Informational Essay Topics and Choice.

Informational Essay Google Document Descriptor and Rubric


Task: You will be researching and writing an informational editorial article on an ecological or biological topic. You should choose a current event that is of high interest to you in order to share your knowledge and enthusiasm with your audience.


Helpful links to some topics:
Biotechnology
Climate Change
Genetically Modified -Cotton
Casco Bay Warming
Records in Lobster Catch
Decline in Puffin Population
Bee Populations - Decline
Decline in Bat Populations
Further on Bats Population Decline - Hope


Further Links to Current Events:
Student News and Science
Science Daily
Dogo News
Discovery News
CNN News
Science News
BBC Science
National Geographic Science
Medical News Today
US News - Sports Medicine

Muscular and Skeletal Study Links.

Here are the study packets and links to help review for the test next Friday!

Topics to Study for the Assessment:
1. What are the structure and functions of the skeletal system?
2. What are the structure and functions of the muscular system?
3. What are the types of muscles and give and example and location of each?
4. What are the types of joints and give and example and location of each?
5. How do the muscular and skeletal system work together to allow your body to move?
6. What are diseases, disorders and injuries found in the skeletal and muscular systems?
7. Describe the difference and give an example of voluntary and involuntary muscles.
8. What is bone composed of?  Be specific of the different components, what they are made of and what their function is.

Click here to link to the study packet for the assessment.

Bill Nye Bones and Muscles Full Video

Here is a link to the study guide key, including the skeletal system page we worked on in class today.

Study Guide Key

Here is a Quizlet.

Muscular System

Biodigital Human Link- Chrome App Store


Helpful Link to Muscle Pairs - Contracting and Relaxing.
Click here to access

Link to Muscle Reading

Click here to access

Link to Muscle Question Document

Click here to access

HELPFUL VIDEOS

KidsHealth Video - Muscular System

Body Basics - Muscles and Joints Interactive 
(scroll down to "Muscles and Joints")

Bone and Joint Diseases, Issues and Diagnosis

The Skeletal System - Diseases, Injuries, and Bone Health

Reading on Skeletal Injuries - Click here

Bone Injuries Worksheet -Make Copy of the following document and fill it in.

Completed - Note Sheet- Answer Key of Bone Injuries, Diseases, Treatments -Click here to access

Topic #1 - Taking Care of Bone/ Osteoporosis 

p. 18 and 19 in Reading Above

Link to Osteoporosis

Questions to answer: What is it? (cause, effect, treatment)

Topic #2 - Fractures, Dislocations, and Sprains

p. 20 and 21 in Reading Above

Link to Site - Health 24

Questions to answer: Kinds, effect on body and when do they happen?

Topic #3 - Identifying Injuries- X-ray

p. 21 in Reading Above

Link to Site- X-rays

Questions to answer: Be sure to answer the advantages and disadvantages, cost, and when is it used?

Topic #4 - Identifying Injuries- MRI

p. 22 in Reading Above

Link to Site- MRI

Questions to answer: Be sure to answer the advantages and disadvantages, cost, and when is it used?

Topic #5 - Joint Replacement Surgery

p. 23 in Reading Above

Link to Joint Replacement

Questions to answer: What is it? Candidates for and advantages/disadvantages.

Topic #6 - Arthroscopic Surgery

p.23 in Reading Above

Link to Arthroscopy

Questions to answer: What is it? Candidates for and advantages/disadvantages.

Composition of Bone and Other Bone related Links

Biodigital 3D Link- Click here to access
Cross section of a bone.

Here are some links to some review items on the skeletal system:
Reading on Bones and joints- Sciencesaurus
Worksheet Labeling the Bones found in your body

Link to the Medtropolis - Skeletal System Online Webquest
Click here to access - Good Review

We are going to cover the major structures and functions of you bones:

• Periosteum
• compact (hard) bone
• cancellous (spongy) bone
• bone marrow (red and yellow)

Here is a link to a great video on the composition of bone by National Geographic.

Link to Worksheet on Your Bones - Bone Composition.

Download in Pages to type into

Here is the link to KidsHealth -Your bones

Bone composition - Click to link

Bone Remodeling - Click to link

QFocus Links:

QFocus Links:

QFocus: The muscular and skeletal systems work together to provide locomotion in your body.  

Taz Devils QFocus

Tweetie Birds QFocus

Ducks QFocus

Roadrunners QFocus

Identifying Skeletal System Structure and Function

Click here to access, choose "Make a Copy", and replace "Copy of" with your name.

Additional sites to explore:

Interactive Sites:

PHSchool.com

Webcode- CEP - 4012

Joints - Interactive

Learn the Bones - ABCya

BBC - Joints Interactive

Inner Body - Joints and Skeleton of leg and foot

Wisc online- Skeleton

Movie on the Skeletal System

A neat video on drawing a ankle joint.  

ALTERNATIVE ACTIVITY

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS

Circulatory and Respiratory Review

A few resources:

Review Packet

Review Packet Key

Circulatory & Respiratory Constructed Response Sheet key

Circulatory Quizlet

Respiratory Quizlet

Study Guide

Standards Assessed:

In multicellular organisms, the body is a system of multiple interacting subsystems. These subsystems are groups of cells that work together to form tissues and organs that are specialized for particular body functions. (MS-LS1-3)

Topics Covered:
1. Structures and functions of the Circulatory System - Cover sheet and readings

2. Structures and functions of the Respiratory System - Cover sheet and readings

3. How do the circulatory and respiratory system work together to perform the gas exchange? - Work sheets, constructed responses, interactive links.

4. How do we breathe? - class simulation, worksheets, interactive links

5. How does the blood flow in the heart? - performance assessment, video on blog, worksheet

6. How do molecules of oxygen flow in the respiratory system from the outside air to the alveoli? - reading, questions.