Week 8: 09/28-10/02
This week we are venturing up a level of organization from Cells to Tissues/Organs during our unit studying the human body! Students will be involved in lots of labs, activities, and we even begin our dissections for this unit! Parents, please keep track of what we have going on week to week to see if you might be interested in coming to class to help out with a lab or especially dissections!
Human Body: Skeletal, Muscular and Integumentary systems
Standards: S7L2c, S7L2d, S7L2e, S7CS10, S7CS5
IB Connections: Human Ingenuity; Health & Social Education; Approaches to Learning
Objectives:
- Identify the levels of organization in the body
- Define homeostasis
- Identify the functions of the skeletal system
- Explain the role that joints play in the body
- Describe the characteristics of bone and how to keep bones strong and healthy
- Identify the types of muscles in the body
- Explain why skeletal muscles work in pairs
- Describe the functions and structures of the skin
- Identify habits that can help keep skin healthy
Essential questions:
- What are the levels of organization in the body?
- What is homeostasis?
- How do the systems of the body relate to one another?
Higher Level Questioning:
- What role do joints play in the body?
- What would your body be like if you didn’t have a skeleton?
- Why do skeletal muscles work in pairs?
- How does skin regulate temperature?
Websites for the Skeleton/Muscular/Integumentary Unit:
Hip Resurfacing Joints of the body Human Bone Poem
Bones of the Body Song Coloring Skeleton Hip Replacement
Virtual Knee Replacement Labeling Bones of the body
Bones of the Skeleton Bone Games
Monday- SW take a test on Cell organelles, moving cellular materials, and cellular processes. Students who completed the extra credit homework assignment MUST staple their work to their test answer sheet to get credit! SW turn in Invaded by Chloroplasts story and picture. Students will also have an INB check on pages 35-46.
Homework for Monday- None
Tuesday- Students will begin the unit on Human body. They will complete a unit page on the human body: Title and 3 colored pictures. Students will also work on a Medical Jargon worksheet which will act as their vocabulary dissection for the unit.
Homework for Tuesday- SW finish their medical jargon worksheet and unit page with a title and 3 colored pictures if not completed in class. SW read pages 438-443 and complete questions 1-2 on 443.
Wednesday- Students will learn the bones of the skeleton and will take notes on the skeletal system using the skeleton note sheet and the skeletal muscular integ ppt. SW have a quiz on the bones of the skeleton on Monday.
Homework for Wednesday- Students will read pages444-451 and answer questions 1-3 on pages 451.
Thursday- Students will receive the dem bones template and Dem Bones directions for the “Dem Bones” project
Homework for Thursday- SW work on dem bones and study bones of the skeleton for Monday.
Friday- I will not be here for 1/2 of the day. Ms. Sumner, a retired Science teacher from Sutton, will be helping students with project today. SW work on Dem Bones in class.
Homework for Friday- Study bones of the skeleton for quiz on Monday and finish Dem Bones for Monday
