Friday, Dec. 7, 2012

OPTION A

Please watch the following videos on the digestive system before continuing work on the Organ Trail Webquest.

How we poo...Click Here
Traveling through our digestive track in 3D Click Here

Organ Trail Webquest-Click Here

OPTION B

Yesterday we looked at the digestive system, today we will look at the skeletal system (bones).


Pictures-
Look at different pictures of our bones.  Click Here

Bone Matching Game-
Learn the real names and common names of different bones.  Click Here

Read-

Read about the skeletal system and the different bones in our body.  Click Here 

Videos-
Watch this video on the skeletal system.  Click Here

Watch the 3 music videos on the skeletal system and decide which one you liked best.  First,tell me what you learned from the videos, then tell me which video you liked best and why.  (5-7 sentences)

Video 1
Video 2
Video 3

When you are done with the other activities  please draw and label your own skeleton.  Here is an example of everything you need to have labeled.  Click Here

Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012

OPTION A

Please watch the following video before continuing work on the Organ Trail Webquest.

Organ Systems Video-Click Here
Organ Trail Webquest-Click Here

OPTION B

How do we digest food? Click Here

A video to help you see the digestion of food.  Watch the video and write down one thing you thought was interesting.  Click Here

What your food goes through before you poop it out.  Watch and Click Here

This page will give you a chance to do some reading and check your knowledge on the digestive system.  Click Here

When you have visited all 4 sites, please draw and label a picture of the digestive system.  Include the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and rectum.

Wednesday, Dec 5, 2012 Option B

OPTION B

We have now learned a lot about cells, what is inside cells, and photosynthesis.  We are going to transition back to animal cells and look at what those cells make. 

Today you are going to do some reading, complete an activity, and be introduced to a new webquest about the human body.  We will learn how cells make up tissues, organs, and organ systems.

TASK 1
Cells to System.  Click Here
Make sure you read all 5 sections

TASK 2
From Cells to System Activity Click Here

TASK 3 

Magic school bus video Click Here.  Please get the video guide before you begin watching.

Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 Organ Systems Option A

We have now learned a lot about cells, what is inside cells, and photosynthesis.  We are going to transition back to animal cells and look at what those cells make.

Today you are going to do some reading, complete an activity, and be introduced to a new webquest about the human body.  We will learn how cells make up tissues, organs, and organ systems.

TASK 1
Cells to System.  Click Here
Make sure you read all 5 sections

TASK 2
From Cells to System Activity Click Here

TASK 3
Come get your "The Organ Train" webquest worksheet.  Please not you will only get one of these.  Write your name on every page and keep it in your folder.  Click Here for the webquest.

You will need to organize into groups of 6 people and each person will pick a different organ as "your organ".  Please write down everybody's name and the organ they are doing and give that information to me.
Your choices are:
Heart
Brain
Small Intestine
Large Intestine
Skin
Lungs
Stomach
Liver
Pancreas
Bones

Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012 Photosynthesis

Movie Critic

Today you are acting as a movie critic.  Your job today will be to watch 3 different videos on photosynthesis and decide which is the best video.  Your response should be around 2 paragraphs long.    When you are done writing, please include this paper in your folder.

Things to consider when deciding the best video:

Provide a brief summary of the video. (Two or three sentences are fine; you don't need to include a lot of details).

State your opinion of the video. What are its strengths and weaknesses? Provide specific examples (scenes, situations) from the video. 

Tell what you learned from the video.  (Give two or three new pieces of information that you learned).

Finally, give the movie a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down."

Video 1-Crash Course

Video 2-Monotone

Video 3-Khan Academy

Photosynthesis games

When you are done acting as a movie critic, you may play the photosynthesis game.  Click here

Play the Oxygenator game and the Photosynthesis game

Magic School Bus Game.  Click Here

Monday, Dec. 3, 2012

Photosynthesis

Tasks for today:

1. Answer some questions
2. Learn about photosynthesis
3. Listen to a song
4. Draw a diagram
5. Look at photosynthesis at a molecular level

Where does photosynthesis happen?  It's inside of an organelle that we just studied.

What is photosynthesis?  What does photosynthesis mean?  Click here to find out

What actually happens during photosynthesis? (remember that CO2=carbon dioxide and  H20=water)

Photosynthesis Rap VideoClick here

Make your own drawing of the photosynthesis. Here is an example of student work

Illuminating PhotosynthesisClick here
Click on Launch Interactive

1. Read the first page, then click on CycleCycle Page-Answer this question:
2. What did you have to do to get the girl to breath oxygen (the green dots)?
3. Atomic Shuffle-Draw the picture of the glucose molecule (it's the picture where all the molecules are connected).  What do you think the C's, H's, and O's stand for?  If your not sure, look at the yellow chart above the sink.
4. Puzzler-Write down your answers to each question.  Were you right?

Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012

TEST TOMORROW. Below is your study guide and a

Cool videos showing cells in action

Inner Life of a Cell
Powering the Cell-Mitochondria

Mr. McIntyre’s Cell Test Study Guide

Available in the purple cubbie

You must be able to describe the function (what it does) for the following organelles:

• Nucleus
• Nucleolus
• Cell Membrane
• Cytoplasm
• Ribosome
• Mitochondria
• Vacuole
• Golgi Body/Apparatus
• Rough ER (endoplasmic reticulum)
• Smooth ER (endoplasmic reticulum)
• Lysosome
• Cell Wall
• Chloroplast

 Sample Questions:

1. Describe the difference between a cell membrane and a cell wall.
2. If an egg were a cell, what would the yoke, egg white and shell represent? 
3. (cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm)
4. Most of a cell is filled with what jelly like substance?
5. Describe the difference between eukaryotes and prokaryotes.
6. What part of the cell breaks down food and creates energy?
7. True or False: Every part of you is made of cells.

You will need to be able to identify every part of the cell except the nuclear membrane, anyloplast, and centrosome.  Click on the links  for the plant cell and animal cell.