May 30th - How to detect Skin Cancer?

Goals for today:

• How can you detect and classify skin cancer?
• What are the three types of skin cancer?
• What is the "No Tanning Pledge?"

Link to videos on the - "No Tanning Pledge." - Melanoma Foundation of New England

ABCDEs of Skin Cancer- Click here for a link to the worksheet.

May 29th - What causes skin cancer?

Goals from today's class.

• Understand UV Rays - pros/cons 
• What is the cause of skin cancer? (See image below)
• Classify the different types of skin cancer.

Notes from today's class - Causes of Skin Cancer - Click here to access.

Here is a link to tonight's WebQuest on Skin Cancer Types.  Click here to access.

May 28th - Introduction to the Integumentary System...in simple terms your skin!

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.

We are fortunate to have Mrs. Erin VanWagenen a local doctor to help us out with some of the content.

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.  

Skeletal System - Composition of Bones and Review

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

Today 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.

Here is the link to KidsHealth -Your bones

Tuesday May 21st - Where are joints located in our bodies?

Today in class we covered the joints in your bodies.

Immovable:

Moveable:

• hinge
• ball and socket
• pivot
• gliding

Here are some demonstrations and models that students brought in today.

Then we completed a science webquest online - Virtual Body.
Link to Skeletal Webquest

May 20th - Introduction to Skeletal System

Skeletal Systems Structure and Function:
Structure:
bones, ligaments, cartilage, joints

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

Study Guide for Thursday's Assessment

Here is the Review Powerpoint for the Circulatory and Respiratory Assessment.

Circulatory & Respiratory Study Guide

Both Systems:

Major structures & functions

• Circ. - Heart, blood vessels, blood
• Resp. - Lungs, diaphragm, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli

How the systems work together to collect & distribute oxygen & eliminate wastes (CO2) - Essay question

Circulatory System:

Functions of the chambers of the heart:  

• Atria - Collection, Ventricles - Pumping chambers

Blood flow throughout the heart & body

• PHSchool.com, code CEP-4031

Cardiovascular health - Diseases & preventions

• Heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure & atherosclerosis
• Healthy diet, avoid smoking, fatty/salty foods

Respiratory System:

Gas exchange process - What happens in & around around the alveoli in the lungs - Essay (see above)

Mechanics of breathing - Role of diaphragm in breathing

• PHSchool.com, code CEP-4041

Gasses in the air - Oxygen = 21%

Air passages & how they help in maintaining respiratory health

• Moisten, heat & filter the air we breathe

Tuesday May 14th - Reviewing Science with Sidewalk Chalk in the Sun!

Pictures of students reviewing the circulatory and respiratory systems using sidewalk chalk.

Also gaining quality Vitamin D on a beautiful day!

MONDAY'S WORK May 13TH - Gas Exchange

Click here and Read the following article- Respiratory System Discovery Kids and then answer the questions on the provided worksheet in class (here is a copy as well).

Connecting the circulatory and respiratory systems together!

The Gas Exchange - Interactive sites

Link- About Kids Health- Gas Exchange

Link - Wisc Online Gas Exchange

Once you have watched and completed the following interactive sites.  Summarize what you have learned using the provided Gas Exchange prompt.
(This is homework if you do not finish)

Here is the scoring guide - Click to Access

Wednesday May 8th

Heart Rate and Blood Flow Link 

Go to PHSchool.com Here 

Type in the Web code - cep- 4031

Reminder that your Disease of the Week Project is due on Friday.  Remember that you need a citations page.

Link to rubric for Disease of the Week project.

Amazing Respiratory Link and Tuesday's Respiratory Lab

Click here for an amazing respiratory link.

Today's Lab - Respiratory System
Access by clicking here

Monday 6th - Introduction to Respiratory System

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

May 1st - Pig Heart Dissection

A great day to dissect pig hearts!  Thank you parent volunteers for giving us your time and expertise!

The kids amazed me with their focus and knowledge!  Great job.

Here is a video of a student tracing the blood flow in the heart.

Here are some pictures from today's lab.