Monday, March 30, 2015

Cardiovascular system

Heart structure (chambers)
Ventricles
Atria
Pulmonary circulation
Systemic circulation
Capillaries
Veins
Arteries
How heart and lungs work together and their purpose in your body

On Thursday, come prepared to work on activity with these terms and finish taxonomy activity.  (Creature portfolio may be submitted next quarter.)



Monday, March 23, 2015

Digestive system Quizlet on Wednesday

Difference between vitamins and minerals
Digestion
Absorption
Gastrointestinal tract
Peristalsis
Esophagus
Bile
Pancreas
Colon
Instestine

Be able to label the parts of the digestive system

Monday, March 16, 2015

Concepts and Vocab For March 16-20

Last week's concepts
Meiosis
Mitosis
Binary Fission
Taxonomy
 Classification from biggest groups to most specific group
Dear          Domain
King          Kingdom
Phillip        Phylum
Came         Class
Over           Order
From          Family
Great          Genus
Spain         Species

How many domains are there?
How many kingdoms?
Can you name them?

Binomial nomenclature  (two names!)

New Concepts
 Human body organization
Cells
Tissues
Organs
Systems
 
We'll have a quiz (open note) over this content on Friday.

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Cell Drawing Assignment Expectations

DUE MARCH 10 
Fine point Sharpie when you're done is a nice way to finish.
Colorful
Neat
Labels must be spelled correctly and legible
White cardstock/copy paper
NO TRACING
General animal cell
LIST:
cell membrane, nucleus, nuclear membrane, nucleolus, Golgi body, smooth ER, rough ER with ribosomes, lysosomes, vacuoles, cytoplasm, mitochondria, centrioles

Monday, March 2, 2015

Vocabulary Cell Structure


Vocabulary: Prokaryote   Eukaryote   Organelle   Nucleus  Cytoplasm   Cell membrane  Cell wall  Ribosome  Vacuole  Mitochondria  Chloroplast  Golgi apparatus     Endoplasmic reticulum (smooth and rough) Centrioles Nucleolus Lysosome

We also covered cell metabolism (respiration) and explored the cycle of photosynthesis and respiration.

Cell diffusion (passive transport through cell membranes) and Osmosis were also explored.