Thursday, October 30, 2014

Had a test today
so no homework
I'm sure that's okay
don't go berserk!

Don't forget --- Check out latest tweets on the Robotics Club
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

We have a test tomorrow.
Homework for tonight: Answer the remaining questions on your Study Guide, and study the quesitons and answers to prepare for tomorrow's test.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

We have a test on Thursday. 
Homework for tonight: Answer at least half of the questions on your Study Guide.

Monday, October 27, 2014

Homework for Tonight:
"What Kind of Joint is This?" - Read and answer questions.  Hint: for question 4, ask yourself which joints can be used to cover up the internal organs (Lungs, heart, intestines, brain, etc.).

Dont' forget: Unit test on Thursday 10/30

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Homework tonight: Thigh Bone's Connected to the ...... Read and Answer Questions.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Tonight's homework: Periods 1, 2, and 3 have a skeleton sheet:
1. Cut it out
2. Attach it to a separate piece of paper using tape, glue, etc.
3. Label only the bones that you KNOW (we'll do some more in class tomorrrow).

Period 4 - no homework

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Hey guys -
Homework is a REFLECTION on the skeleton. 
Answer the question: how does the structure of bone help the function of bone?
Minimum 3 sentences, write it in your science notebook on back of the notes for the Support System lesson.  

Monday, October 20, 2014

10/20/14 -
Homework for periods 4, 1, 2:
13-3  What is the Skeletal System? Read and answer questions.



Aloha! - For students who can't make it in, here are class notes from this week so far (yes, there are mistakes in the note-taking signals, so if in doubt, copy it if you have your notebook:
Date: Oct. 17-21, 2014
Topic: Support System: Bones, Joints & Muscles
Objective: TSW:                                               
  • explore the structure and function of bones, joints and muscles;
  • observe or perform dissection of a chicken wing;
  • read about how bones & muscles in the human body in different joints work as levers.
Global Context: Identities & Relationships                        
IBPC: Balanced  (understand physical balance to achieve personal well-being)
Inquiry Question: How can understanding body systems help global health?
ATL cluster: Affective skills: How can you manage your own state of mind?
Key words: Write key words in notes, write words & definitions in vocab section at back of your ISN:

  • Cartilage - tough, rubbery tissue that cushions bones at joints, and makes up other parts of the body. Ex: larynx, outside parts of ears
  • Growth plates - Growth plates are areas of developing cartilage tissue near the ends of long bones, where growth occurs. Growth plates regulate and help determine the length and shape of the mature bone.
  • bones - hardened connective tissue that forms the skeleton in most vertebrates; living tissue made of bone cells surrounded by minerals containing calcium and phosphate. 5 types
    • contract - shorten or bunch up
    • joints - junction between 2 or more bones, usually allowing some movement.
    • muscles- tissues made up of cells specialized for movement
    • relax- lengthen or unbunch
    • lever - long object that pivots around a fulcrum or resting point.
    • ligament- band of dense connective tissue that bridges and connects bones in a joint.
    • tendons- band of dense tissue that connects muscle to bone.


Procedure:

1. Read text, pp. B-31 to B-37 on the SEPUP e-book. Fill out "Bone Function" sheet.

2. Pass back (mid col, 2d desk) Anticipation Guides from yesterday. Answer AQs 1-7 from p. B-37 on back of "Bone Function" sheet. In your answer to AQ 5,6, be sure to refer to the Joint type you picked from Table 2 on p. B-35.

3. Bring your homework up to me when called.

4. Reflection: Is the structure of bone changed by the function of the bone? Explain with an example.

Products: w/s13-3, Anti-Guide + Q1, Function sheet with AQs + Reflection


Thursday, October 16, 2014

Robotics Club, then got a flu shot, so this is a late post.

Tonight, answer questions 1-5 on the handout that we read in class: Liver Functions, CCSS Reading and Science.  Period 3- your class did not read the handout, so you will write a Reflection in your science notebook: Describe 3 things you learned about the liver in class today.

Also, finish Questions from "Activity 15: Digestion - An Absorbing Tale, Science and Literacy". These can be done tonight and turned in tomorrow, or you can turn the complete set in on Monday.

Experimenting with Twitter!  Check out to see our Robotics Club hard at work! Send me a comment on the blog or Twitter or email to let me know if anyone will check it out if I put some fun stuff on Twitter.  Should I show a slice of students' everyday work at school?

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Study for vocab quiz.  Vocab Quiz will be on the following terms:

1. absorb / Absorption
2. Digestive System -
a. mouth and teeth
b. esophagus
c. stomach
d. small intestines
e. large intestines
f. rectum
g. anus
h. chemical suppliers: pancreas and liver
3. Independent variable
4. Dependent variable

Terms 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be matching terms with definitions; you will be asked to name the organs of the digestive system by filling in blanks.

Your class also has to answer questions on the CCSS - Digestion sheet. For those classes assigned to only answer questions on page 1, you will answer for homework on Thursday night in addition to other homework. 

If you need to review the text to answer the questions, please check the information sheet given to your parent(s) on Open Schools Night, or go to the link on the right called new SEPUP e-book. User name is Stamford678 and the password is student.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Homework for Tuesday evening:
Periods 4, 1, 2:  On CCSS sheet, answer questions 1 and 2 (shown below).
Period 3: Answer question 1 on the Talking Drawing(shown below). . 


Name:                                                                                                                                                  Date:

Activity 15: Digestion – An Absorbing Tale

CCSS _ Science & Literacy

 

Opening: Answer question #1 on the worksheet Talking Drawing: Digestion.

 

 

 

Challenge:

 

Procedure: Answer the following questions as you read the text.

 

1)      Using the information provided in the section Food Breakdown, compare and contrast mechanical and chemical breakdown of food and provide an example of each.

Talking Drawing: Digestion


©2009 The Regents of the University of California


1.  Close your eyes and think about what happens when you eat a burrito. Now

open your eyes and draw what you imagined. Label any parts of the digestive

system that help digest the food or help the body get nutrients from the food.

Explain what happens at each step of the way.

 


 
Citing information from the text, explain why we rely on mucus.

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Homework for Period 1 only:
The organs of the digestive system include: (fill in the blanks)
__________ with _____________, _____________, _____________, _______ ______________, ______ _____________, _______, ______.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

No homework tonight!

Monday, October 6, 2014

Homework tonight (10/6): you have a worksheet called "18-3 WHat are Reflexes?". 

Also, prepare for your vocab quiz tomorrow on the following terms. 
  1. function
  2. structure -
  3. model
  4. cell
  5. tissue -
  6. organ -
  7. organ system -
  8. Variables-
  9. Levels of Organization: (smallest to biggest)
  10. Nervous system

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Homework tonight (10/2):   To prepare for your vocab quiz on Tuesday, copy (or print) the following terms.  Then, find the definition for each term.  Copy the definition next to it's term.

  1. function
  2. structure -
  3. model
  4. cell
  5. tissue -
  6. organ -
  7. organ system -
  8. Variables-
  9. Levels of Organization(smallest to biggest)
  10. Nervous system

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

No homework tonight.

Tomorrow is photo day.  Dress well!

Vocab quiz on Tuesday based on the following terms:

  1. function
  2. structure -
  3. model
  4. cell
  5. tissue -
  6. organ -
  7. organ system -
  8. Variables-
  9. Organ Systems
  10. Nervous system