Friday, Dec. 14, 2012

OPTION A

The Organ Trail Webquest should already be done.  If you are not done, it is late, but it still needs to be finished first.   Click Here

Please do the following activities on the brain and then complete your work.

Videos-

Watch this clip and then find out what the medulla oblongata is.  Click Here

Watch the 3 videos on the brain 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

Read and Questions-

Read the page and answers the questions at the bottom.  Click Here

New Assignment-

Find out about a disease that effects your organ.  Do research on this disease.  2 page report due by next Tuesday on this disease. Rubric posted tomorrow.  Here are some questions to get your research started.

What is it called?

What organ does it effect? 

When was it discovered?

How many people does it effect?

What does it do to the organ?

OPTION B

Yesterday we looked at the the brain, today we will look at the endocrine and exocrine system.  The endocrine system includes glands and is responsible for the secretion of hormones.

Exploration

A short video that some other students did about the endocrine system.  What did you think of it?  Could you do better? 3 sentences.

Videos-

Watch the 3 videos on the brain 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

Read or Listen-

Read or Listen to the information on the Endocrine System.  When your done, summerize what you read into 3 sentences (What does the endocrine system do?)  Click Here

Diabetes-

Read or listen to the following links and learn about diabetes.
Type 1
Type 2
What is the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes

Glands-

Copy down all the glands in the endocrine system Click Here

Pick one and write a full paragraph about what it does