Digestive System

 Write two facts about the digestive system. Which video has better information? 

Video 1. 

Video 2 . 

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Respiratory System

 What gas do you take in to help your cells function? What gas do we release as a waste product? 

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Lungs

            Find one fact about the respiratory system. 

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Blood Types

 Name a blood Type? What happens if a person receives blood that is the wrong type? 

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Blood

 Find a fact on line or in the text book about blood. Then post it as your comment. 

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Blood and Circulation

 What are three things that you knew and were confirmed by the video?  

What are three things you did not know, but now know because you watched the video?

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Pulmonary Circulation

 Where does the blood flow for pulmonary circulation? 

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Path way of the blood.

 Describe the pathway that the blood moves through the circulatory system. 

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Working Together

 Name two human body systems that work closely together. 

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Body System Intro

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

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Pick Your Project

 If you could pick your very own science project what would you learn about? 

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Working Together

 

Please use today's blog to share an idea for either materials to make a cell model or analogy for the cell project. 

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Pandas and Cells.

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

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Specialized Cells

Give an example of a specialized cell. 

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Organelle

 Pick an organelle from a eukaryotic cell, then make an analogy. Example: The lysosomes are like...

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Charlotte  is the Best ! 

Make a Model

 If you were to make a model of a cell. What would you  use to make your model? 

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Cell Analogy

 Cell wall or cell membrane. Pick one and complete an analogy. A cell wall is like... A cell membrane is like...

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Cell Analogy

Cells are often explained with analogies. Come up with your own analogy. Your comment should be one sentence such as "As cell is like the Batman" 

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Cell City

 How is a cell like a city? Give one example of a cell is like a city analogy.

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Khan Cell Challenge

 This is the day of the Khan Cell Challenge. After you complete the challenge please give your reaction in your comment. 

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A cell is like?

 This  video  explains how a cell is like an amusement park. Write down one of the analogies as your comment. 

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Pick an Organelle

 Pick an organelle and describe its function in a cell. 

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Organelles in Common

     What do chloroplast and mitochondria have in common in the cell? Which type of cell would have cholorplast and which type would have mitochondria? 

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energy

 What are two energy organelles in the cell? 

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Power House

 Which Organelle is known as the Power House of the Cell? 

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The Cell Director

 Which organelle directs all cell activity? 

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Organelles

 Name an organelle inside of a eukaryotic cell.

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On the Outside

 How does the outside layer of a plant cell differ from the outside layer of an animal cell? 

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Cells

 What do you want to learn about cells structure and how they work? 

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 We know that living things are made of cells. Do you know any parts of a cell? 

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Yeast Investigation

 Recently we did an investigation to find out if yeast was alive. In one test tube there was hot water, yeast, and sugar. In a second there was just yeast. A balloon was placed over the top of each test tube. One balloon filled with carbon dioxide one did not. 

What would be the control in this experiment? 

What would be the independent variable? 

What would be the dependent variable? 

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Is Yeast Alive

 Is the yeast that we use in bread alive? What characteristics of life could be seen using yeast? How could we investigate to see if yeast is alive? 

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What have you learned about Life

 What have you learned about life and science investigations? 

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Microscope Seven Item Challenge

 What seven items did you choose for your challenge?  Which did you find most interesting? 

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Your Experiment

 Write an idea for an experiment you could do at home or in the classroom. You should include, the subject of your experiment, control, dependent variable and independent variable. You may want to google some home experiments to get an idea. 

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Independent variable

 Two plants are growing on a windowsill. They are both at the same temperature and both get the same amount of sunlight and water. One plant is given fertilizer the other is not. What is the independent variable in this experiment?

 

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 What is a control in an experiment? Why is it important? 

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Intro to Microscope

 Name a type of microscope and two parts of a microscope. 

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Birds and Clouds

 A cloud and a bird have some traits in common. Write about what these have in common and why only one is a living thing. 

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What Defines Life?

 Jack says that someday A.I. may make it so robots could be defined as being alive. Damien disagrees saying that no matter the technology a robot could not meet the characteristics of life. Who do you think is right and why do you agree with that person?

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Biological Levels

What are the biological levels of life? 

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Investigating Life

What hypothesis did Stanley L. Miller and Harold Urey try to test? 

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Science Investigation

 What steps are needed to complete a science investigation? 

Check out this brain-pop and find out more. 

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Where does life come from?

 What is the difference between spontaneous generation and biogenesis? 

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Is it alive?

 Name a living thing, and give evidence that it is alive? 

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What Type of Cell is it?

 What are the two categories that cells can be divided into? 

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Could it be alive?

 What could fit some characteristics of life and not be alive? 

 

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Investigation

 If you wanted to see if something was made of cells and alive, what tools and materials would you need to set up your investigation. 

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Practice Quiz Cell Theory

Cell Theory

What are the three parts of cell theory? 

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Is it Alive?

 How do we know if something is alive?  

Please give one way we tell if something is living. 

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Human Body System.

 Watch the video and list four systems talked about in the video. Give a fact about two systems on your list of four.

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Consider the following.

 All knowledge is precious even if it does not have the slightest human use. 

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We have learned about the following four systems. 

1. Skeletal 

2. Muscular 

3. Digestive 

4. Circulatory System. 

Your mission select two system and write about how they work together. 

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Body Systems

 So far we have work on the circulatory, skeletal, muscular, and digestive system. Please post a fact about one of those systems and cite your source. 

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Skeletal and Muscular System

 Please comment with one fact about the skeletal or muscular system. 

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Body Systems

 Our next unit is about body systems. Please comment with an organ or organ system from the human body. 

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Parts of a microscope

 Please list three parts of microscope.

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model of cell

 Next week you will create a model of a cell.  What would you use to make your model? 

 

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A cell is like a school

 Today's analogy is a cell is like a school. Pick one part of a cell and compare it to part of a school. 

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A cell is like a factory

 Today's analogy compares the cell to a factory. List in your comments one way a cell is like a factory. 

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A cell is like a city

 Watch the video and post a comment about how in one way a cell is like a city. 

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Khan Cell Challenge

 Todaywe face the Khan Cell Challenge. Please post your  reactions before or after the challenge.  

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A cell is like

 Go ahead google the answer or make it up. Just make sure yours is different than everyone else. 

Complete the following sentence in your comment. 

A cell is like... 

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Animal Cell Puzzle

Memory Match Game 

Analogies

 To understand some concepts in science, we often use analogies. Your mission write an analogy as your comment. 

Here is a video to explain analogies and how to write them. 

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More Parts of Cells

 Please watch this video and post one fact from the video about cells. 

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A tour of the cell

 Pick an organelle and describe its function in the cell. 

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 What do both chloroplast and mitochondria have in common in the cell? Which types of cells would have mitochondria and which would have chloroplast? 

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Energy Organelles

 What are two energy processing organelles inside of cells? 

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Power house of the cell

 Which organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell? 

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Nucleus

 Which organelle in the cell directs all cell activity? 

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Organelles

 

Name an organelle that is found inside a eukaryotic cell. 

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Outside Layer

How is the outside layer of a plant cell different from the outside layer of an animal cell ? 

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AI

What defines life? Gavin said that someday AI may  make it so robots could be defined as being alive. Raistlin disagrees, saying that technology would not meet the characteristics of life. Who do you agree with in this discussion. Why do you agree with that person. 

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Taking Note

 Please write in your comment about something we have covered in our study of the characteristics of living things.

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Characteristics of Life

List seven levels of the organization of life. Start with the basic unit of life. 

Bonus Video

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More about cells

 We will watch the video together in class. Take the Brainpop quiz, screenshot your score as your blog comment. 

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Eukaryotic vs Prokaryotic Cells

 What are some of the differences between Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Cells? 

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Bear on bike

 A bear is riding a bicycle. Why is the bear living and the bicycle non-living?  Is there anything the bear and bike have in common? 

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What do they have in common?

 A panda eats bamboo shoots and leaves. What does the bamboo have in common with the panda? 

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Compare and Contrast

 How are eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell alike? How are these cells different? 

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Sorting Cells

 What are some of the types and categories that we divide cells into? 

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Where did it come from?

 What can science tell us about where life came from? 

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