To Help Your Student Practice their Oral Presentation

Nervous System Study Guide

Please practice with your child as they present their model to you.

Cerebrum-

Actions that take place in the cerebrum:

• 85 % of the weight of the brain
• 9/10 the size of the brain
• The outer layer of the cerebrum is the cerebral cortex.
• Voluntary muscles. (voluntary muscles are those that we can control- for skiing, walking, jumping, writing, etc)
• Thinking
• Learning
• Personality
• 5 senses
• Emotions
• Intelligence
• Memory- long term and short term
• Left side of the cerebrum controls the right side of the body. Right side controls the left side of the body.
• There is a thick bundle of nerves that connects the hemispheres so that they can “talk” to each other.
• Left hemisphere of the cerebrum:      
• Math
• Science
• Logical reasoning
• Right hemisphere of the cerebrum:
• Art
• Music
• Creativity

Cerebellum-

• Balance and Coordination

Brain stem (also called the Medulla)-

• “central computer”
• “Post office”- sorts messages received from the body and sends them to the brain. Receives messages from the brain and sends them to the body.
• Involuntary muscles (involuntary muscles work on their own such as breathing, heart beating and digestion)
• Reflexes

Spinal cord-

• Carries messages from the body to the brain
• Carries messages from the brain to the body

Social Studies

Guide for Canada Test –

Ms. Whalen's homeroom: Tuesday November 5, 2013

Ms. Wetzel’s Homeroom: Monday November 4, 2013

Please concentrate on how Canada is alike and different from the United States.  You may use this guide to study, as well the guide (Venn diagram) that you have completed in class.  The test will be in a Venn diagram format.  On your Venn diagram you will be required to summarize at least one historical development and how it has shaped the development of present day Canada and also identify that Canada is divided into provinces and territories.  I will bold print these points on this study guide. You will need to write at least 4 facts for each category; it must include some of the bolded facts.

Alike:

Native Americas lived in both first

Totem poles

Tepees

Hunted buffalo

Native people were treated poorly by settlers

Both were colonies of England at one time

Both are no longer Colonies of England

Both speak English

The money is called dollars and cents

TV shows

Food (hamburgers, cornflakes)

Multicultural

 

USA:

Rebelled against England and fought a war for their independence

Divided into states

Money has presidents and other American symbols

Baseball and football

Large population

President

Warm and cold climates

Eagle, a national symbol

Flag has stars and stripes

 

Canada:

Divided into provinces and territories

Settled by French people

Many speak French

Gradually and peacefully broke away from England

Money has a loon, beaver and the Queen of England

Mounties

Hockey

Larger in land

Cold climate

Inuits

Igloos

Flag has a maple leaf

Prime Minister

Science

 Nervous System Project !

Due the week of  November 4^th through the 6th, 2013!!!

Your final for the Nervous System Unit is to make a model of the brain.

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, baked pan cookies with icing. 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 4th to the 6^th, but it must be turned in by the 6^th. If turned in late, you will be docked 5 points for each day it is late.

If you are in need of supplies to create your project, please let me know ASAP.

Tara Whalen

Social Studies

Dear Parents,

   On Tuesday your child chose a river to research and create a travel brochure or a travel poster. This project is an a- home project that should be fun and educational. 

The due dates are:

Ms. Wetzel’s Homeroom – Monday, October 7^th

Ms. Whalen’s Homeroom - Tuesday, October 8th 

Making A Brochure Or Travel Poster Teacher Name: Ms. Wetzel Student Name:     ________________________________________

 

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Content - Accuracy	All facts in the brochure/poster are accurate.	99-90% of the facts in the brochure/poster are accurate.	89-80% of the facts in the brochure/poster are accurate.	Fewer than 80% of the facts in the brochure/poster are accurate.
Attractiveness & Organization	The brochure/poster has exceptionally attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The brochure/poster has attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The brochure/poster has well-organized information.	The brochure's/poster’s formatting and organization of material are confusing to the reader.
Graphics/Pictures	Graphics go well with the text and there is a good mix of text and graphics.	Graphics go well with the text, but there are so many that they distract from the text.	Graphics go well with the text, but there are too few and the brochure seems "text-heavy".	Graphics do not go with the accompanying text or appear to be randomly chosen.

Please feel free to call if you have any questions. Thanks, Ms. Wetzel

Muscles and Bones 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.
• 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, ankles 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.

 

 

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Scientific Visitors

We had visitors to our classroom on Thursday. Mr. Brian Schwartz and two of his medical students, Kate and Kelly, came to explain more to us about bones and the human body. They brought along fake bones that we could touch, but they also brought along a real human skull, heart and brain. So cool!!