Lipid raft

Perched on the raft, I was paddling as hard as I could. Six others and I were traveling down a huge river with plenty of sharp rocks and a strong current. Before I knew it, I had fallen off into the choppy water. I bobbed my soaked head out of the water to see my friends all laughing. I smiled back as I climbed myself back up onto the raft. For my first time white water rafting, only falling off once wasn’t half bad. In November of 2014, I spent nine days in Costa Rica thanks to a program…

It was a beautiful day with an amazing location Niagara Falls, Canada. We were by the water falls and we walked a long way to get to the boat tour. And I was super scared because I do not like anything that floats on water. I was trying to recede from the boats. And there was a super long line and in my head I was saying thank you. But my dad finds another line by so much shorter so we got to the other line. And we had to go down a lot of steps and we get on the boat eventually I definitely had…

out. The next thing I knew we were swiftly paddling down the river; as we approached the first rapid we heard the water trickling, it was a smaller rapid. paddling all forward, we made it through with no losses; the other rafts were not so lucky. They all got back in their raft and continued along the river. I had never been on the New River so this was all new to me. We were being chased by a storm all the way down the river, there was a layer of fog resting right above us and in that fog…

First chapter- I row my own boat Before I was 10 years old, I could see the world through my mind. The world was so bright and colorful. With a thought, flowers bloomed. Timeless creations appear before my eyes with swing of my finger. I could see things that weren’t logical. Sometimes, there were voices whispering in my ears telling me to wake up during the night. When I was 12, my parents taught me they were called a child’s fantasy. That those dreams will disappear when I grew up. I didn’t…

"It's only a short walk to the dock," they said. I don't mind short walks, but when there’s a 100 pound boat resting on your shoulder, a ten minute walk seems to last a lifetime. With my back hunched over, knees bent and about to give out, I lost complete feeling in my shoulders. As my teammates and I continued to walk, we saw other teams who finished their race walking their boats back to their trailers, their faces plastered with a painful expression on them, a confirmation that they…

After the boat was built we tested it, but the raft, made of straws, always submerged a little and then flew out from the bottom, like a pool inflatable held underwater. After they realized that Isaac’s plan wasn’t going to work, we started to discuss what to try next, so I brought up my idea again…

able to find renewable energy resources. There are many positives that come from using microalgae as a renewable resource; it has a large lipid content, make…

was a lot of emotions. First, we got on an old, bumpy school bus. Driving down a narrow winding road, in a canyon with mountains on both sides of us. The view was amazing with every single color you could think of on one picture! When we got on the raft I quickly noticed how cold the water was. It was like jumping into a freezing pool but 10 times worse. Also the water was moving so fast. The rapides were like a tsunami. Whenever you hit the rapids you would fly like 10 feet in the air. When…

was nervous because my last tubing experience had been a total disaster. I thought back about it and then suddenly I flashed back to that moment. Me, my friend Eliana, and my other friend Eliana Decher were all getting on the raft to go tubing. We slowly got on the raft excited and nervous at the same time. It was our first time anyway so, you could not expect us not to be. At this moment…

. Triglycerides are a form of lipid and are made up of 1 glycerol and 3 fatty acids. In order for a triglyceride to be broken down, it must pass through 3 stages; the Beta Oxidation Stage, the Citric Acid Cycle or CAC, and the Electron Transport Chain. Two byproducts of Beta Oxidation and CAC are NADH and FADH-2. These two byproducts go on to the Electron Transport Chain to create the energy called ATP. A fatty acid is made up of a chain of carbon and hydrogen bonds, which are hydrophobic, and…