An Extreme Sport and Your Body

We have read and talked about our body systems and our lifestyles, what we eat and the bad habit we should stay away from. Scientist are always looking at activities and evaluating the effects on the body. I found this article on mountain climbing and thought you would be interested. Read the short article and post me the reasons why this extreme sport can be hazardous to our bodies and what system it affects.

Mountain Climbing

Coming soon to the blog page- your dissection pictures!

Human Body Systems

These are some great sites for you to explore on the human body and the incredible systems that keep us going. This site is from the American Medical Association. Great information.

www.ama-assn.org/ana/pub/physician-resources/patient-education-materials/atlas-of-the-body.shtm

This Health score site has great visuals for each system
www.innerbody.com/htm/body.htm

How about a game? Connect the missing organs to the system

www.sciencenetlinks.com


Know your systems!! The next exam is 75% body systems.

Time to Dissect!

2008 WAS THE YEAR OF THE FROG

You have been waiting patiently and working hard to get ready for the first dissection.
This Thursday we will be examining the body systems of an amphibian. For those who are not going to do a actual dissection,

you will log onto this site for your lab. It is an excellent site that will give you real pictures of a dissection without the hands on experience.

Web based dissection courtesy of Osseo-Fairchild School District, Wisconsin

ofsd.k12.wi.us/science/frogdiss.htm


I do have other organisms to dissect. Give me your feedback on the lab,
actual or web based. I would like to know what you think.
Did you have enough time? Were the instructions clear? Did you partner or work alone?
What surprised you? Was it what you thought it would be?
Who wants to be a surgeon? a veterinarian?

MORE GENETICS

Many of you are really interested in Genetics. In the middle school we do the basics but in high school and college you will get deeper into this amazing area of science.

I have posted some sites here that you can explore that will give you answers to your questions and give you information that will make you ask more questions.

This is a good thing! A scienctist always has questions.

Never stop asking.

Genetics Learning Center

Check out the two movies, What is DNA? and What is a Gene?

You can also build a strand of DNA.

All this is on the left side of the page. Want to know more?

Check out the other titles or go to the home page. This is a great site.

DNA Learning Center

This site is dedicated to Watson and Crick.

Click on the tabs at the top to learn more about the DNA code.

Let me know what you are thinking. Post me a comment.