Our Friend - Ben Tony The Skeleton

Olymar brought up a skeleton from another classroom to help us better see how the joints fit together. Below is a picture of F period with "Ben Tony."


Homework: Study the muscles in the post below and please remember to bring a device with internet to class tomorrow to complete course evaluations.

Muscular System

Homework for Friday:
Read a general overview of muscles here and study the major muscles below. We'll be playing a game to see how well you know which muscles are located where.

Putting Together the Skeleton

Today and tomorrow we will be assembling the skeletons and learning about the specific types of joints and bone composition. If time, we will start to add some of the major muscles.

Bones!

Today we started to learn about the bones. Students will be making a scale model of a skeleton based on the drawing on their handout. Homework: finish the scaled measurements so tomorrow in class you can cut out the bones.

Fad Diets Flyer

Choose a fad diet or supplement and research the following information creating a ONE page flyer:


1. How does it claim to work?

2. What are you supposed to eat?

3. Using the chart on page 443 what category does it fall into?

4. What are the risks associated with this diet (read 21.16 and 21.17 for more information on what nutrients your body needs).

5. Include at least one picture

6. You must cite at least 3 sources.

7. You can do this on a computer or by hand. Bring a hard copy to class on your assigned due date.

Due Dates: A block on Thursday, D block on Friday.
C block, we will go over this material on Friday and your Flyer will be due on Monday.

Digestion!

Today in class students read up on digestion (sections 21.4-21.11) and then started to create either a short PowerPoint, pamphlet or children's book on what happens to the food we eat.

Homework: A & D blocks: finish your ppt/book/pamphlet for homework.
C block: read sections 21.4-21.11 so that you can have the majority of class time to work on your digestion ppt/book/pamphlet

Need some inspiration? Flash back to your childhood with the Magic School Bus.

Digestion!

Today we started chapter 21 (Digestion) by learning about the two overall methods for how organisms obtain nutrients: ingestion and absorption. We spent most of the time talking about ingestion.

Here's a quick review:

Three categories for WHAT organisms eat: herbivore, omnivore, carnivore

Four categories for HOW organisms (that use ingestion) eat: suspension feeders, substrate feeders, fluid feeders and bulk feeders.

Watch the video below for a detailed explanation of what happens in digestion.


Homework: none

Sections 23.2-23.7

Today A and D blocks took notes on sections 23.2 through 23.7. In addition to taking notes, they saw pictures of open heart surgery and watched a video of open heart surgery.

the human FACE

On Wednesday and Saturday of the this week we are watching Part 1: Face to Face of the BBC documentary, the human FACE.

As students watch the film they will answer the following questions:

Why don’t crocodiles need multiple facial expressions?

How many facial expressions do humans create?

How many muscles are in the face?

Are the muscles attached to the bones of the face?

What is mobius syndrome and what are the symptoms?

Describe the surgery for mobius syndrome.

What really matters when couples argue?

What is the Darwin grief muscle?

What emotion is one of the greatest indicators of infections diseases?

What are the physiological symptoms arguing?

In what part of the brain is fear recognized?

What happens what John Clease sees the fear faces in the MRI?

What are the symptoms of Aspergers? What happens to the man’s brain when he is shown fear faces?

What can smiling in a single photograph indicate? How did college year book photos relate to happiness later in life?

What are the two muscles which are central to smiling?

What is facial expression so important in social groups? Why did it evolve?

What do secret service agents know about lying that nobody else does?

What is a micro-expression?

What culture teaches people to hide their facial expressions? What is the point?

What is Kismet and what was the point of building it?

Why doesn’t road rage happen to pedestrians?

What is the benefit of seeing people face to face?

What does laughter help you to do?

Does the body know the difference between forced laughter and genuine laughter?

C block disorders

C block researched the following disorders/conditions:

Lymphoma
Leukemia
Aneurysms
Peptic Ulcers
Thyroid disease
Osteoporosis
Histoplasmosis (disseminated)
Encephalocele

A block disorders

A Block post your disorders here.

D block Disorders

D Block researched the following disorders/conditions

Ebola Virus
Lymphoma
Tuberculosis
Turrets Syndrome
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Ovarian Cancer

Short Research on Disorders

In class assignment for Tuesday:

Working with a partner, you will research a disorder for one of the systems of the body. You will submit your write up as a comment on one of the posts above.

In your write up you should include:
The name of the disease/disorder
The system it affects
Symptoms
A summary of the disease
Who it affects
Treatments
A link to a picture for the disease
Citations for 3 sources for where you got your information.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU WRITE THE INFORMATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

Chapter 20 Test

What do you need to know for this test on Thursday (A block) or Friday (D and C blocks)?

You need to know....

* The hierarchy of animal structure (cellular --> organismal)
* 4 types of epithelial tissue and where each type can be found
* 6 types of connective tissue and what each is composed of
* 3 types of muscle tissue and where each is in the body
* Structure and function of neurons
* The 10 body systems, the overall function of each system and the major components of each system.
* The relationship between homeostasis and negative feedback loops
* These 20 bones and these 14 muscles/tendons

Bones you need to know for the test

These are the bones you need to know for the test. This is the same picture from the worksheet you have from the beginning of the unit.

1 cranium, skull

2 mandible

3 clavicle

4 sternum

5 humerus

6 rib

7 vertebra

8 INSTEAD OF PELVIS – use ilium

9 radius

10 ulna

11 carpals

12 metacarpals

13 phalanges

14 femur

15 patella

16 tibia

17 fibula

18 tarsals

19 metatarsals

20 phalanges

Muscles you need to know for the test

These are the muscles you need to know for the test. You should know the name of the muscle, where the muscle is located and if given a picture of an exercise what muscles would be used.

Homeostasis & Review

Today A & D blocks wrapped up chapter 20 with homeostasis and started a review, which they will finish tomorrow. C block completed the first half of chapter 20 (C block did the 2nd half of chapter 20, first).

Homework: If you didn't like the way your team performed in the review, I suggest studying before class tomorrow. The Jeopardy PowerPoint will be posted on the blackboard if you would like to download it on Wednesday after C block.

Sections 20.7-20.10

We keep moving along with the body systems. Yesterday and today we focused on:

20.7: Nervous tissue forms a communication network
20.8: Several tissues are organized to form an organ
20.9: The body is a cooperative of organ systems
*** While this section is only two pages, it is VERY dense.***
20.10: New imaging technology reveals the inner body

Homework for Monday: Read section 20.9 and be able to summarize the purpose/function of each of the body systems listed.

In the Womb: Multiples

Saturday, Monday and Tuesday we have been watching In the Womb: Multiples, a National Geographic video.

Did you know...

• About 95 percent of all multiple births in the United States are twins.
  
  
• 34 out of every 1,000 births in the United States are multiples.
  
  
• Between 1980 and 1998, the rate of triplets and higher order births in the United States increased by 400 percent. In recent years, this rate has been more stable.
  
  
• A woman has an estimated one in 64 million chance of conceiving identical quads.
  
  
• Women reaching the end of their reproductive years are more likely to have a multiple pregnancy.
  
  
• The window for an egg splitting to form identical twins is very short. If the egg doesn’t split into two separate but identical eggs within the first 14 days after conception, it never will.
  
  
• The record number of fetuses in a human womb at one time is 15.
  
  
• It’s estimated that for every 400 sets of fraternal twins, one set is made up of twins who will have different fathers.
  
  
• At birth, single babies on average weigh more than twins.
  
  
• Some fetuses spend the first trimester of pregnancy with a companion that later disappears—a phenomenon called the “vanishing twin syndrome.”
  
  
• Movements such as kicking, pushing, and what looks like kissing are all documented in twins.
  
  
• Interaction between twins may be beneficial, helping to accelerate their development.
  
  
• About half of twins are delivered by Caesarean section (or C-section).

To learn more go to the video's website.

Anatomy & Physiology

Yesterday and today we are starting our unit on anatomy & the body systems. Students took a pre-test on twenty of the major bones in the human body, answered Bone Trivia, learned the basics of anatomical planes and brainstormed what they know about various body systems (parts & functions).