Monday 4/29

"Perfect World Instructions"

1.  Complete your conclusion on your Digestion and Nutrition Prezi.
2.  Paste the text of your conclusion into a microsoft Word document.
3.  Check the reading level of you conclusion.  Edit your conclusion by adding detail and more specific language until the readability is at least 10th grade, and you have at least 200 words.  I know that sounds high, but science vocabulary words make the readability automatically higher. 
4.  Copy your  new conclusion and paste it into your prezi, in a NEW text box.  I want to see both conclusions - the before and the after.
5.  Go to Wordle.net and create a wordle from your conclusion.  Paste your conclusion into the box, and generate an image you are happy with.  To get it into your prezi, you need to save it as a jpg first.  To do that, press the button on your keyboard "Prt Sc" and then open up PowerPoint.  On a new blank slide, press "Ctrl" and "v" at the same time to paste your screen shot on the Ppt slide.  Crop the image and enlarge it.  When it looks good, "Save As" and choose jpg as the file format.  Now you are ready to upload it into your prezi.

"Plan B Instructions"

1.  Write a conclusion for your unit on nutrition and digestion.  If you can't get on a computer, write it on paper.  Use a textbook if you need something to refer to and can't log in to your prezi.  Here is the prompt, as it was included in the template for your prezi:  "Please reflect on this project and your own learning.  Did you meet the learning goals?  Do you feel your work is Advanced, Proficient, or Partially Proficient?  Please explain.  How will you benefit from what you have learned about nutrients and digestion in your day-to-day life?  Do you have any new questions for further study?"

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions:

Q:  We are dissecting frogs??
A:  Only if you want to.  First come, first served.  The first 20 kids to bring me a blue note signed by a parent will be allowed to stay after school on May 11.  Kids can ride the 3:10 bus, or be picked up by a parent.

Q:  What is on the final?
A:  5 vocab words from each chapter we have studied this year.  Physical Science Chapter 3, Earth Science chapters 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and Life Science chapters 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 14, 17, 18.  I will pick the 5 words I would expect EVERY 7th grader to now own as part of their vocabulary.  For example, I would pick estivation, but not pharyngeal pouches.  You can go through your words and throw out anything really hard.

Q:  What can I use to study if I lost my vocab cards?
A:  Go to quizlet.com and search for a stack on the chapter you are missing.  For example, search "Glencoe Life Science Chapter 17."  I guarantee someone has already made some.

Q:  What if I wasn't here for part of 7th grade?
A:  You were in 7th grade somewhere, right?  (-;  This is an end-of-7th-grade assessment, and all 7th graders need to take it.

Nutrients and Digestion

Copy of Nutrients and Digestion Digital Notebook Template on Prezi

I made a template for this unit's digital notebook.  You will need to save a copy of this template prezi and change its name to make it YOUR digital notebook.  I will update this post as I fix some errors, so refresh often.  (-:

I think what you have to do is click the link under the prezi.  When it takes you to this template at Prezi.com, you will see "save a copy".  Log in and do that.  Save a copy.  But RENAME IT so it says "[yourfakename]'s Nutrients and Digestion Digital Notebook".  Now share the code with me - tnorton@plattecanyonsd1.org.  Now begin working!  (-:

Here are some resources you are welcome to use:

The text book.  It is chapter 18.

Search for videos, animated diagrams, infographics, interactive tutorials...

Use some of these links I have gathered over the years:

Check out this interactive game - drag the organs to the correct location in the body.  For each organ, you will need to read the information box on the right hand side to see what its function is.  For more advanced content, click the button that says "fact file" on the bottom of the drag and drop box.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/3djigsaw_02/index.shtml?organs

Nutrition  http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_11/uptoyou/

Digestive Organs  http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/factfiles/organs_anatomy.shtml

Here's my collection of infographics, and some of these pictures actually link to tutorials about how to make good infographics, if you click through to the source.  Lots and lots of awesomeness here!  http://www.pinterest.com/pbcrafts/infographics-how-to/

4/17/12

Hey guys!  Sorry I can't be with you today - meetings all day.  So you're on your own today.  I bet you have some questions about  how to proceed with your Bones and Muscles project.  Hopefully this post will help give you some direction, but if all else fails, don't panic!  You can always just do vocabulary for chapter 17, and start reading/outlining the chapter.  I will touch base with you tomorrow and give some more guidance if you are struggling.

Here's my thought.  I'd like you to learn at least 60% of what is covered in Chapter 17.  You need to also learn at least 15 new bones (start with the basic ones if you don't already know them).  The other 40% of your learning will be activities of your own choosing.  You will need to make a plan for your own learning this week.  What 60% of the book will you commit to learning, and what will you be doing for the other 40%?  At some point today, please leave a comment on this post, sharing your goals.  If you are struggling with what goals to set, go ahead and see what the other students have left, and use that for inspiration.

You will use Prezi to chart your learning goals, progress, and activities.  This is your digital notebook.  Also, it's an experiment.  Let's see what we can do with this!  At the end of this period, please see if you can share your prezi with me by clicking the "share together" link and emailing me the code.  My email address is tnorton@plattecanyonsd1.org.

Here are some of the resources I have used in past years, teaching about bones and muscles.  Feel free to use any of these as a starting point.

Vocabulary Quizlet

17 Chapter.ppt

Interactive Skeleton Puzzle

Bones in Space (Article)

Exercise in Space Videos

Advanced - Bones of the skull - http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/skull/SkullSlideshow1/index_PP1.htm

Bones for beginners!  link

Interactive labeled skeleton http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/factfiles/skeleton_anatomy.shtml

 A website you might find helpful:  http://www.dmturner.org/Teacher/Library/5thText/SkelPart2.html

This website has the bonus vocabulary and some more advanced content:  http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?dn=KidsHealth&lic=1&ps=107&cat_id=20090&article_set=22888

Bones for Nerds - this is another skeleton-building exercise, but the content is more advanced.   http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/3djigsaw_02/index.shtml?skeleton

 Virtual Knee Replacement Surgery:  http://www.edheads.org/activities/knee/

Virtual Hip Replacement Surgery:  http://www.edheads.org/activities/hip/

Medical Animation of knee replacements http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Aoo_nFpDd4

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 1.  Cranium
2.  Mandible
3.  Clavicle
4.  Sternum
5.  Humerus
6.  Radius
7.  Ulna
8.  Scapula
9.  Vertebrae
10.  Rib cage
11.  Pelvis
12.  Femur
13.  Patella
14.  Tibia
15.  Fibula

A. Zygomatic Arch
B.  Xyphoid Process
C.  Carpals
D.  Metacarpals
E.  Phalanges
F.  Tarsals
G.  Metatarsals
H.  Cervical Vertebrae
I.  Thoracic Vertebrae
J.  Lumbar Vertebrae
K.  Coccyx

geologic time line

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/TimeScaleShort.html

Reptile Resources

Amniotic Egg Dissection.ppt - This is the lab we did on Friday - Make sure your data sheet is finished.

egg data sheet.pub

Here's a link to my Animal Classification Prezi, if you want to see the Countdown to Baby video that doesn't work anymore on the powerpoint.  Zoom in to chordates and mammals to find the baby video.

Now, explore some of these websites about reptiles and dinosaurs.  You do not have to do them in order.  Pick what looks interesting and dig deep.  PLEASE no youtube today.  We don't have the bandwidth.

 Write a summary of your learning to turn in at the end of class.  If you find broken links or additional good resources, let me know and I will edit this post.

A good, detailed article about characteristics of reptiles, written at a middle school reading level.

Dinosaurs in Denver (Discovery Channel)

Asteroid Theory (National Geographic)

Dinosaur games and puzzles

Put together a pile of bones to make a dinosaur skeleton 

Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals - National Geographic

10 Myths About Dinosaur Extinction

Parenting in Dinosaurs

virtual dinosaur egg hatching

Reptile nerd heaven

Terrapin Turtles

The Clickable Crocodile 

Creation Wiki's Take on Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs A to Z - alphabetical list of many dinosaur species

Gecko's Tail

The second of these two videos is the one I showed in class, but both are fascinating examples of biology and technology joining forces to advance robotics technology as well as biological sciences.  Very cool!