Thursday, June 21, 2007

Agenda:
- Muscle & Skeleton Model
- Journal Check

HW:
- Muscle & Skeleton Model - DUE Tomorrow

Journal #156

Today is the 21st of June. What is significant about today (think back to our Earth in Space unit)? List the name of the day and what it means.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Agenda:
- Muscle & Skeleton Model
- Collect GCs

HW:
- Muscle & Skeleton Model - DUE Friday

No Journal

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Agenda:
- Finish Bones Intro
- Not so Dry Bones
- Muscle & Skeleton Model

HW:
- Muscle & Skeleton Model - DUE Friday

Journal #155

List as many human bone names that you know.

What is the difference between a flexor and extensor muscle?

Monday, June 18, 2007

Agenda:
- Grade Chicken Wing Lab
- Pass Back Papers
- Intro Bones

HW:
None

Journal #154

Sketch a bone and a muscle, labeling the following on your sketch:
-bone
-muscle
-tendon/ligament (whichever is correct)
-point of origin
-point of insertion

Friday, June 15, 2007

Agenda:
- Finish Chicken Wing Lab

HW:
- Chicken Wing Lab - DUE Monday NOT ACCEPTED LATE

Journal #153

What is the difference between tendons and ligaments?

What is the most interesting or surprising thing about dissecting the chicken wing so far?

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Agenda:
- Chicken Wing Lab

HW:
- Last day for late/abs. work - Tomorrow
- Chicken Wing Lab - DUE Monday NOT ACCEPTED LATE

Journal #152

What do you think muscles attach to, and how are they attached?

What do you think the purpose of muscles in the human body is?

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Agenda:
- Chicken Wing Lab

HW:
- Last day for late/abs. work - Friday
- Chicken Wing Lab -DUE Monday NOT ACCEPTED LATE

Journal #151

What incisions (cuts) have you made so far on your chicken wing?

Which structure do you think will be the most interesting to look at? Why?

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Agenda:
- Chicken Wing Lab

HW:
- Last day for late/abs. work - Friday
- Chicken Wing Lab - Monday NOT ACCEPTED LATE

Journal #150

What safety precautions will we need to use for the lab today?

Which structure on the human body is the chicken wing the most similar to?

Monday, June 11, 2007

Agenda:
- HBS Test
- Intro Chicken Wing

HW:
- Last day for Late/Abs. work - Friday
- Chicken Wing clothes - this week

No Journal

Friday, June 08, 2007

Agenda:
- Grade Inq. 15.1
- Test Review

HW:
- Human Body Systems Test - Monday
- Last day for Late/Abs work - Friday

Journal #149

Which activity from yesterday’s lab generated the largest heart rate?

Describe one similarity and one difference between your heart rate data and that of one of your group members.

Thursday, June 07, 2007

Agenda:
- Inq. 15.1

HW:
- Human Body Systems Test - Monday
- Inq. 15.1 - DUE Tomorrow

Journal #148

What happens to your heart rate (how fast it beats) when you exercise?

Why do you think this happens?

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Agenda:
- Cardiovascular Cartoon
- Artery, Vein, Capillary
- Pumps Your Blood

HW:
- Human Body Test - Friday

Journal #147

Draw a square with four squares insite it. If the square was a drawing of the heart, label what the 4 heart chambers would be.

Where does gas exchange occur? What gases are exchanged here?

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Agenda:
- Heart as a Pump
- Diagram Heart
- Cardiovascular Cartoon

HW:
None

Journal #146

What do you think the purpose of the heart is? The blood?

How do you think the Respiratory System and the Circulatory System are related?

Monday, June 04, 2007

Agenda:
- Grade Resp. Diagram
- Pass Back Papers
- Breathing Models
- Lung Capacity

HW:
None

Journal #145

In what part of the respiratory system does the gas exchange (oxygen traded for carbon dioxide) occur?

What muscle is mainly responsible for our breathing and how do you think it does this?

Friday, June 01, 2007

Agenda:
- Collect Diffusion Lab & Resp. Diagram
- Diseases Reading
- Respiratory System Cartoon
- Breathing Models

HW:
None

Journal #144

What are the organs that are part of the respiratory system?

Draw a quick sketch of the respiratory system.