we have our own spots at lunch, and I've sat at mine for a year!! Man, it's been a good year. D: BUT NEXT YEAR WE WILL RULE THIS SCHOOL! Haha, okay, well, Rock Eagle was fun, and all the field trips, and just hanging out too! :D

Here's a video:

Well, GOODBYE UNTIL NEXT YEAR!!! PEACE OUT HOME DAWGS!! SuperSaraSuperBye!!! :DD 

Some People You Might Wanna Know... ;D AND ALSO VOTE ON MY POLL!

  Hey!!!!!!!!!!!! SuperSara here, with another blog! (Noooo, you thought I was gonna sell you pancakes, haha, too bad for you) Okay, so the last blog was, um, well, what I like to call a SuperSaraSuperDisappointment  D: Yeah, it was pretty bad! I admit it!! But this blog is gonna be awesomeeee!!! Ok, you guys are probably thinking "Enough with the chit-chat, let's get a move on!" I totally agree...

  So today our topic is... FAMOUS SCIENTISTS!! Let's start with Francis Crick ... (who is that..? : / )
 
Francis Crick was born on June 8th (heyyy, that's my brother's birthday!), 1916 in North Hampton, England. He studied physics at a university in London. Then he was gonna get his Ph.D, but the war interrupted him. (UGH! STUPID WAR) He then worked as a scientists for the war, having a "connection with magnetic and acoustic mines". He left in 1947 to study biology. Over the next few years, he started helping prove the theory of the X-ray. On day in 1951, Crick's friend (James Watson) came up to him with the idea of the double-helix structure that is DNA. He has won many science awards, including a Nobel prize. Crick died on July 28th, 2004, shortly after his 88th birthday of colon cancer. D:

  Up next.... JAMES WATSON!!!

  James Watson was born on April 6th,  1928 in Chicago, Illinois. He loved bird-watching as a kid, and this turned serious when he got his Ph.D in zoology in 1950. He had to learn about genetics; it was serious desire of his. In 151, he came to Francis Crick (hey, I think I've heard of him before...) with the idea of the double helix DNA blahblahblah you know this already. They win the Nobel prize together for this. He is still alive at the age of 83 years old.

  And the next is... SEVERO OCHOA!!!

 Severo Ochoa was born on September 24th, 1905 in Luarca, Spain. He was named after his father. He went to Malaga College. His interests were mostly biology, but also medicine. He went to medical school until 1929. He was the assistant to many scientists, mainly having to do with biochemistry and biology. He became the head of medical research, and from 1938-1941 he did research on the biology of vitamin B. When he was at Oxford he became interested in "enzymatic mechanisms of oxidative metabolism" (whatever that means) and in 1941 he moved to America. He went to another university in Washington (man, he went to college like 6 times!!!!) In 1956 he became an American citizen. He died in 1993.

 

 Barbara McClintock is next... OH YEAH A GIRL!!

  

  Barbara McClintock was born on June 16, 1902 in Hartford, Connecticut. She began her studies in Cornell College of Agriculture in 1919, studying botany (plant science). Her interest in genetics began in 1921, two years before she graduated in 1923. She had taken a course in that field. She recieved her Ph.D from Cornell in 1927. In the 20's, she was working with maize (corn) chromosomes and how the change during reproduction. Her work was amazing. She produced the first genetic map of... I wouldn't of guessed it, maize! She linked regions of chromosomes with physical traits, even proving things about meiosis! (Man, who knew corn could do so much) She died on September 2, 1992 at 90 years old.

  Okay guys! That must be it! If you wanna know even MORE about these four SuperSaraSuperAwesomePeople, then click on the the links!

Fatima's Blog

J-lo's Blog

Kaite's Blog

Tilly's Blog

SuperSaraSuperBye!!

Nothing like ending it with a big smiley! :D



"What's genetic mutation?" "Ummmmmm...when the genes mutate?" WRONG

  Heyyyyyyyyyyyy... It's me! Back with a super awesome blog post about genetic mutation. Now, this blog is gonna have alot of stuff in it, so I hope you can keep up. Today I'll be telling you about a very special man. VERY special. They call him "The Elephant Man". Spoooooooky, right? Well, in the video below, I'll tell you about him. Soooooooo.... Let's get this show on the road!

  Like my picture? Hee hee... ok so genetic mutation... GO LOOK IT UP. Haha just kidding! Now for the definition:

Genetic Mutation: any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism

BORING, now for my definition:

Genetic Mutation: Changes to a cell's DNA or RNA.

Better? Hope that makes it a little easier to understand. Now let me tell you a story:

  Once upon a time, there was a happy couple. they had been married for five years, and their baby was due in 2 weeks. 2 WEEKS LATER OH NOES!! The baby has sickle-cell anemia! But wait... how did that happen? Mom didn't have sickle-cell anemia, and neither did Dad. Uh-oh. This is because sickle cell anemia cannot be passed down through genes, so the baby got it on his own. Darn genes!



   There are many genetic mutations; most of them are bad. There's down syndrome, sickle cell anema, (of course), and so many others.

There's also another kind. A very mysterious kind. A kind man has yet to discover. What is this?, you ask. Its the disease of.... THE ELEPHANT MAN!!!! (There was a video, but it disappeared) :(

      Joeseph Merrick was born August 5th, 1862 in England. As he aged, his mom started noticing things wrong with him. his hands were too big, or his head was abnormally sized. Trns out, his mom was right. Hos right hand was almost un-usable, and the right side of his head was 4x larger than it needed to be. He had to sleep sitting up, or his head would crush him. But, on April 11th, 1890, he was found dead, lying down. His head's weight was so big, it crushed well, him. Sad story, isn't it?

 

  So, that was the elephant man. No one really knows what happened, but were sure it was a genetic mutation, which keads me to these. These are some types of genetic mutation. In this case, the letters act like genes:

Normal gene:

Bob ran up the hill. 

Deletion gene: 

Bob ran u the hill

Insertion: 

Bob ran up the big hill

Shifted:

Bo bra nup th ehi l

I thinks that's kinda cool! Okay, so I think thta's enough for this blog post. Remember, elephant man, you can get genetic mutation by mom and dad, or by "luck". Okay, so SUPERSARASUPERBYE!!!! :DDDDDDD

30TH BLOG POST!!! WOOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!!!! PLUS A SHOUT OUT TO GREGOR MENDEL!

  HEY GUYS!!!!! It's an evil murderer who hacked SuperSara's account!!!! HA HA HA!!! Jk, it's me. So today were gonna be learning about.... HEREDITY!! But, before I say anything, GUESS WHAT?!?! guessing..guessing..guessing... got it? IT'S THE SUPERSARASUPERSPECTACULARSUPER3OTHBLOGPOSTOFSCIENCEAWESOMENESS!! YAY! So, I'm gonna make it REALLY good for you guys!! :D

  So... how many of you guys have a brother or sister?? I have both, actually, haha. Do they look like you? I'm... umm... pretty sure they do. That's because you guys have the same genes. I'm gonna start by talking about dominant traits.



Oh my gosh, you do not know how long it took me to do this picture! The all look the same and there face is like "WAPAH!" The little girls face is deformed because that's the only way I could get it. Poor little girl...



  So, as you see, the little girl has brown hair. Her dad had orange (okay,okay, "strawberry blonde") hair, and her mom had brown hair. So why didn't the girl have orange hair? Because brown hair is the more dominant  trait. She still has the orange hair gene, but the brown one just overrules it. There are alot of dominant traits, actually. Curly hair to straight, brown hair and eyes to every other color. Oh yeah, the traits that don't show up are recessive. 

  So, my dad has brown hair, and so does my mom. So how do I have blonde hair? I really don't know how.... but I can guess! My dad probably had a blonde hair gene somewhere that was covered up by a brown haired one. Same with my mom.

  See that guy? His name is Gregor Mendel (thus the title). All this stuff I'm teaching you? Yeah, well he found all this stuff out. Pretty impressive,eh? He used peas. Peas. I''m serious. He bred different kinds of peas and saw which traits showed up. It's pretty cool if you ask me. 

  And now... for the grand finale... A VIDEO!!! I KNOW! IT'S BEEN SO LONG!!

  Hope this was an awesome post! Cya next time! SuperSaraSuperBye!!!

Twintuplets

  LOOK AT THE OTHER BLOG POST BELOW NOW. NOW I SAY! NOW! GO TO IT! OR THIS POST WILL BE VERY CONFUSING! GO! SHOO!

   Hey guys! What's up? SuperSara here helping my good bud Gerald out. Any of you guys have a twin? Well, um, cool if you do! Today were gonna be learning about them. There are three types of twins: Indentical, Fraternal and CONJOINED (DUN DUN DUNNNNNN!!!) Let's learn about them.

Indentical Twins: Indentical twins are basically when two sperm cells hit the egg cell at the same time, make two little bundles of joy. When the two cells mix,they make a new cell. The cell then divides and develops into a fetus (baby). With identical twins, sometimes a fertilized egg will split into two cells that will become fetuses. Since there is only one egg, the two cells have exactly the same genes, making them identical twins. The little fetuses will grow together for 9 months until they're ready to come out. Indentical twins can either be boy,boy or girl,girl.

  Fraternal Twins: Fraternal twins are twins that look about as alike as brother and sister. When there are two egg cells released, and two different sperm cells each fuse with them, that's fraternal twins. They travel together to the uterus, where the two different babies grow together for 9 months. Fraternal babies can either be boy,girl; boy,boy; or girl,girl. Fun fact: Did you know that Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen are fraternal twins?

  Conjoined Twins: Uh-oh. Conjoined twins are not something to celebrate. Conjoined twins are connected at some part of the body. Conjoined twins happen when a developing embryo starts to develop into identical twins, but stops before the separation is complete. Sacry isn't it? Conjoined twins happen with any type of twins.

  Twins are really cool, I wish I had one. Of course, every twin says that there brother/sister really annoys them.  So, Gerald did that answer your question? Hope so! SuperSaraSuperBye!!!!! Later peeps! B )

Another Adventure

SUPERSARA: Stop! Get away! I don't know French!
EVIL GUY: Non! Vous aurez à m'apprendre sur le français! Ou je vais tuer!
Translation: No! You will have to teach me about french! Or I will kill!
SUPERSARA: I don't know what you're saying!
GERALD: Bonjour! Laissez SuperSara seul! Ou je vais tuer!

Translation: Hey! Leave SuperSara alone! Or I will kill!
EVIL GUY: (weep weep weep) *leaves*
SUPERSARA: Thank you so much! You speak english right?
GERALD: Of course!
SUPERSARA:  How can I ever repay you?
GERALD: Have you seen the Brainpop video for Twins? I'm Gerald, the one that sent them the message. they just didn't explain it well enough. Could you make a Blogger post about it?
SUPERSARA: Yeah, sure! Check my blog Monday Morning

To Be Continued...