Bacterial Transformation

So, a few days go, Dillon, Kelsey and I made some bacteria grow. How we did this, was get got our little test tubes and put them in ice. Then, we got our pipet and got our bacteria E coli and put very little in our tubes. Then we added some enzymes to the E coli and let it stay in the ice for about 50 seconds. Then put them in warm water, called "heat shock". Then room temp. We got a new pipet and put a little bit on a plate containing antibiotics. Pretty soon, the bacteria started to multiply. Finally, we got a black light and they started to glow.

GATTACA

Questions about GATTACA!

1. The following terms were used in the movie. How do they relate to the words we use: degenerate and invalid?

         De-gene-erate

         In-valid-ID DIDN'T MATCH

         Borrowed Ladder

2. Why do you think Vincent left his family, tearing his picture out of the family photo, after winning the swimming race against his brother?

-HE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE HE WASN'T PERFECT LIKE HIS FAMILY WANTED HIM TO BE. AND BY WINNING THE SWIMMING RACE, I THINK IT MADE HIM FEEL LIKE HIM BEING INTO SPACE IS POSSIBLE FOR HIM, AND THAT HE CAN BE BETTER THAN HIS BROTHER.

3. Describe the relationship between Vincent and Anton.

-ANTON IS THE PERFECT CHILD THAT THEIR PARENTS WANTED. VINCENT WAS KIND OF THERE.

4. When Jerome Morrow said to Vincent/Jerome, “They’re not looking for you. When they look at you, they only see me,” what did he mean? Can you find any parallels to this type of situation in real life?

-THAT HE LOOKS LIKE HIM, AND THAT BY DOING THE DNA STUFF OF THEM, THEY REALLY DON'T SEE HIM AS ANYONE ELSE.

5. Choose your favorite character from the film. Explain why you choose that person. Would you want to be that person? Why? Why not?

-I CHOOSE VINCENT, BECAUSE EVERYONE DOUBTED HIM ON HIS DREAMS, BUT ENDS UP ACCOMPLISHING THEM.

6. At the end of the film, you are told that the Doctor knew about Vincent all along. Why did the Doctor go along with the fraud? What would you have done if you were the Doctor?

-THE DOCTOR WAS DAD, AND WANTED TO PROVE THAT VINCENT CAN BE BETTER THAN HIS OTHER SON.

7. The technology to do what was done in the movie is definitely possible within the next fifty years. Do you think that Vincent’s world could eventually happen in America? Why?

-I THINK IT WOULD BE THE ID WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE PERSON'S GENES, AND THE FINGER PRICK

8. What do you think is wrong with the society portrayed in "GATTACA"? What is right?

-I THINK IT WAS THE ID, WHERE THE GIRL KISSED THE GUY AND WANTED TO KNOW THE GUY. THATS NOT HOW YOUR SUPPOSE TO MEET SOMEONE. AND I THINK THE FINGER PRICK WAS RIGHT.

 

9. What were the screenwriters trying to tell us through the episode of the 12-fingered pianist? Is anything wrong with engineering children to have 12 fingers if, as a result, they will be able to make extraordinarily beautiful music?

-I THINK ITS NOT WRONG  FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE 12 FINGERS. IF THATS WHAT THEY WANT TO BE, A PIANIST, WHEN THEY GROW UP, THEN GO FOR IT.

10. You and your spouse are having a child and are at the Genetic Clinic pictured in the movie. What characteristics would you want for your child and what would you ask to be excluded? Why would you make those choices?

 -I WOULD WANT A CHILD WITH MY EYES, AND MY BOYFRIENDS HAIR. I WOULD WANT THEM TO BE ATHLETIC, AND SMART. I WOULD CHOOSE THESE CUZ IT HAS A LITTLE PART OF ME AND MY BOYFRIEND.

11. Picture yourself as either Vincent, Jerome, or Anton. Would you have acted the same or done things differently if you were in the same world as them?

-I WOLD BE JEROME, AND I WOULD ACT THE SAME HAS HIM. JUST BECAUSE HE WAS HELPING OUT VINCENT.

12. How does the society in GATTACA resemble the type of society America was during the height of the eugenics movement?

-THAT GENETICS IS IMPORTANT, BUT THEY PUT IT TO THE EXTREME. BUT IT CAN TELL YOU IF YOUR CHILD WILL HAVE A DISEASE.