GMO's

What do you think about GMO 
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This Guy ?

Who was he and why is he famous ? 

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We have studied and learned about how genetic information is passed down from parent to offspring. We now understand that when DNA is replicated errors can occur causing mutations. Mutations can be harmful, beneficial, or make no difference for an organism. Can humans affect the mutation or change in genes? If so how is this possible?  

Upcoming Standards

Coming soon we will be learning about Evolution what are your thoughts on this topic?  

Good or Bad

Are mutations good or bad or some where in the middle? 

Watch the video and give some examples. 

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More Mutations

What are some common mutations in humans?
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Brain pop mutations

Mutations

Why do genes mutate and what can be some of the possible out comes?  Watch the video below to find out. 

It is possible?

Is it possible to have two dominate alleles? 

Which process

Which process would more likely lead to heterozygous alleles mitosis or meiosis? Please explain why? 

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Geno and Pheno type

How can environment help determine how a genotype expresses a phenotype? 

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Is it possible?

Is it possible for the offspring of two heterozygous gene brown eyed parents to have blue eyes? Please use evidence to support your claim. 

Genes

What are genes and what do they do? 

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puppies and potatoes

Are genes of a potato passed on the same way or different than genes of a puppy? Please explain using correct vocabulary. 

Next Standard

Our next standard is about the topic of genetics and heredity. What are your questions about genetics and heredity? 

Memory / Reaction Labs

This week we have been working on labs dealing with memory and reaction time.  Please share any observations or comments you have about this work. Did you find anything surprising while doing the activities? Which activity did you find the most interesting? 

storing memory for behavior

Give an example of a sense helping to store a memory. 

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Reaction Time

What are some things that can improve or worsen your reaction time? 

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illusions

How does the brain process optical illusions? Write what you think then do some research to learn more. 

Memory

What are you grateful for this Thanksgivings? 

Storing Memory

Give an example of how storing and retrieving a memory could help and organism survive? 

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The Brain Fully Developed

What does it mean when a brain is  myelinated? 

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Memory

Where in the brain is memory stored? What are the three types of memory? 

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Research Article on Memory and The Brain click here

The Brain

Please watch the video below about the brain. Then create a question that can be answered by watching the video. Make sure your question is related to the content about the brain and nervous system. You may post more than one question.  

Types of Neurons

What are the three types of neurons? Using an example describe how the three types of neurons would work in the human body. 

Stimulus

Part 1 
Give an example of an external stimulus that would affect the nervous system, and how you would know that stimulus was causing a reaction. 


Part 2 
You become thirsty and want a drink of water, what type of stimulus would this be? 

Parts of the Cell

Name three parts of a neuron

back to the cell

What is a nerve cell called ?

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Nervous System

List a few facts you can find about the nervous system. 

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Nervous System

The next system that we will study is the nervous system. What do you already know about this system? What would you like to learn about this system?  

Welcome Back

When last we met we were talking about how systems work together. Can you write about how two or more systems work together in the human body.

systems working together

If you were to eat some birthday cake what other systems would work with your digestive system?

birthday Song

How energy is captured and released.

You may know that photosynthesis is how plants capture the suns energy for food. What is the process used by animals to release the energy captured by plants? 

Two Types

What are the two types of digestion and what other system uses similar terms?

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Food for thought

When you eat food what does the body use it for in the cells? How does the food get to your cells? 

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Food to Energy

Which human body system breaks down food and provides nutrients to the cells? 

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Working Together

How does the skeletal, circulatory, and respiratory system work together, in a body system.  

Skeletal System

The Skeletal System has five major functions. List all five major functions in your blog response. Are there any functions that you did not know about before?                              

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muscles

Compare and contrast the three types of muscle. 

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exchange of gases

Explain how oxygen, carbon dioxide, and other waste gases are exchanged in and out of the body tissue. 

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Breathe

What is the main function of the respiratory system? 

Heart Cells

What type of cells make up the heart ?

What is a pulse ? 

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heart, blood circulation.

Please research and post an interesting, fact about the circulatory system. 
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Parts of the Respiratory System

What are some of the parts of the respiratory system? List at least two.  

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Two Systems working together.

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

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Cells and Tissue.

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

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Body Systems

What are two body systems that work closely together? 

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Google Expedition

Please post two organelles of a eukaryotic cell and their function. Also how do these organelles keep the cell as a whole alive? 

Body Systems

Our Next Standard is MS-LS1-3.  This is about body systems. There are many types of body systems. Which systems do you know the most about? Which system do you want to learn more about?

Cell Structure Vocabulary

Please post a vocabulary word related to cells  with definition.

Important Cell Parts

What parts of the eukaryotic cell do you think are the most important? 

Pandas...

Pandas like to eat bamboo trees including stems, shoots and leaves. What do the cells of the panda have in common with the cells of the bamboo tree.  How are these cells different. Please answer in complete sentences. 

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Complete the plant and animal cell at the link above. 

Screen shot your work and put it in your class notes. 

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Organelle Function

How do some parts of the Eukaryotic Cell help with the life functions of the rest of the cell ?

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Khan Academy Cell Challenge

Please click on the link below to complete the challenge. When you are done write a reflection on how the challenge went for you. Were you able to complete the challenge or not? 

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Inside the cell

Name an organelle inside a cell and the function of that organelle. 

This video may help you answer the question. 

Outside looking into a cell

What is the outside layer of a cell called? What does this outside layer do? How is the outside layer of a plant different than an animal cell? 

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Study Jam Plant Cells

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Different Cells

What is the difference between a prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells? 

Types of cells

What are some of the types of cells?  How can we categorized cells?  Watch the video and leave your comment. 

Planning an investigation

If you wanted to see if something was made of cells and alive, what would you need to set up an investigation? Include all steps and materials required. 

Video about cells and living things 

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Cell Theory

What are the three parts to cell theory? Name one scientist and their contribution to cell theory. 

Cells is it alive?

How do we know if something is alive and made of cells? Please give an example of something living and made cells. Also give an example of something that is not made of cells and non-living. 

Calculating Kinetic Energy

What factors are needed to calculate the kinetic energy of an object? 

Law of Energy

The Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy is never created or destroyed. Energy is only changed from one state to another. How does this relate to the law of conservation of mass.

Potenial and Kinetic

At what point during a roller coaster ride would the car have the most potential energy?  When would the riders be experiencing kinetic energy? 

Energy

What is Energy?  What is the difference between potential and kinetic energy? 

End of Year Project

The end of the school year project requires you to  research and present to the class a topic on science. What is your topic for your capstone 
project.*

Have you not thought of a topic yet, perhaps look over some of the hundreds of blog topics here to pick one. 

* This project is in no way a capstone project use of the term capstone does not accurately reflect the nature of this project.  

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A survey

Please click on link follow the directions and complete the survey.


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Project Check in

How does your project show Newton's Third Law of motion? Every action has an equal an opposite reaction. 

Project Check in

How does your project demonstrate Newton's first law?

Check in Collision Project

Please answer the following four sentences to check in on your progress for the Newton's Law Investigation. 

1. What is your hypothesis for your Newton's Laws project? 
2. Do you predict that your collision will be elastic or inelastic?
3. What do you estimate the mass of each of your objects to be? 
4. Which units will you use to show the speed of your object? 

What objects are you using

This week you are creating an investigation about Newton's Laws by creating a collision between two objects. 

1. What are the two objects that you decided to collide ? 
2. Which object will be still which will be moving?
3. How far apart will your objects be? 
4. How will you make a record of your collision? 

What type of a collision is it?

What is the difference between elastic and inelastic collisions? Please give an example of each. 

Bungee Jump

     Aedin is planning on building a bungee jump tower in his backyard. He wants a ride that last for five seconds. The town says he may not build a tower more than 50 meters tall. Avery says the tower would need to more than 50 meters tall to get a five second ride. Macey disagrees saying the rate of fall is just 9.8 meters per second squared due to gravity.  Therefore the tower would only need to be 49 meters tall. Who is correct Avery or Macey? Would Aedin be allowed to build his five second bungee jump? 

Football and Newtons Laws

Ryley was watching football and said to Gage "This game has a lot of examples of Newton's laws of motion. What parts of a foot ball game or other game might show newton's laws of motion. 

 

Astronaut

Olivia wants to be an astronaut she was telling Contessa she really likes the powerful take off when the rocket lifts off from Earth. Olivia also said that you need rockets to land on the moon.  Why would you need rockets to land on the moon? 

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Lifting Weight

Gabe was bragging to Mitchell that he could lift 200N of weight. Mitchell was impressed with how much Gabe could lift. Timmy said it was not that much weight because of the units that Gabe was using. Do you agree with Timmy and why? 

Half Past Motion and Forces

We are about at the half way point of our study of motion and forces. Please post any thing that you might have learned that is new to you. If you have any questions or suggestion for our second part please post those as well. 

outer space

Fred said to Sam that it would be really easy to move things in outer space because there is no gravity. Maddy and Joe overheard them talking and decided that Fred was wrong, because it would take force to move something in outer space. Who do you think is right and why? 

Falling objects

Brian says to Carter that the heavier an object the faster it falls. Carter tells Brian he is wrong. Carter says the longer an object falls the faster it falls. Kadie says there are more factors involved when an object falls. Who do you think is right and why?  

Playing Pass

Matt and Liam were playing pass in the hallway.  Matt said it was a good example of momentum. Liam said it was a good example of speed. Grace said it was a good example of both because speed is related to momentum. Who do you think was correct and why? 

Why does it stop?

You roll a model car down the hallway. The car comes to a stop without hitting anything. Cameron  says the car stops because there was no force pushing on it. Emma says it stopped because of unseen forces. Who do you agree with and explain why. 

Velocity

A car is traveling 148.06 kph on Interstate Route 10 east from Santa Monica California to Jacksonville Florida. What is the car's velocity? 

Distance and Displacement

Two people leave from the same starting point and end at the same end point. One traveled twice as far as the other. Explain how this is possible using the terms of distance and displacement. 

Starting with the basics

Who was Isaac Newton? Why was he famous? If you need to google please cite your source. 

The Theory of Everything.

What does it mean when physicist are looking for a "theory of everything" ?  

Pause

Take today to do some 

Work. 

physics begins

We have come to the point in the year when we launch into our study of physics.  Let us start with a basic yet fascinating concept, gravity. What do you know about gravity? Not what the web knows but just what have you learned about gravity over the years. 

Pros and Risks

There are two sides to the issue  genetic engineering. What would be evidence to support each side. Please give one positive aspect of genetic engineering and one negative aspect of genetic engineering. 

Technology and G.E.

What are the technologies used by humans to influence desired traits in organisms? 

Why genetic engineering

What are some of the reasons humans would want to influence the traits of organisms? 

Genes Puppies and Potatoes

Are the genes of a puppy passed on the same way or different than  the genes of a potato? 

Our Next Standard

Tomorrow we start our study of genetics, heredity, and DNA. What are your questions about this topic? What would you like to learn about?  

Wrap up of Nervous System

Today we complete our study of the nervous system. 

Please take the post-test linked below 

Nervous System Post test

Start work on the Nervous System Final Assessment on Google Classroom  

Here is  word bank that may help with both

How does it work

How does the nervous system work? If you had to explain this system to another student what would you say?  What do you think the most important parts are to know about?