OMSI Opportunity on Mon 12/17

Lincoln students and their families have the opportunity to go to OMSI for free (w/ student ID) on Monday 12/17 from 6:00-8:00 pm.  There is a special exhibit called "Race:  Are We So Different?"  You can get extra credit for this class by writing a 1-2 page summary of what you see at the exhibit and what you think about it.

The Week of 12/10-12/14

SPARK Lecture on Pediatric Nephrology Monday at 3:30 in 169!

• Mon 12/10:  Go over Data Analysis Question and Physiology Review.  Physiology Test on Wednesday.  Turn in Physiology Review before test (everyone this time!).  3 drawings need to be done by hand.
• Wed 12/12:  Turn in Physiology Review.  Take Physiology Test.  Quick review of human bones.
• Fri 12/14:  Turn in SPARK lecture write-up if you went to it.  Muscles and Motion worksheet with Muscle Contraction Video.  Learn bones of the human skeleton (on back of worksheet).  Optional bone quiz on Friday 1/4/2013.

Have a terrific Winter Break!  See you in 2013.

The Week of 12/3-12/7

• Mon 12/3:  Circulation Quiz.  Respiration.  Read 42.5 and 42.6.  SPARK Lecture on Engineering today at 3:30 in 169.
• Wed 12/5:  Finish Respiration.  Hand out Physiology Review (test next Wed 12/12).  Review Extra Credit Options,.
• Fri 12/7:  Digestion Review:  Joe Eats a Hamburger.  Start muscles.  Read 50.5.

Circulation Quiz on Monday 12/3

This is what you need to know:

1)  Parts of the heart:  4 chambers, 2 types of valve, main veins and arteries (inferior vena cava, superior vena cava, pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins, aorta)
2)  Be able to label all of the above on a diagram of a human heart
3)  Be able to describe path of blood through heart, lungs, body
4)  Be able to describe the characteristics of the 3 main types of blood vessels, emphasizing how they are different and how their structure reflects function

The Week of 11/26-11/30

This week we will be having FLEX on Tues/Wed instead of Thurs/Fri as usual.

• Mon 11/26:  Ecology Tests back and recollect.  Group work/brainstorm of circulation.  Start reading Chapter 42.
• Wed 11/28:  Parts and Function of the Heart.  Types of blood vessels.  Read 42.2 and 42.3.
• Fri 11/30:  Blood components.  Blood pressure.  Video of Circulation.  Read 42.4.  Circulatory Quiz on Monday.

Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences: Please Read!!

As you know, Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences are coming up next Monday and Tuesday. I want you to know that I will not be there for the morning session on Tuesday because I will be meeting with the teachers of my own kids acrosss town. Generally that doesn't take the whole morning session and I arrive at Lincoln by 10:15 or so, but I definitely won't be there at the beginning. Thanks for your understanding. I look forward to meeting with many of you next week!

The Week of 11/13-11/16

Grades have been entered.  Check them and see if you have any questions.  Grades go out Tues/Wed.

• Wed 11/14:  Turn in Digestion Coloring if not already.  Digestion notes:  parts of food processing, types of digestive systems, digestive enzymes.   Read 1st half of Chapter 41.  Short quiz on Friday.
• Fri 11/16:  Digestion quiz on parts and functions.  Absorption and villi.  Keep reading Chapter 41.