Happy Holidays

Well, today is the last day before break. We have learned about living things, cells, and organs and organ system. Be sure to check out the holiday raffle today.  In the mean time what science can you learn from this videos posted below? 

Three Systems

Explain how the cardiovascular, skeletal and respiratory system are dependent on each other? 

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What about the pancreas?

What does the Pancreas do ? Which organ systems the pancreas work with? 

What about the liver?

What does the liver do? Name the function of the liver. 

Five Systems Vocabulary

We have been focused on five systems of the human body. Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Muscular, Digestive and Skeletal. Please post a vocabulary word with definition from one of these systems. 

Respiratory System

What causes air to move in and out of the lungs. Name two of the systems in the body needed to make this work. 

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Food to Cells

What is the system that breaks down food and delivers it to the cells? Name two other systems that work with that system. 

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more muscles

Why would muscles cells have more mitochondria than other cells?  

Three Types

What are the three types of muscles? 

Human Body Facts

The human body has many systems. Post one interesting fact about a human body system.

Organs

Are bones organs? 

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organs in the human body

Name an organ in the human body, and the system to which it belongs. 

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Skeletal System

The skeletal system has five major functions. Which other system or systems does the skeletal system work with in the human body. 

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exchange of gases

How are oxygen, carbon dioxide exchanged in the lungs and other body tissue. 

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Heart and Lungs

How does the cardiovascular system and the respiratory system work together? 

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Types of Tissue

There are four types of tissue that make up the human body. Name a type tissue and the body part or organ that is made of that tissue. 

Working Together

Name two body systems that work together. 

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MS-LS1-3 Cells and Systems

Our next standard 

This standard is about how body systems are made of cells and how systems work together. 

There are many types of body systems. Which systems do you know the most about? Which systems do you want to learn more about? 

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How many?

Cells make up tissues, tissues make up organs. How many cells would be in an organ like a heart? 

Systems, our next standards

There are many types of systems in the universe. what system are you familiar with? Name a type of system? 

ATP

What does ATP mean when talking about cells? 

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What goes through?

A tour of the cell 

Name one of the analogies used in the video. 

Cell Game 

Cell Jokes

Do you know any good cell jokes or puns? Post them today.

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Model of a cell

If you were to make a model of a cell,  what would you use for materials to make the model?

Pandas and Bamboo

Pandas eat bamboo trees including stems, shoots, and leaves. What do the cells of the panda have in common with the cells of the bamboo? What makes the cells different? Please answer using complete sentences. 

Cell vocabulary

Here is a list of cell vocabulary. Define one word and write how many others you know. 

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White blood cells

If white blood cells destroy viruses, are there viruses that destroy white blood cells?  Do some research and see if you can answer this question. 

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Virus Attack

How does a virus enter a cell? 

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Cell Facts.

Please write one fact about the cell. Please use a complete sentence in your answer. 

Virus

 What is the relationship between virus and cells? 

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At the cellular level

How have cells from a fungus or bacteria affected humans in the past?  

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Cell Craft

Where are the organelles?

Which cells have organelles Eukaryotic or Prokaryotic? 

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A cell is like...

A cell is like a school. Write about about an organelle and how it is like part of a school. 

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Khan Challenge

Today we will attempt the legendary Khan Academy Cell Challenge. 
After you complete the challenge write a reflection about how it went as you blog post. 

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Khan Challenge

Release the energy!

Which organelle in a cell releases energy? 

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Making Sugar

What part of a plant cell converts energy from the sun into carbohydrates? 

The Gate Keeper

What part of the cell lets things in and out of the cell. 

The Director

What part of the cell directs all cell activities? 

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Organelles

Organelles perform life functions for cells. Name one organelle and its function. 

What defines life?

Andrew says that someday A.I. will make it so robots could be defined as being alive. Hayden disagrees saying no matter what the technology is, it could not meet the criteria for life. Who do you think is right and why do you agree with that person? 

MS-LS1-1

We have completed our learning for our first standard. Is there anything you have learned about living things or investigations that you didn't know before?  

Alive and made of cells.

Look at the images below. Which image shows  something that is alive? Which image show something that is not living? How could you prove you are correct about your answers? 

Bill Nye Way back when...

Watch the video. Write a question that can be answered by watching the video. Write a fact from the video. 

Parts of the cell

What part of the cell directs all cell activities and contains DNA ? 

What went well ?

What went well in the yeast lab? What changes would you suggested to make the lab better? 

Yeast Lab

Today we are doing a yeast lab. Why is following procedure important when doing a lab? 

Parts of a Lab Report

What are some of the important parts of a lab report. Look over the yeast lab on google classroom and then answer this question. 

You make the slide

What would you like to see under a microscope? What could you bring in to look at under a microscope?

Name a part

Name a part of a microscope at what it does. 

LAB Safety

What are some rules of lab safety? Watch the video and post some rules. 

Vocab for MS-LS1-1

Please post a word and definition that would be used with our current standard MS-LS1-1. 

Visible Cells

Why would you want to use a stain or dye to better see some cells under a microscope? 

What is the difference?

What is the difference between a prokaryotic cell and a eukaryotic cell? 

Procedure

Write a procedure for putting a slide on a microscope. Include all steps to see what is on the slide. 

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What are the steps.

What are the steps needed to plan an investigation or lab experiment in science? 

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What comes between?

What are the levels of organization of life between atom and population? 

Microscopes

What are the  types of microscopes we have in the classroom? What sort of things could you see with our classroom microscopes? 

Conduct Investigation

What would you use in an investigation to prove that living things did not come from spontaneous generation? 

Where does life come from?

What is the difference between spontaneous generation and biogenesis?  

Factors and Characteristics

Give an example of a biotic  and abiotic factor in the image below. Support your answer for the factors you picked using characteristics of life. 

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Example of Characteristic

Name a characteristic of life and then give an example of an organism showing that trait. 

Sorting Cells

What are some types or categories that we can divide cells into?  

Meeting the Criteria

Listed below are some criteria for life. Name something that could meet some of the criteria, but is not alive. 

Tools for Science

If you wanted to see if something was made of cells, what would you use to see the cells? 

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Cell Theory

What are the three parts of cell theory? Name one scientist who contributed to cell theory. 

Characteristics of Life

What are some of the characteristics of living things? 

Waves are like People

This documentary compares waves to people. What do you think? 

 

Classic Waves

Watch the video below and complete the hand out. 

More about waves

What causes a reflection? 

Pick your source from below to help you figure this out question. 

Study Jam


Science with Dave


Laws of Reflection


or the text book pages 19 to 25

Bouncing Back

What do we call a sound wave that bounces back? 

Useful Waves

What types of waves are useful waves. What types of waves do we as humans use? 

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Baseball Physics

You can find science everywhere. Today we will look to find science especially physics at a baseball game.  Check out the video below to know what to be on the look out for at the Seadogs game. 

Passing Through Waves

What type of waves do not need a medium?

Parts of the Wave

What are the highest and the lowest parts of a transverse wave called? 

Waves do what?

What do waves carry? 

Waves

What would you like to learn about in the topic of waves? 

Pre Lab

Can you answer these questions?  

1. What is energy ?

2. What is potential energy ?

3. What is kinetic energy ?

If you can then your ready for the lab.

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A NYE Review

This video will help us review what we have learn so far about KE and PE. 

Complete hand out while watching the video. 

Investigate

If you were to conduct an investigation to explain kinetic and potential energy what would you use? 

Video Review

Potential Energy

Which factors do you need to figure out an objects Potential Energy?  

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Kinetic Energy

What do you need to know to find the Kinetic Energy of an object? 

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Power to cut

How much power in watts is needed to cut a lawn in 50 min if the work involved takes 100000 joules? 

Pyramid Physics

How much work was done to lift a 1000kg block to the top of the Great Pyramid, 146m above the ground? 

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Roller Coaster Physics

What terms in physics could be used to describe the action of a roller coaster?

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THE LAW

What happens to energy when it is used up? 

Dropping the Ball

Zach and Davin get up on a roof to test the potential energy of a bowling ball. Dropping the ball off the roof at a height of 100 feet. The bowling ball weighs 3kg. What is the potential energy of the bowling ball? Is it possible for you to calculate the kinetic energy of the ball when it falls?

Shape of Energy

What is the type of potential energy that is due to the shape of an object? 

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