Life Sciences

Summarized Mitosis notes: Cell division process, the chromosome structure, Interphase stage explanation, Mitosis stages(Karyokinesis): Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase and Cytokinesis. Centriole and spindle fiber structure and functions, and completed worksheet on mitosis.

Summarized notes of movement and transport in cells: Active transport vs passive transport. Explanations of the types of Transport: Diffusion, Osmosis, Facilitated Diffusion, Exocytosis, Endocytosis, Phagocytosis and Pinocytosis. Types of solutions: Isotonic, Hypotonic and Hypertonic. Explanation of water potential.

Summarized Transpiration notes: The process, the benefits and factors affecting transpiration. Additionally notes on guttation, difference between mist and water vapor and an experiment related to the subject matter.

Summarized notes from watching "The Cell Documentary": Involving the discovery of the microscope, the cell and DNA, and the scientists involved.

Summarized cellular respiration notes: The process, benefits and purpose. Additionally the benefits of the process for both the plant and animal cell.

Summarized notes involving Photosynthesis: The process, the benefits and the difference between respiration and photosynthesis.

Summarized notes of leaf structure and function, specialization for photosynthesis, adaptations of the chloroplast and photosynthesis.

Summarized notes explaining, biologically, how cancer occurs: carcinogens and environmental factors, as well as the treatment and prevention of the disease. Additionally, the difference between benign and malignant tumors, and an explanation of how metastasis occurs.

Summarized notes reviewing biomolecule types: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids; Their structure and functioning in the human body and plants. Additionally plant and animal cell comparisons, involving their structure, possible organelles and functions of each.

Summarized Beachwood Mangroves(KZN, South Africa) Notes: Involving 3 mangrove species: White, Red and Black, specialized animals: mudskipper fish, Climbing whelk, Fiddler crab. Notes include adaptations of both the animals and plants living in the area.