By: Green Fly Guys Intro Coming into the lab, we were apprehensive about using such high-tech equipment. Mr. Beal told us that there were thousands of dollars worth of equipment we would be working with. We were even more nervous to break it than to work with it. As...
By: Fly Away With Me In our genetics class and biotechnology honors, we performed an experiment with flies; we kept more than 15 vials with flies, keeping them breathing and encouraging them day by day. On the other hand, we carried out an experiment with alcohol in...
By: Amber McQuaid, Amanda Wisner, Erin Somerville, and Kasey Forr Why we chose Ethyl Alcohol Though we were testing the flies’ brains through dissection, we noticed that they had more jumpy and erratic behavior than the flies fed regular food. We were interested in...
By: Lisa Roth, Olivia Shesney, Charley Vargas, and Emma Willauer In our genetics class, we got to experience how to make a hypothesis and then gather data while doing experiments to find an answer. This class has been entertaining, engaging, and a great learning...