Reflection post

I think that the whole blogging concept is very helpful for learning and getting used to using technology. Some things I did not really like were that, we had to comment on a blog post every week. Another thing I did not like was that, we had to include how we use what we learned in class in every day life. I really liked that we were allowed to comment on all three middle school blogs. It was a great time to see how and what other people are learning. I really enjoyed this project and hope its going to be even better next year.

Tuesdays science class

Hello 7th grade,

Tuesdays class started off with checking if everyone did their homework. A reminder to everyone, you should keep doing your homework and not stop because it is the end of the year. Ms D also told us that we are going to dissect on Thursday and that we can decide with whom we want to work together. We then got our cell labs back. After that, we started going over the muscular system and the chapter 3 notes. After that completed the heart and the circulatory system diagrams.

Here are just some of the questions and answers that we reviewed during class.

Section 3: the Muscular System

How many muscles approximately are in the human body?

The human body has approximately 600 muscles.

What are three types of muscle tissue?

· Skeletal muscle (biceps/triceps)

· Smooth muscle (stomach/blood vessels)

· Cardiac muscle (heart)

What is a tendon?

A tendon is a strong connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone.

Section 5: The Skin

What are the five main functions of the skin?

· Protecting the body

· Maintaining temperature

· Eliminating wastes

· Gathering information

· Producing vitamin d

Uv

Gamma

X ray

IR

Visible

Radio

Microwave

Ms D also told us about this man who had a led filling in his teeth. He could hear special radio signals because of the led filling.

Chapter 3

Section 1: The Body’s Transportation System

What does the cardiovascular system include?

· Heart

· Blood vessels

· Blood

What are its main functions?

· Removing wastes (CO₂ out)

· Delivering needed materials (gets O₂ to cells)

· Fighting disease (NRG and nutrients C,N,O,H get to cells)

Arteries- caries red blood and nutrients to cells (from heart to body)

Veins- caries blue blood and waste from cells (from body to heart

Capillars- arteries plus veins meet= O2 nutrient exchange for waste. Most of them in lungs/ alveoli

What we learned in class relates to life because we now know more about what we have inside our body and how our body works. We can also take better care because we know what organs need.

Homework and reminders

Human system quest on June 1st ( there is going to be a study session on Monday may 31st during lunch.

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Reflection Post

This quarters blogging was different than the previous quarters. We had to make 4 comments in total and one blog post. We were supposed to comment on the Canadian, 8th grade and our blog. I really liked that we did not have to write major comments for all the blogs or put a link like last time. I also liked that the Canadian students commented on our blog posts. I did not like that blogger sometimes deletes the post or comments that i wrote. I think that blogging is a great opportunity to see how other blogs look like.

Thursday 11, Friday 12,2010

On Thursday our class started 15 minutes later. There was so much snow that the whole school started at 10. We did not have Ms. D on Thursday because she was in Kiev. Our substitute for Thursdays lesson was Mr.Tim.

For the simple machine project, all the groups had to either make a poster, prezi or a powerpoint with a visual presentation of the simple machines. The presentation is due Tuesday March 16th.

Here is the link to the simple machines direction sheet:

http://zagreb.ceesa.net/course/view.php?id=105

Groups:

Pulley - Gio & Julia
Wheel & Axle - Viktor & Alix
Lever - Erik, Reza & Vance
Inclined Plane - Laura & Antonia
Screw - Cip & Bryce
Wedge - Kat & Emilie; Fabi & Iva

On Friday our class continued working on our projects. Mr. Tim also mentioned that there is going to be a quiz on work, power and simple machines. The quiz is going to be on Thursday March 18, but the date might change. Most of the presentations were close to being done. A reminder don't forget blogging!!!

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Reflection Post

I really liked blogging. It was fun and helped us understand science and blogger better. People who were absent could look at the blog to see what we did in class. I think that the best thing about blogging is that we can be creative with our blog post. Another thing that I enjoyed was looking at the visitors map One thing that I did not like about blogging was putting the links into our major comments. I think it was good that we choose blogger because word press is a little complicated. All in all I really enjoyed blogging.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Hi 7th grade! On last Tuesday January, 19, 2010, Ms D. started class with talking about due dates.

Tuesday January 26^th- Factors That Effect Friction Lab rough copy.

Thursday January 28^th- Factors That Effect Friction Lab.

Thursday January 21^st – all blogging has to be finished by 4pm,except for Fabis scribe entry.

After we turned in our homework, which was the tennis ball graph and the paragraph, Ms. D talked to us about the reflection that we have to write. A reflection is a brief post that talks about their personal muddiest point of blogging. More information for the reflection is on the Blogging in Seventh Grade sheet.

We used the rest of the time for our investigating the Factors that Affect Friction testing. For this lab we used 3 wooden blocks, which always had to be the same number. When we did the sand paper testing it was important that the wooden block was only on the sand paper and not touching the smooth surface of the desk.

Groups for the lab:

Antonia, Alix, Fabi

Emilie, Gio, Noam

Viktor, Cip, Kat

Erik, Vance, Iva

Laura, Bryce, Reza

Our homework for tomorrow is to read pages 46-50

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