Human Body Project: Student Free Space!

FUN review games

Hi !

Let's work together in class to review using the following games. You're going to POST in the comments the site(s) you found that provides information to help answer the clue.

Have fun !! Download digestion.ppt

The New Food Pyramid

There is a new food pyramid in town !!! Visit the MyPyramid.gov site (there is an active hyperlink in comments).

First: Tour My Pyramid (interactive video)

Next: Complete My Pyramid plan for yourself, your parents, and your siblings

Compare the differences in what you find and be ready to share what you learned.

What might you suggest your family do keep healthy and fit (diet, exercise?)

Post your family's action plan as a comment.

Once you've commented on the blog, you and a partner can begin playing this interactive review game:

Download digestion.ppt

Interactive Quizzes

Try these activities !! They'll be helpful in helping you synthesize what you've learned about digestion, and will help you with your upcoming quiz.

Click on the URL's that are linked in the first comment.

Have fun!
Ms. Castek

Teacher Recommended Digestive System Sites

Mrs. Lyver and I have some sites to share that may help. They're in the comments : )

Keep up the great work.

Share Digestive Resources

Please share great digestion resources here. Others will appreciate you giving a comment or two on the best sites.

Have fun !!

Digestive System

Check out the site called "Sink Your Teeth into the Human Digestive System". Click on comments to get to the site's URL and explore away. Once you've explored the site, post your own comment.

Options for your comment:

Share interesting facts you learned.
Share what you want to learn about the digestive system.
Share the site's best features.
Share a question you have about digestion.
Respond to someone else's comment, answering a question they had.

Have fun exchanging information and learning from one another's ideas.

Cardiovascular Essay

Hi !

Please complete the following essay. When we return, we'll share these with our project partner classes and ask them respond with additional facts they've found. Work hard and do your best.

Download cardiovascular_assessment.doc

Cardiovascular Word Sort

Hi !

You will work with a partner on this activity to explore cause and effect relationships. You will be learning new concepts, sorting words, and explaining the relationships between the concepts you grouped together. Topics include:

1. Exercise, heart rate & breathing.
2. The effects of pollution on the circulatory and respiratory systems.
3. The effects of asthma on the circulatory and respiratory sytems.

Attached is an overview of the assignment, activities, and sites to explore.

Have fun !

Download CardiovascularWordSort.doc

Cardiovascular Mapping

Hi !

Attached is an activity sheet that will invite you to explore the Cardiovascular System. There are several animated videos that not only tell about transport processes, they show you each step along the way. We're viewing and reading these sites in today's class in order to create flowchart that will show the steps in the process of transport throughout the body.

Download the sheet to access the URL's by clicking on them instead of typing them in. You will receive a hard-copy of the activity sheet as well.

Have fun !

Download CardiovascularMapping.doc

E-mailing Project Partners

Hi !

Our project partners are very impressed with your work (circulatory system brochures and Famous Scientist Posters, and Wikipedia entries). They'd like your help in planning and delivering Internet lessons for their students.

Here's the task: Compose an email to one of the project partner classes

1. introduce yourself and explain why these classes should consider you to be knowledgeable.
2. examine two cardiovascular sites (see the comments link for the URL's) or locate your own
3. tell one good think and one bad thing about each site
4. can you determine who created the site, are they a reliable resource?
5. tell which site is best and why

Address your email to one of the following project partner classes

1. Comsewogue High School Biology Class Grade 9, Pt. Jeff. Sta. New York
2. Alamo Heights Junior High School Class, Grade 7, San Antonio, Texas
3. Maple Grove Public School Grade 5 Class, Oakville, Ontario Canada
4. Brackett Elementary Grade 5 Class, Arlington Massachusetts
5. Lincoln-Edison Elementary, Grade 5 Las Vegas, Nevada
6. Caltex American School Duri, Grade 8, Sumatra, Indonesia

Post your email as a comment on this blog AND send to: lauriehenry@epals.com She's volunteered to spell-check and forward on all the emails she receives on our behalf.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge !