PVU GCE Portfolio

For my first STEAM course of my sophomore year, I am taking a class called population. In this unit, we learned about central tendencies, standard deviation, and permutation, combinations, factorials, and box & whisker plots. We also learned about genetic and heritable traits of an organism, theories, phenotypes, genotypes, natural selection, the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, and dominant and recessive traits. I thought that this AP is a really cool project, although I had some trouble researching my animals and getting their weight. I then chose three species that I thought would survive best in Russia's harsh weather conditions. The species I chose were the Husky weighing 61 pounds, the German shepherd weighing 46.5 pounds, and a Labradoodle mix weighing 39.06 pounds. I chose these three dogs because all three of them are fairly big dogs, they have long thick fur, and they can survive in cold condition climates. I think all of these animals will pass down thick fur, and big s...

For my first STEAM course of my sophomore year, I am taking a class called population. In this unit we learned about different organisms' characteristics and taxonomy. Taxonomy is how scientist classify organisms. We learned about set theory and Venn diagrams. We then applied set theory, Venn diagrams, and taxonomy to our projects. I chose the Chimpanzee, also known as Pan. I researched its taxonomy and key characteristics. We then made a mosaic art piece of our animal, in this case mine was a Chimpanzee. This was the hardest part of the project for me. I am not good at making mosaics but I pushed through it telling myself I can do it! My motto in life is “I can do all things.” -Paul VU I think at the end the mosaic turned out really nice, and I certainly think this was the best part of my project. Enjoy! Aaron Logon. (January 23, 2006)  Chimp The organism that I chose is the Chimpanzee and its scientific name is Pan. Below you can find a gif that I created. The picture u...