poetry and science continues...

Today's challenge is to write a stanza or find a stanza about science that includes at least one of the following, alliteration,metaphor, simile,imagery,personification,or an idiom. Please include which of the terms your stanza is showing.  Good Luck. 

Best Comments get to pick from the all new Box of terrible Prizes. 

ode to science

We have talked about rocks, population, cells, and systems so far this year. April is poetry month please write or find a poem that has to do with science? 

Two Ways

What are the two ways that cells can reproduce? 

Cell Cycle

What is a cell cycle and which  types of cells have short cycles and which types have long cycles. 

Please cite your source. 

What do they have in common?

What do you, an octopus and an oak tree have in common? 

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What you learned...

We start our study of the nervous system asking what you know and what you wanted to learn.  I would now like to know what you have learned. Please in your own words using complete sentences share what you have learned about the nervous system.  

Teen Brain

Do you think the teen brain is different than an adult brain? Please either compare or contrast an adolescent brain with a fully developed adult brain.  

The Sections

Please describe  the two major sections of the nervous system.

Neurons

What are the three types of neurons and what are their functions?

Nerve Cells?

What is a neuron and what are some of the parts and functions of a neuron?

Responses to Stimuli

What are internal and external stimuli that create a response in the human body? Write one specific example of an external stimulus event. 

KW and not yet L Nervous System

What do you know about the nervous system? What would you like to learn? 

Organs Major and Accessory

The digestive system has major organs and accessory organs. The reading mentions seven of each type. Please name one major or accessory organ and its function. 

What good is it?

Why are bacteria so important to the human digestive system? What do they do? 

Please cite your source? 

DIgestion like rock?

How is digestion like the weathering of rock?  Please give examples of both types. 

If you use a website please cite your source.

Digestion

What are the four stages of human digestion?

Please cite your source. 

Who discovered it ?

Research and find a scientist or doctor that made a contribution to our understanding of the circulatory system. Be sure to include the persons name and their contribution  Please cite your source.

What are the follow disorders?

Please define the following and cite your sources. 

Hypertension

Leukemia

Anemia 

Mixing Blood

Why would it be bad if you received the wrong type of blood?  

Try this link 

Blood Typing Game Link

What type of blood?

What are the four types of blood? 

What are the two types of Rh factors in blood?   

What is lymph ?

What are the  main functions of the lymphatic system?