2/25-3/8: Group IV Project on Monday 3/4!!

Have you submitted your kidney essay yet through turnitin.com?  The class ID number is 6161786 and the password is "nephron".  There is an instructions document that will help you through.  Group IV Field Trip is coming up on Monday, March 4.  You are required to go if you are testing in an IB science and you did not do the Group IV Project last year.  Please get your Field Trip form signed ASAP so that teachers know you will be gone.

• Mon 2/25:  Turn in hormone worksheet if not already.  Notes on hormones, feedback, thermoregulation, and diabetes.  Read 40.2, 40.3 and Chapter 45 (which you essentially did in doing the worksheet).   Get your Group IV Project Field Trip form signed.  
• Wed 2/27:  Introduce Antibiotics Lab.  Bring in something that you think has antibiotic properties to test!!  Watch video for Group IV Project preparation.  Start reproduction.  Start reading Chapter 46.  
• Fri 3/1:  Make plates for antibiotics lab and get them incubating.  The human reproduction systems and the role of hormones. 
• Mon 3/4:  Group IV Project!  All Day Field Trip.   Lists will be out the previous week to tell you which group you are in and where to go.  Bring weather-appropriate shoes and clothing as you will be walking around downtown.  Bring your Tri-Met ID if you plan to use transit and bring money for lunch if you plan to buy it.
• Wed 3/6:  Record qualitative and quantitative data for antibiotics lab.  Lab write-up due Fri 3/15.  Continue with human reproduction.  
• Fri 3/8:  Spermatogenesis and oogenesis.   

OHSU Field Trip and Topics for Short Test on Friday 2/22, and Kidney "Essay" information

Are you ready for the field trip tomorrow?  Make sure that you eat a good breakfast, bring a snack, bring your Tri-Met ID and dress for the weather.  We will meet (quietly) in the alcove by the elevator at the end of sophomore hall.  I will need to do a final check of field trip forms and get a final count of who is going with us.  Please be patient during this process.  Remember that there is no cell phone/camera use when we are viewing the cadaver.  If you are feeling faint, bend your knees and move around to increase your circulation. You can also step out into a neighboring room or the hallway if you need to.   We should be back to Lincoln in time for your 4th period class.

Topics for short test on AIDS/Vaccines/the Kidney on Friday 2/22:
1)  Outline the effects of HIV on the immune system.
2)  Discuss the cause, transmission, and social implications of AIDS.
3)  Explain the principle of vaccination.
4)  Discuss the benefits and dangers of vaccination.
5)  Define excretion.
6)  Draw and label a diagram of the kidney.
7)  Annotate a diagram of a glomerulus and associated nephron to show the function of each part. (be able to label parts and describe their function).
8)  Explain the process of ultrafiltration, including blood pressure, fenestrated blood capillaries, and basement membrane.
9)  Define osmoregulation.
10)  Explain the reabsorption of glucose, water and salts in the proximal convoluted tubule, including the role of microvilli, osmosis, and active transport.
11)  Explain the role of the loop of Henle, medulla, collecting duct, and ADH in maintaining the water balance of the blood.
12)  Explain the differences in the concentration of proteins, glucose and urea between blood plasma, glomerular filtrate and urine.  (we will look at this one on Wednesday)


Kidney "Essay:  we will sign up on turnitin.com on Wednesday.  You may turn in your essay through turnitin.com starting on Wednesday 2/20 and continuing through Friday 2/22.

In this essay, you should describe what happens in the kidney, from the entrance of blood in the renal artery to the exit of the filtrate out the ureter and filtered blood out the renal vein.  You may be creative and use an analogy in your essay if you would like, but please use scientific vocabulary.  Approximate length should be 1-2 pages depending on spacing.  It seems to me that 1 page at 1.5 spacing should be adequate, but make sure that you check your work for completeness.   Having a friend read through it is always a good idea.

A New Semester! (And your last at LHS)

• Mon 2/4:  Final Exams Back and Recollect.  Group work on HIV/AIDS.  
• Wed 2/6:  Hand out Permission Slips for OHSU Cadaver-Lab Field Trip on Tuesday, February 19th.  Computer research on HIV/AIDS and Vaccination.  Turn in group work from Monday.  Read 43.4.
• Fri 2/8:  Notes on HIV/AIDS, Vaccination, Autoimmune Disorders, and start the Kidney.  Short video clips on HIV/AIDS.  Read p. 947 on vaccinations.  Turn in computer research hand-out from Wednesday.  Please get Field Trip Permission Forms (2 of them) signed ASAP!
• Tues 2/12:  Structure and function of the kidney.  Start with overall form, glomerulus, nephron, fenestrated blood capillaries, and basement membrane.  Reabsorption of glucose, water, and salts.  Color parts of kidney on both sides of anatomy coloring sheet.  Read 44.3.
• Thurs 2/14:  Explain the roles of the Loop of Henle, medulla, collecting duct and ADH in maintaining the water balance of the blood.  Kidney computer simulation.  Read 44.4.
• Fri 2/15:  What can go wrong?  Kidney problems and dialysis.
• Mon 2/18:  President's Day.  No School!
• Tues 2/19:  OHSU Field Trip.  Please meet outside my room no later than 9:55!  We will be heading out the door at 10:00 am sharp!  Remember to wear comfortable shoes and bring your Tri-Met ID.  We will have lunch at OHSU before we return.  You can bring your lunch or purchase at the cafeteria
• Wed 2/20:  Finish up work on the kidney.  Short test on the kidney, HIV/AIDS and vaccination on Friday.