April 12, 2012

Assignment/Activities Today

7th Grade

  • Chapter 16 – Circulation & Respiration
  • Review Pathway of Blood Through the Heart
  • Review Atria vs. Ventricles
  • Read and Discuss Pgs. 498-501
  • Discuss Major Blood Vessels
  • Pulmonary vs. Systemic Circulation
  • Finding Our Resting Heart Rates and Active Heart Rates
  • Finding Our Maximum Heart Rates
  • Cardiovascular Problems
  • Brainpop – Blood (watch the video, take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)
  • If Incomplete Brainpop – Circulatory System (watch the video, take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)
  • If Incomplete Brainpop – Heart (watch the video, take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)

8th Grade

  • Chapter 14 – Forces in Fluids
  • Lab – Density Diver (see lab for details)
  • Density = Mass/Volume
  • Discussion on How Our Lungs Work
  • Due to the Decrease in Chest Pressure from our Expanding Diaphragm Air is Pulled into Our Lungs

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #5: Structure & Function in Living Things
8th Grade – #8: Density & Buoyancy

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunity to retake any quiz from the third trimester