Don't click on this microscope.

Cell Links: We start learning about cells and microscopes when we return!

Hi All!

After the break we begin our cell unit! Here are some cell links to get your mind pre-loaded.

1) Cells Alive

2) Great cell diagrams- http://http://www.exploringnature.org/db/detail.php?dbID=21&detID=56

3) Other great diagrams- http://waynesword.palomar.edu/lmexer1a.htm

4) Organelles Quiz- http://www.biology4kids.com/extras/quiz_cellorgan/index.html

5) Cell Size Simulation

We are never alone! :-)

This is part one of a multi part video. It is a very interesting look at a typical home!

Mr. F :-)

Study for the TEST on Tuesday!!

STUDY For the human body test on Tuesday!

Mr. F :-)

Enigineering Heart Valves in class!

The students did a GREAT job today engineering heart valve in science class!

Here are a few images of the action!

We gotta make this, fit into this, using that!

Failure is NOT an option!

See heart valves in action by Clicking here!
and Here!

Click here for another great heart valve link!

Mr. F :-)

The heart is a STRONG muscle!

HI All,
We did our best to use pumps to simulate how strong our heart is by pumping iquid and the same rate as our heart!
Kids measured tha amount of fluid they could pump in one minute and compared the data to what their heart can do!
That was tough! The heart is a strong muscle!

NSTA visit!

It was great visiting with representatives form the National Science Teacher's Association. They visited our classroom and spoke with a few representatives from our KIVA and Scratch Programming clubs!
Great Job kids!
Mr. F :-)

Learning about pumps!

Flow of Blood Through the Heart

Click Here to see a great demo of blood moving through the heart and lungs!
Mr. F :-)

Try these! :-)

Click here for a virtual Stethoscope. Listen to a heart beat!

Click here Learn the parts of the Heart!

Then click here to play this awesome Study Jam Video!!

Mr. Forde :-)

Your heart is a "DOUBLE PUMP"

Why is the heart a Double pump? Blood carries oxygen and many other substances around your body. Oxygen from your blood reacts with sugar in your cells to make energy. The waste product of this process, carbon dioxide, is carried away from your cells in your blood. Your heart is a single organ, but it acts as a double pump. The first pump carries oxygen-poor blood to your lungs, where it unloads carbon dioxide and picks up oxygen. It then delivers oxygen-rich blood back to your heart. (Right side of your heart) The second pump delivers oxygen-rich blood to every part of your body. (Left side of your heart) Blood needing more oxygen is sent back to the heart to begin the cycle again. In one day your heart transports all your blood around your body about 1000 times. Amazing right? Mr. F :-)

Click Here for a tutorial on how blood travels through the heart! Mr. F :-)

Try some online dissections! Click here.

Mr. F :-)

Virtual Human Dissection!

Review Human Body Vocabulary!