Sunday, April 13, 2008

Weekly Schedule April 14th – April 18th

This is our schedule for the week ending April 18th, 2008. If you have any questions, please contact me at extension 38.

1st Year Science (Period 2 & 3)

Monday: Work Due: None
Inside Story with Slim Goodbody - The Team That Hustles - The Story of Your Bones and Muscles
We will explore how bones and muscles give us shape, motion, and protection. Slim identifies the composition of bones and different types of bone. He examines the role of voluntary, involuntary, and cardiac muscles and shows how muscle cells work together. We will have a worksheet about the human skeleton. Worksheet is due Tuesday. There will be a quiz.

Tuesday: Work Due: Skeleton
Inside Story with Slim Goodbody - The Smart Parts - The Story of Your Brain and Nervous System
Introduces the brain, spinal cord, and nerves, and shows how they make up the nervous system. Slim illustrates the major brain regions and their functions, and demonstrates how different parts of the brain control different bodily activities. We will have a worksheet about the human brain. Worksheet is due Wednesday. There will be a quiz.

Wednesday: Work Due: Brain
Inside Story with Slim Goodbody - Lubba Dubba - The Inside Story of Your Heart and Blood
Shows students the location of their hearts, how they work, and what they sound like. Slim explains the circulatory system and the function of blood and demonstrates the action of the heart through animation. We will have a worksheet about the human heart. Worksheet is due Thursday. There will be a quiz.

Thursday: Work Due: Heart
Inside Story with Slim Goodbody - The Breath of Life - The Inside Story of Respiration
Illustrates how the respiratory system brings oxygen into the body and gets rid of waste, carbon dioxide, and water vapor. Using giant models, Slim traces the path oxygen takes from the air to the alveoli, capillaries, and body cells, and the path carbon dioxide takes back. We will have a worksheet about the human lungs. Worksheet is due Monday. There will be a quiz.

Friday: Fire Safety with LHC Fire Department.


2nd Year Science (Period 1 & 4)

Monday: Work Due: None
Understanding Cells - Lesson One - Life and Cells
Lesson One, LIFE AND CELLS, explains the unique characteristics common to all living things and defines cells, the “basic units of life.” In this section, students learn how cells join together to create tissues, organs, organ systems, and whole organisms. The organ systems of the human body are also presented in this lesson. There will be a worksheet that is due Tuesday.

Tuesday: Work Due: Life and Cells
Understanding Cells - Lesson Two - How Cells Work
Lesson Two, HOW CELLS WORK, examines the internal organization of cells and explains the function of each subcellular organelle. In addition, students discover how cells store and use genetic information. There will be a worksheet that is due Wednesday.

Wednesday: Work Due: How Cells Work
Understanding Cells - Lesson Three - How Cells Reproduce
Lesson Three, HOW CELLS REPRODUCE, shows how DNA is replicated and outlines the stages of Mitosis and Meiosis. There will be a worksheet that is due Thursday.

Thursday: Work Due: How Cells Reproduce
Understanding Cells
We will be taking a written test on cells.

Friday: Fire Safety with LHC Fire Department.

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