Week of 11/16 - 11/20

Mon. 11/16 - Review for test on notes for circulatory system. Activity - Students will walk through the heart drawn on the floor labeling and tracing the flow of blood through the heart.

Tues. 11/17 - TEST

Wed. 11/18 - View video An Inside Look : Heart Attack. Return length of small intestine project.

Thurs. 11/19 - Activity - Record heart rate at rest and compare to heart rate after exercising.
Students will complete lab sheet after activity.

Fri. 11/20 - Begin discussion of composition of blood: function of plasma, red blood cells and white blood cells.

There are some students who have not returned their 1st nine weeks report cards
that were sent home 10/30/09.

Week of 11/09/09

Mon. 11/9/09 - Introduce the circulatory system. Read pages 641 - 647. Select 2 words from these pages and create a word wall ( word, definition from book, and picture illustrating word).
Complete for homework if not completed during class or during Directed Study.

Tues. 11/10 - Begin discussion of function of circulatory system, parts of system (heart, arteries), why circulatory system of larger organisms are more complex, and the difference between oxygenated and deoxygenated blood.

Wed. 11/11/09 - NO SCHOOL !!!!!!!

Thurs. 11/12 - Continue discussion: veins, capillaries, why pulmonary artery and veins are different from other arteries and veins, and flow of blood through the heart.

Fri. 11/13 - TEST

Week of 11/2/09 - 11/6/09

Mon. 11/2 - Progress check on small intestine project explained Friday. Please see posting for explanation of project. Introduce respiratory system. Read pages 613 - 619.

Tues. 11/3 - Thurs. 11/5 - Discuss the functions and parts of the respiratory system, difference between breathing and respiration, difference between inhaling and exhaling, pathway of oxygen and carbon dioxide, why a person chokes, and why it is better to breathe through the nose rather than the mouth.

Fri. 11/6 - Test

Project due Friday, November 6

On Friday, October 30, the students were given instructions on a project that is due Friday, November 6. In this project, the students will calculate the length of their small intestine by multiplying their height by 4. After the length of the small intestine is calculated, students are to use materials to measure out the calculated length. Students were shown how to calculate the length and shown examples of creative ways former students used to measured the length of their small intestine.

Projects will be graded as follows: 1.) following instructions 2.) accurate calculations of the length of small intestine 3.) accurate measurement of the material used according to the calculation 4.) creative way of showing the length of the student's small intestine.

Students will receive 5 bonus points each day the project is turned in early. Each day the project is late, 5 points will be deducted from grade.