Cells

Today we are beginning a unit on cells.

1. Watch the Cells video on Brainpop.
2. Watch the Cell Structures Video on BrainPop.
3. Respond as usual.

Be ready in Class (Wednesday, Dec 12) to  do the following:
3. Take notes on chapter 1.2 in your text book using the hand out as your guide. You may do this on paper or highlight the main ideas (as shown in class) in Kurzweil or Firefly. If you are missing the guide, make sure your notes cover the following:
   a) What are the names and functions of 6 cell organelles
   b) What is the difference between  plant and animal cells:
   c)What are the 3 points of cell theory?
   d) What is the difference between prokaryotic and eukariotic cells?

Autism and Microbes

Over the weekend I happened upon a really interesting documentary about the possible link between autism and the microbes in your digestive tract. They raise some very interesting questions and posibilities. Take a look: http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episode/autism-enigma.html

How many Characteristics of Living Things are there?

Here is a video about the Characteristics of Life. You will notice that they list more than the 5 characteristics that are mentioned in our textbook (they mention 9). There is no exact number of characteristics; sometimes scientists will disagree about what is a characteristic and what is not.

If you google "Characteristics of life" you will see lists that contain 5 items, 6, items or even as many as 10 items. What are your thought on this?

Below is another video in a goofy song. This one claims that there are 7 characteristics:

More on Fecal Transplants

There has been some interest in Fecal Transplants and how they work so I thought I would post a couple of videos about it here:

For Nov 22

Watch the Video about Blood on Brain Pop. Check your school District email for your username and password. There are many other videos related to the Circulatory system and Respiratory systemon Brainpop you may also want to check out.

http://www.brainpop.com/health/bodysystems/blood/

Circulatory/Respiratory Labs

Here are a couple of short Videos to demo the Labs we will be doing in class. Watch and familiarize yourself with them.

Lung Lab:

 

Blood Components

For November 16th

Here is another video created by Hank Green that does an excellent job of explaining the circulatory and respiratory system.

Here are a few things to think about:

• How do the respiratory and circulatory system work together? 
• Why do we breathe? 
• What do we need oxygen for?
• What is the difference between a vein and an artery?
• How does the diaphragm help us breath?

Due Nov. 8th

The BC Science 8 Textbook Online

Your homework today is to go to the BC science 8 website and take a look at the BC Science 8 Home version. It contains  eBook versions of the text and workbook and other files. Explore the site and then try the practice quiz for section 2.2

the username  is CH52
the password is BX52

Try the 2.2 quiz 

Take the quiz over until you can get all of the questions right. We will have a similar quiz in class. No response is necessary today, just be ready for the quiz! Please let me know if you have trouble accessing the ebook.

For November 6th

We have just finished learning all about our digestive system in class, but we haven't had much of a chance to talk about what we eat  and what is does to our bodies. Here is a little video that looks at obesity and what may or may not cause it. Watch it and share your thoughts using one of the blog response options.

Welcome!

Hello, and Welcome to my homework blog for Science 8.

If you are one of my science 8 students, congratulations! You are in the right place. This is where you can find all of you homework assignments for class. Before each class, your homework will be to come to this website and watch the video or read the readings that are posted here. You should come to class ready to talk and think about what you saw here on this blog. I will give you a couple of options to prepare your thoughts. You can view those homework response options here or click on the link at the top of the page. I'll keep the list simple for now, but I may add to it over time.

If you are a parent, welcome! I am glad you have found the site. I invite you to watch the videos or read over the posts with your child and discuss what you see, hear and discover.