Week Twenty Four

This week we will delve into the Respiratory System and begin preparing for our test on Friday that covers circulation and respiration!

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday -Respiration PowerPoint/Circulation Video Questions
Tuesday - Lung Capacity Lab/Labeling the Respiratory System/Media Center for pleasure reading book
Wednesday - EARLY RELEASE/Respiration Video
Thursday - Review for Test
Friday - Test over Circulation and Respiration

Homework this week includes:

Begin Reading February Pleasure Reading Book (AR Test will be held at the end of the month for a GRADE)

Respiration Vocabulary due Wednesday

Circulation and Respiration Study Guide due Thursday

Study for Circulation and Respiration Test Friday


Helpful Websites:

National Geographic: Human Body

Please refer to last weeks post regarding links to circulation
The Respiratory System
Looking at your Lungs
Quick Questions Answered
Oxygen Delivery System
Inside the Respiratory System

Week Twenty Three

This week we will continue our look at the circulatory system. Monday is still considered part of conference week, so don't forget it's an early release day!

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - (EARLY RELEASE) Heart worksheets/Your Heart, Your Pump Activity
Tuesday - Blood Vessel PowerPoint/Workbooks with Power Notes/Heart, Circulation worksheet
Wednesday - Heart Articles/Workbooks with Power Notes
Thursday - Blood PowerPoint/Blood and Lymph worksheet
Friday - Circulatory System Power Notes Quiz/Circulation Video and Create, Trade Questions

Homework this week includes:

Power Notes over 17.2 (p.543 - 547) due Tuesday

Circulatory System Vocabulary due Wednesday

17.1 and 17.2 worksheet due Friday

Power Notes over 17.3 (p.549 - 554) due Friday

Helpful Websites:

EKG
Heart Beat
Cardiovascular System
The Heart: An On-line Exploration
Quick Questions Answered
The Circulatory System
All About the Heart
The Electric Heart

Week Twenty Two

This week is conference week, and I look forward to meeting with some of your parents. As you probably already know we have no school on Monday, and early release days for the remainder of the week. We will finish up the digestive system this week, and begin our tour of the circulatory system on Thursday.

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - NO School
Tuesday - Digestive Man/Digestion Review
Wednesday - Quiz over Digestion
Thursday - Introduction to the Circulatory System/Power Notes on 17.1
Friday - PowerPoint on Circulation/Workbooks with PowerNotes

Homework this week includes:

Digestion Study Guide due Tuesday

Digestion Paper Doll due Wednesday

Study for Quiz over Digestion Wednesday

Chapter 17.1 (p.536 -542) Power Notes due Friday

Chapter 17.2 (p.543 - 547) Power Notes due Tuesday (1/29)

Circulatory System Vocabulary due Wednesday (1/30)

Helpful Websites:

Cardiovascular System
The Heart: An On-line Exploration
Quick Questions Answered
The Circulatory System
All About the Heart
The Electric Heart