Tuesday Dec. 18, 2012

OPTION A

What should be done...

Please note that we will be coming together in the body groups on Wednesday or Thursday for sharing.  You will present information about your organ, show your pictures,  read your letter, and share about your disease(s) with your body group.  Please make sure everything is done by the end of the day tomorrow. You can use today to practice your presentation or prepare yourself to make an excellent presentation.

Checklist-
letter
pictures
disease info

Webquest

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

Disease Research

Find out about a disease that effects your organ.  Do research on this disease.  2 page report due by next Tuesday on this disease. 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?

For Today

Engage

How to get a tattoo? Click Here

Which tattoo do you think is the worst? Click Here

Videos-

Watch the 4 videos on the endocrine 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-What is skin?

Video 2-Science of healthy skin

Video 3-Learn more about skin
Video 4-What are scars?

Read or Listen-

Read or Listen to the information on the skin, skin diseases, or skin care.

SKIN-Click Here
Read or Listen and answer the following questions.  
What does skin do?
Name the layers of the skin.
What is melanin?
How does skin warm and cool you?

ECZEMA-Click Here

What is Eczema?

Why do people get Eczema?

What are 2 things people can do to prevent or get rid of eczema?

Draw and Label-

Use this image to draw and label the layers of the skin Click Here

OPTION B

Yesterday we looked at the the skin as an organ, today we will look at human growth and development post-fertilization

Engage

Time Lapse Pregnancy- Click Here
Fetal Development Month By Month  Click Here

Videos-

Pregnancy-Watch each video and write down 3 things that happen during that time period.  

Weeks 1-9
Weeks 10-14
Weeks 15-20


How do ultrasound machines work? Click Here

Read or Listen-

Read or Listen to the information on the skin, skin diseases, or skin care.

What to expect if your mother is pregnant?  Click Here

What is an ultrasound?

Birth Defects/Growth Disorder

What is a Growth Disorder? Click Here
Name 3 different disorders
Do you know anyone with a growth disorder?

Cleft Lip/Palate-Click Here
What is a Cleft Lip or Palate?

What happens to a kid with Cleft Lip or Cleft Palate?

What do doctors do for a kid with Cleft Lip or Cleft Palate?

Summery-

(2 sentences for each trimester) What happens in each trimester? Click Here
Note-a trimester is 3 months long.  tri=3, so 9 months /3 = 3 months