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The first task of class was to take the chapter 4, which concerned carbon and the molecular diversity of life. Afterwards, our class inspected the germination progress of the seeds. Unfortunately the seeds were severely destroyed by the mold within the bags. This impeded the progress of the seed growth and as a result, seeds were not displaying any progress. My partner, John and I had some difficulty finding the exact number of germinated seed within each bag, but nonetheless, the experiment had to continue.
Moving on, the class learned about a site called delicious.com which finally worked after several days of difficulty. This nifty site allows computer users to have their bookmarks available on any computer. This does allow each classmate to, dare I say have another weapon in their “technological arsenal”, but it is also a bit overwhelming since everyone has to keep track of these different tools. I suppose, in a couple weeks the everyone will become experts to all of new functions.
Lastly, our class briefly took notes on sugars and the basic properties of cellulose. He also showed to the us the structure of a cellulose molecule through the utilization of “tinker toys”. It was also important to know that celloluse is quite hydrophilic, which would be significant in the class’ experimentation in making tie-dye shirts in the near future…hopefully.
