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Monday, May 19, 2014

Final Review Topics

Circulatory System:
- flow of blood
- major parts of heart and major vessels
- parts of blood and functions
- structure of a blood vessel
- blood typing

Respiratory system
- organs of respiration and functions
- gas exchange in alveoli
- function of cilia

Digestive System
- function of each organ
- secretions of each organ and their function
- enzymes and the substances they break down

Endocrine System
- functions of main organs
- functions of hormones covered in class and reading
- Sex/growth hormones

Reproductive system
- Testes, Ovaries and accessory structures
- Fertilization and the role of specific structures in both sex organs

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Circulatory System Day 7

Blood Typing

Objective: SWBAT create an comic strip to show the differences between the different types of blood.

Blood Facts

Donating Blood Information










Monday, March 3, 2014

Research Paper Resources

Link for rubric:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QjJNtAmtvPl58pA6cWEZ0eW_vjKKAhTAS-HcjAZsVvk/pub

Circulatory System Day 6

Objective: SWBAT create a one-page pamphlet/advertisement for how to avoid a heart attack.

Avoiding Heart Attacks
http://www.who.int/cardiovascular_diseases/resources/avoid_heart_attack_report.pdf

High Blood Cholesterol Reading:
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/chol/wyntk.pdf


Monday, February 24, 2014

Circulatory System Day 3

Objective: SWBAT label the different parts of the heart and the flow of blood through the heart.

http://nccd.cdc.gov/DHDSPAtlas/viewer.aspx

 

Circulatory System Day 4

Blood flow in the heart review