Mr. Gonzalez's Science Classes
We have three 6th grade Science classes and two 8th grade Science classes blogging here from the Pacific Northwest in Chimacum, WA! Sixth graders are learning a bit about Mt Saint Helens, environmental science through fresh water ecology, and physical science this year. Eighth graders are learning about life science this year. Please join us as we learn Science by exploring our world.
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Splitting Up
During the last few weeks my fellow classmates and I have been learning about cells. One of the thing we learned is mitosis. Mitosis is when a cell splits into two. When the eukaryotic cell split it's chromosomes in its neucleus into two identical sets into separate neuclei. The next stage is called
cytokinesis it's when the components of the cell split into two cells containing nearly the same amount of cell components, then eventually those two diploid cells will mature into cells.Mitosis is a process which ocurrs very quickly. If there is any error during mitosis the cell my die or mutate into a type of cancer.
About the Blogger
I started my teaching career in South Central Los Angeles teaching in modified to full bilingual 4th and 5th grade classes. Then I moved to WA State where I have taught mainly 6th through 8th grade. I have enjoyed the culture clash but notice that kids are the same everywhere :o)
My areas of interest are science and technology but I also love studying ancient cultures and learning about different peoples and cultures.
