Pumpkin Math!!!

A math lesson on estimatation verses actual weights and measures.

Piles of ten seeds, helps us not to lose track.

How many seeds are in a pumpkin? For this little pumpkin- we are talking about over 500!

How much does my pumpkin weigh?

Brain Project Requirements

Nervous System Project

Due November 1st-4th, 2011!!!

Your final assessment for the Nervous System Unit is to make a model of the brain and orally explain your learning.

You may use any materials that you can find around the house. Some ideas for things to use are: dry noodles, beans, clay, play dough, cardboard, Legos, cake, or cookies. Just about anything will work as long as it does not create a mess in the classroom; no ice sculptures or ice cream models.

You may not just draw a picture on paper, but you may glue things to poster board or cardboard, or build the model any other way you would like to. This is your unit ending final grade. I am looking to see what you have learned during this unit and how you are able to communicate that learning to me. Please show me that you care by spending some time and effort on this project and it will reflect in your grade. The majority of your grade will be the oral interview, but your project will be at least 1/3 of it. The entire project will have 30 possible points to earn.

You brain model will need to include:

• Cerebrum
• Cerebellum
• Brain stem/medulla
• Spinal cord

You will need to explain each area of the brain and what its function is to me during our oral interview.

You can turn in this project any time during the week of November 1st to the 4^th, but it must be turned in by the 4^th. If turned in late, you will be docked 5 points for each day it is late.

Turning 3rd grade into an operating room

Ok- not really, but it was fun pretending! Thank you to Dr. Reece for visiting us and talking to us about the heart!!

class snack

Just a quick note- If you can provide a snack to share during snacktime... Ms. Whalen's class is out. Thanks!

Thank yous go out to the bone drs!!

Thank you to Drs Heck and Schwartz for coming out to speak to 3rd grade yesterday! We had a great time and loved holding all those bones!

In the words of one of our students "Wow, this is soooooo interesting!"

Thank you!!!
Ms. Whalen and Ms. Wetzel

Muscle and Bone study guide

Muscles and Bones Unit Exam Study Guide

Students should be able to:

Label 15-20 bones of the human body. (word bank will be provided)

• Identify the number of bones in an adult human body. (206).
• Name the three functions of the skeleton as form, protection and movement.
• Name the largest, longest bone in the body as the femur, or upper leg bone.
• Describe how bones are made up of four layers: “bone skin”, compact bone, spongy bone and bone marrow.
• Explain the reasons how we know that bone is a living thing. They heal themselves. They grow. They make blood.
• Name the four types of joints and be able to label them on the skeleton.
• Hinge joint- fingers, toes, knees and elbows
• Pivot joint- wrists, elbows and neck
• Ball and socket- shoulders and hips
• Gliding joint- spine
• Identify the largest muscle in your body as the gluteus maximus.
• Name the three types of muscles as voluntary, involuntary and cardiac. They will also need to give examples of how each is used. Voluntary muscles are muscles that we can control such as kicking a ball or writing a letter. Involuntary muscles are muscles that we do not control such as our brain functioning, our lungs breathing, our digestive system working. Our cardiac muscle is our heart.
• Define
• ligaments as tissue that connects bone to bone
• Tendons as tissue that connects muscle to bone
• Cartilage as the tissue that is known as soft bone like that in our nose and ears. Also, as the jelly like substance found in between bones which reduces friction.
• Joints are where two bones meet.