Link to Melanoma Foundation Videos

Melanoma Foundation Video - No Tanning Pledge.

Your Skin the Integumentary System

Here is a link to a web site we have set up for you to learn about your skin and the effects of UV Rays.  

Click here to access the web site.

Here is a link to the form to fill out.
Click here to access.

Today we will be learning about the structure and function of our skin.

Click above to access the worksheet.

Here is the link to the homework webquest investigation EM Spectrum and UV Rays.

Here is the link to the FDA site.

Some cool facts to get us started:

• Skin is your largest organ in your body!
• Your skin accounts for 15% of your body weight!
• Over 50% of dust in your home is dead skin.....YUCK!
• Your skin has its own micro-biome...over 1,000 species of bacteria on it.
• It takes babies 6 months to develop their permanent skin tone.  

Skin Unit Link

Here is a link to the Skin Unit.

Click here to access

Study for Tomorrow's Quiz!

Here are filled-out Review Sheets to help you study for tomorrow's quiz:

Review Sheets

Here are the readings:

Skeletal System

Bone & Joint Injuries

Muscular System

Use these resources and all the great stuff posted on this blog to be ready! Let's finish the year on a great note!

Link to the Muscular/ Skeletal Review.

Click here to access the review documents.

Kahoots!

Here are links to use the Kahoots we used in class as a study tool. In order to access these quizzes, you must be signed into your Kahoot account (if you don't have an account sign up for free here). Have fun and be ready for Wednesday!

Skeletal System

Muscular System

Choose "Preview" in order to see the question board and answers all on the same screen! 

Skeletal-Muscular Study Guide

Topics to Study for the Assessment:
1. What are the structure and functions of the skeletal system?
2. What are the structure and functions of the muscular system?
3. What are the types of muscles and give and example and location of each?
4. What are the types of joints and give and example and location of each?
5. How do the muscular and skeletal system work together to allow your body to move?
6. What are diseases, disorders and injuries found in the skeletal and muscular systems?
7. Describe the difference and give an example of voluntary and involuntary muscles.
8. What is bone composed of?  Be specific of the different components, what they are made of and what their function is.

Muscle System Text and Questions

Link to Muscle Reading

Click here to access

Link to Muscle Question Document

Click here to access

HELPFUL VIDEOS
Link to Muscular-skeletal Video

KidsHealth Video - Muscular System

Body Basics - Muscles and Joints Interactive

Helpful Links to The Skeletal System - Diseases, Injuries, and Bone Health

Link to the Medtropolis - Skeletal System Online Webquest
Click here to access

Use the following links to help you in the Bone Health Worksheets.

Here is a online copy of the Bone Health Sheet in Pages form.  You will need to download it her at this link.  

The Skeletal System - Diseases, Injuries, and Bone Health

Topic #1 - Taking Care of Bone/ Osteoporosis 

p. 18 and 19 in Green Text

Link to Osteoporosis

Questions to answer: What is it? (cause, effect, treatment)

Topic #2 - Fractures, Dislocations and Sprains

p. 20 and 21in Green Text

Link to Site - Health24

Questions to answer: Kinds, effect on body and when do they happen?

Topic #3 - Identifying Injuries- X-ray

p. 21 in Green Text

Link to Site- X-rays

Questions to answer: Be sure to answer the advantages and disadvantages, cost, and when is it used?

Topic #4 - Identifying Injuries- MRI

p. 22 in Green Text

Link to Site- MRI

Questions to answer: Be sure to answer the advantages and disadvantages, cost, and when is it used?

Topic #5 - Joint Replacement Surgery

p. 23 in Green Text

Link to Joint Replacement

Questions to answer: What is it? Candidates for and advantages/disadvantages.

Topic #6 - Arthroscopic Surgery

p.23 in Green Text

Link to Arthroscopy

Questions to answer: What is it? Candidates for and advantages/disadvantages.

Helpful Muscular and Skeletal Links

Here are some links to some review items on the skeletal system:
Reading on Bones and joints- Sciencesaurus
Worksheet Labeling the Bones found in your body

We are going to cover the major structures and functions of you bones:

• Periosteum
• compact (hard) bone
• cancellous (spongy) bone
• bone marrow (red and yellow)

Here is a link to a great video on the composition of bone by National Geographic.

Link to Worksheet on Your Bones - Bone Composition.

Download in Pages to type into

Here is the link to KidsHealth -Your bones

Introduction to the Skeletal and Muscular System

Skeletal Systems Structure and Function:
Structure:
bones, ligaments, cartilage, tendons, joints (location not structure)

Function:
1. protection
2. support/ shape
3. create blood cells
4. storage
5. movement


Interactive Sites:
PHSchool.com
Webcode- CEP - 4012

Learn the Bones - ABCya

BBC - Joints Interactive

Inner Body - Joints and Skeleton of leg and foot

Wisc online- Skeleton

Online Open Heart Lab

Link to Open Heart Lab

Pig Dissection Links

Here are the links to tomorrow's Pig Heart Dissection.

Heart Dissection Powerpoint from today.  Please review.

Click here to access.

Here is a link to the checklist you will be responsible for tomorrow during the dissection.

Click here to access.

Circulatory and Respiratory Study Guide

Standards Assessed:
In multicellular organisms, the body is a system of multiple interacting subsystems. These subsystems are groups of cells that work together to form tissues and organs that are specialized for particular body functions. (MS-LS1-3)

Topics Covered:
1. Structures and functions of the Circulatory System - Cover sheet and readings

2. Structures and functions of the Respiratory System - Cover sheet and readings

3. How do the circulatory and respiratory system work together to perform the gas exchange? - Work sheets, constructed responses, interactive links.

4. How do we breathe? - class simulation, worksheets, interactive links

5. How does the blood flow in the heart? - performance assessment, video on blog, worksheet

6. How do molecules of oxygen flow in the respiratory system from the outside air to the alveoli? - reading, questions.

Gas Exchange Helpful Links

Click here and Read the following article- Respiratory System Discovery Kids and then answer the questions on the provided worksheet in class.

Oxygen in our Air - click here to access article
Oxygen in our Air Questions - click here to access questions.

Connecting the circulatory and respiratory systems together!

The Gas Exchange - Interactive sites

Link- About Kids Health- Gas Exchange

Link - Wisc Online Gas Exchange

Circulatory and Respiratory System - Breathing and Gas Exchange.

Today we introduced the respiratory system and will look at how do the circulatory and respiratory system work together to produce energy in your body.

Here is an image of the respiratory system and its structures.

Here is an image of the gas exchange that occurs between the alveoli and the capillaries.

This is a really good interactive site for looking at the breathing process.

Access code: cep-4041

Respiratory System

Here is the link to the reading on the Respiratory System and the Questions.

Questions to answer tonight are p. 120 1c, 2b, and 2c.

Click here to access.

Gas Exchange

Practicing the flow of blood in the heart

Vital Signs Stations Lab

Today we conducted a fun station lab where we calculated and assessed vital signs (heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate...).  We have to thank the parent volunteers and Yarmouth's own Fire/Rescue for their time to assist us.

Here are some images from today's lab.

Heart Reading - Green Text

Here is the link to the Heart Reading p. 80-82 in the Green Text.

Click here to access.  You will have to download the pdf to open it.

Questions are on p. 84 2a-c.

Interactive Heart Site for National Geographic and American Heart Association

Heart, Heart Information, Cardiovascular Facts, News, Photos -- National Geographic

American Heart Association Link
Choose Blood Flow and Coronary Arteries from the drop down.

On the provided Heart Diagram please label the:

1. 4 chambers of the heart

2. pulmonary vein and artery

3. 4 heart valves

4. sinoatrial nodes (S-A Node) and atrial-ventricular node (A-V Node)

5. septum

6. aorta

7. aortic arch

If done color code oxygen rich blood red and oxygen poor blood blue.

Circulatory System and the Human Heart

Here is a link to a good Kids Health Article on the Human Heart.

Please read through it and use the interactive links.

Click here to access.

Chambers of your Heart Visual

Click here to read more

Cutting Edge Science- Can you grow a human heart?

Click here to read the article.

Popular Science - Human Heart Grown and Beats

Click here to Access

Mayo Clinic - Video on the Heart

Click here to access

Reinforcement for the Quiz!

Here is a helpful video on the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration:

Final Cell Energy Study Guide.

Click here to access the Cell Energy Study Guide.


Here is a link to the Kahoot to study with!
Click here to access.

Amazing Project by one of my past students!

Cellular Respiration Activity

Click here to access the Cellular Respiration Activity.

Study Guide for Cell Energy Assessment and Chemical Equation Practice

Click here to access the Cell Energy Review Guide

Cellular Respiration Notes from Class.
Click here to access

Click here to access the Chemical Equation Document.
Download the document and open it in Pages.

Keys and Notes on Photosynthesis from class.

click here to access

Stoma Lab - April 3rd

Today we completed a lab looking at the stoma in kale leaves.
The students were able to use the microscopes to view the stoma at low and high.

Here are some images of the stoma at low and high power.

Photosynthesis Activity and Macro to Micro Reading - Stoma Lab Lesson 10

Lesson 10 - Reading Looking at Leaves p. 129-131

Click here to access.

Here is a link to the Photosynthesis Activity Descriptor.
Click hereto access.

Photosynthesis

Today in science we introduced our new unit on Photosynthesis.  Photosynthesis is the process by which a cell captures energy in sunlight and uses it to make its own food (a type of sugar called glucose).

As a class we focused on a few key terms to know when learning about photosynthesis such as autotrophs, heterotrophs, pigments, chlorophyll, and stomata.

Tomorrow, we will start to dive deeper into the the process of photosynthesis.  The reading for tonight will help reinforce our new understanding of how organisms get energy.  The reading will also introduce the two stages of photosynthesis.

Here is the link for the reading from our Science Explorer text.

Here is a great three minute video from Discovery's "Greatest Scientific Discovery" series that will introduce the experiments that enabled Priestly and Ingenhousz to "discover" photosynthesis.

Cell Energy Processes

Reading Section 1- Photosynthesis and Section 2 - Cellular Respiration

Click here to access to the link 

Reviewing Key Concept Question to complete for Homework.

p. 48  #1 a-c  and #2 a-c

and

p. 53 #1 a-d

When you complete that you can work on the A-Z Worksheet

Click here to access.

This Chem4Kids Link can help to explain the processes.

Click here to access

Cell Transport Study Guide, Links, and Answer Keys

Cell Transport Study Guide and Lab Answer Key

Cell Transport Scenario Answer Key

Link to Cell Transport Demonstration

Study Guide - Scenario Activity

Today we completed scenarios on cell transport in class.

Below you can access the worksheet.  

Click here to access the Scenario Activity Sheet

Study Guide and Video Comparing Passive and Active Transport

Access to the Study Guide for Cell Transport Assessment.

Click here to access.


Notes from Today's Class on the Cell and its Environment Reading.
Click here to access.

Onion Cell Osmosis - Here are videos and photos from today's lab.

Movie of onion cell in salt water.

Movie of onion cell in distilled water.

Science- Cell and its Environment

"A Cell and its Environment" Reading- Click here to access.

Homework Questions : 1b, 2c, 3a-c  Use complete sentences and provided sketches.

Video Webquest on Passive transport

Click here to access the link for today's investigation after you complete the potato lab.

Egg Osmosis Lab and Potato Lab Links

Here is a direct link to the Potato Lab that we will be conducting tomorrow in class.
Potato Lab Link


Here is the link to the at home Egg Osmosis Lab if you want to attempt it.
Download the directions here.

Comparison of active and passive tranpsort

Introduction of Active Transport

Essential Question:  Give 3 examples of diffusion in everyday life.  Sketch one o these examples and show the high and low concentrations and movement of the molecules.

Today we were introduced to the second form of cell transport, active transport.

We will use a worksheet to frame your work today in the reading on passive and active transport.
Click here to access the document.

Active transport is when energy is needed to be used to move molecules from low concentration to high concentration across a cell membrane.  Often in this form of transport, transport proteins are used to aid the process.

Here is an image of active transport.

Here is a link comparing of active and passive transport.

Here is a video showing active transport in terms of the sodium/ potassium pump.

Cell Transport Introduction. -

Today we will be starting a Unit on Cell Transport (active and passive).

Essential Question - How do the necessary materials get in and out of your cells.

Here are the notes from today's class.  Click here to access.
Today in class we will add to these notes filling in examples of each of the vocabulary terms from demonstrations performed in class.

Here are some interactive links showing diffusion of molecules - a form of passive transport.

Wisc-Online - The Cell Passive Transport Demo

Northland College - Passive Transport Demo

Final Study Guide - Cell Cycle

Jeopardy Link to Cell Cycle Study and Review


Link to another review sheet detailing excellent pictures of mitosis and the cell cycle. 

Cancer and Cell Division and Genetics

Video on Cancer and Cell Division




Genetics and Cancer Article form the American Cancer Society
Click here to access.

Also here is a link to "Bad" Cholesterol and Genetics.

Click here to access.

Some Videos a student shared with me on Meiosis and Mitosis

Video on Meiosis


Video on Mitosis

Meiosis vs. Mitosis

When you are done your DNA models, check them with a teacher and then start work on the Mitosis vs Meiosis 
Webquest below.
Mitosis and Meiosis Comparison Worksheet

After you have completed the webquest view a few of the below videos.  Pay close attention to the following:
1. How many daughter cells are found at the end of each cell division?
2. What is the function of each division and which cells do they occur in?
3. How many chromosomes are found in the daughter cells compared to the mother cells?
4. How many divisions and interphases does each go through?

Visual showing mitosis vs meiosis - McGraw Hill

Nova Online- How Cells Divide

Homework study link and in class reference.
A great comparison chart of mitosis and meiosis

Interactive Games
Dragon Meiosis - Interactive Game
Please run in Safari so that it has the correct Adobe Flash

Snurfle Meiosis and Genetics
Cute Game

Fling the Teacher Meiosis
This is hard but fun!

Study Guide and Materials for Cell Cycle Assessment

Click here to access the study guide for the 

Cell Cycle Assessment

Things to study with:

Here is a presentation and Quizlet on the cell cycle :

Presentation:

https://docs.google.com/a/yarmouthschools.org...

Quizlet:

http://quizlet.com/37449749/flashcards

DNA Modeling

Link to DNA Rubric

Cell Division and DNA

We are going to continue our work with Cell Reproduction.  Specifically we are going to look at DNA and how it makes up the chromosomes in your body.

The following are two great readings on DNA.
1. Science for Kids Link- DNA
2. Kidipede - Genetics for Kids


Here is a link to an interactive site on DNA:
1. Tour of the Basics  - from the University of Utah - Choose "What is a Chromosome?"
2. DNA Base Pairing- Interactive.

Here are two good videos explaining the relationship between DNA, genes, histones, chromatin, chromatids, and chromosomes.

Structure of DNA

Here is the video on Chromosome wrapping and DNA Synthesis
(Watch until 2:55)



Here is the link to the Nobel Prize Game on DNA Replication.


The following is a link to a reading on DNA's structure and composition.

The Guide- DNA's Chemical Composition and Structure.

Here are two images of the make-up of DNA.
In both of these images you can see the "ladder" sides are made up of a sugar and phosphate, where the central rungs are made up of nitrogen base pairs (A,G,T and C).

We will be constructing DNA models using one of the three methods:

• Bead Jewelry
• Origami or
• Candy

The point of the activity is to be able to correctly identify the smaller parts that make up a strand of DNA.

SAMSUNG SOLVE FOR TOMORROW CHALLENGE

We have been chosen as Finalist in the Samsung Challenge!

We will be traveling to Austin, TX for the SXSW Conference to present our work!

Please join us in spreading the word about the invasive European Green Crab an environmental issue that can cause huge impact to Maine's 17 million dollar shellfish industry!

VOTE FOR OUR VIDEO HERE

Cell Cycle Simulation

The students worked today on cell cycle simulations using pipe cleaners and background pages.
Using their laptops and Photobooth they were able to take snap shots and import them to a Pages document.

Here are some photos from today's work.

Cell Cycle Online Webquest

Access the webquest by clicking on this link.

You will need to download this as it is a Pages Document.

Cell Division- Mitosis

Here is a great image of mitosis.  This is much like our text book but do not worry about the "Prometaphase."

Mitosis is the process of cell division for eukaryotic cells found in multicellular organisms.  All cells come from existing cells and mitosis is how most cells divide. The only eukaryotic cells which do not divide by mitosis are sex cells a.k.a. gametes a.k.a sperm and egg cells. 

Here are some videos that introduce cell division- mitosis.




Here is a video that links cell division -mitosis and cancer.




Here is a link to Cells Alive Mitosis

Here is a link to a great Nova PBS Interactive Mitosis Site.