Notes


 * March 13, 2012 Notes**

__March 12 & 13, 2012 Notes__ We used this link: [] Make a digital version of these notes in your "notes" page on your wikispace. We made it through the review section of this website. For homework you were asked to summarize the steps in your own words. I will be checking for summaries, your personal notes and examples, or any examples that we do as a class in this section.
 * Instructions:**

My Notes:

Glow & Grow i believe i got it and i know all the steps.

and for my grow i still need more help on the Heterozygous and Homozygous.


 * define //migration-//
 * relate their own ancestry to the concept of migration
 * describe how the distribution of people in the U.S. with their surname, or with another name, has changed since 1850
 * give examples of push and pull factors that affect human migration


 * March 21&22,2012**
 * Ellis Island. **
 * What is it used for?In 1876, the United States Navy used Ellis island as a munitions depot, storing 260,000 pounds of powder. **
 * Why is it located where it is?because Ellis island was located in the upper bay and it was just off the new Jersey coast, within the shadow of the Statue of Liberty. **
 * When did it receive the most immigrants?Ellis island was an island in New York Harbor and was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954. **
 * Do you think/know if any of your ancestors traveled through Ellis Island?i think my ancestors would travel through Ellis island because they would go to war and fight . **
 * -Find 3 times that people viewed America as a pull factor, and be sure to list the push factors that were making them be "pulled" to America. **

April 3,2012

during Spring break i went to Orlando flordia and spend a few nights at the westgate palace and i had a great time and after i left orlando flordia we went to the Tennese acqurium and saw a lot of fish and took lots of pictures and we ate at a pizza resturant. and my family went to sixflags and we got on some fun rides and we also saw at sixflags was Green lantern and Batman.