Thursday, May 10
Today in class, students learned about the human heart. They traced the flow of blood though the heart, and labeled all of the parts of the heart.
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Wednesday, May 9
Today, students worked on finishing the assignment they got yesterday, called “Chapter 20.2: Circulation.” In this assignment, they use the Science Insights textbook to answer questions about the circulatory system.
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Tuesday, May 1
Today in class, we finished our discussion of cartilage, joints, and muscles. Students discussed the different types of joints that are found in the human body, and learned about the types of muscle that make up our bodies.
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Monday, April 30
Today students began a discussion about cartilage, joints, and muscles. They took notes on a presentation.
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Wednesday, April 25
Today in class students learned the names of the many of the bones of the body.
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Monday, April 23
Today students used class time to investigate a series of stations that will help them to learn about the skeletal and muscular systems. If you missed class today, please see Mr O to get the materials you will need to make up this activity.
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Tuesday, April 10
Today in class, students looked at the petri plates they grew bacteria on, which had been collected during Operation Amputation. They collected and shared data about the number of colonies that they grew on each of their petri dishes, and made conclusions about what can be learned from this activity.
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Monday, April 9
Today in class, students wrote reflections on what they had learned during Operation Amputation. The reflections were written in their science lab notebooks, and chronicled what the students had felt, seen, did, and learned during the operation.
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Friday, April 6
Today students participated in Operation Amputation, which allowed them to view the parts of a joint from a real organism. They divided the class into 2 sections; one section used the surgical techniques of a Civil War surgeon, the other section used the techniques of modern day surgeons. They took swabs of their tools at the end, to culture any bacteria that might be present on their tools, so we can compare them and see how modern medicine has reduced the incidence of infection.
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Tuesday, April 3
Today students finished their research for Operation Amputation. If they did not finish during class, their homework is to make sure that their research is finished and to put a copy of their findings in their science lab notebooks.
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