Physiology/Human Anatomy (20-21)-Period 9 Assignments

Attached is the packet we will be using to guide your progress in the fetal pig dissection this week. 


You will be expected to follow this procedure to make your cuts and open up the cervical, thoracic, and abdominopelvic cavities of the pig. You will then need to identify the organs, including:

Diaphragm
Esophagus
Gallbladder
Heart

Kidneys
Large intestine
Larynx
Liver
Lungs
Ovaries (female)
Pancreas
Rectum
Small intestine
Spleen
Stomach
Testes (male)
Thymus
Thyroid
Trachea
Urinary bladder

DUE MONDAY 05/10 @ 8 am:

Presentation: Google Slides file
Activity sheet: Google Doc file
Quiz: Google Doc file (you must also provide an answer key of some sort)
Citations!! (Either at the end of the presentation or as a separate document; in APA format)

I will set up the presentation on your presentation date. You are responsible for bringing 12 copies each of the activity sheet and the quiz. You also need to bring in all materials for the activity; if you need anything from me, however, you MUST notify me via email at least 24 hours before your presentation. This will allow me to purchase it, if necessary, and have it out and ready for when class starts.

Please post and submit your work here for credit.

If you were in class, you were distributed a packet. I am posting the packet for which people that are at home can use to complete this lab--this version is slightly amended to help you to complete this on your own, with a partner, at home. If you are online or absent this week, you need to complete this lab on your own. Please let me know if you have any trouble getting any of the supplies list below:

LIST OF SUPPLIES FOR HOME: Several odorous materials of your choice, chopped apple, chopped onion, salt water, sugar water, soy sauce, coffee, lemon juice, mints, hot sauce (or something else spicy)

Due: Friday 05/07 (@ 1:40 pm)

If you are at home, you will need a lab partner to help you out (parent, grandparent, sibling, etc.). You just need a metric ruler and a flashlight. I have provided a printable ruler to use if you do not have access to one at home.

Follow the directions for each of the different reflexes. Write a hypothesis where prompted. Record all of your data and observations in the data tables provided. Observations should be more detailed than 'It moved.' Answer the review questions at the end to wrap up this lab.

Due: Friday 04/23 (@ 1:40 pm)

We are now going to talk specifically about the special senses (taste, hearing, sight, smell)!


1) Research two interesting facts about the sense you have been assigned, according to your last night (below). Try taking a deeper dive than the first one or two websites that Google gives you! Post both of your facts here.

Last Name (B-->F): Smell
Last Name (G-->M): Taste
Last Name (P-->Schuck): Sight
Last Name (Stull-->W): Hearing
2) What is one question that you still have about the nervous system?

3) Read the posts of your classmates, and respond meaningfully to at least five of them. Perhaps comment about their facts or add to them. Maybe try to answer their question if you think you know the answer. It's up to you--participate more than just saying 'Wow!'

Go to the Google Form that is linked below. READ and follow the directions that are provided in the Google Form. 


Section 1: Answer all 30 of the multiple-choice questions. 


Section 2: Answer only 2 of the 3 long-response questions. For the question that you do not answer, write N/A--failure to do so will mean a penalty of one point!

Good luck!

Use the attached document to review the concepts for the peripheral nervous system, and copy the relevant information into your guided notes packet. Then, answer the review questions in the last slide.


For credit, post a picture of both your notes and the answers to the questions here.


Due: Thursday 04/15 (@ 1:40 pm)

Please either read the following article or watch the following video about meditation and how it can affect the brain. Then, answer the following:

What is one way in which mindfulness has been shown to alter structures of the brain? Further, do you practice mindfulness? 

If yes: Explain what you do, and describe how it helps you.
If no: What is something you might be interested in trying, and why?

Complete the objectives on the first page, then read over and understand the general procedure for the brain dissection next week. You will be expected to be able to find and identify each of the structures listed there during the dissection.

Due: Monday 04/12 (@ 1:40 pm)

We are now going to talk specifically about the brain and spinal cord structures in this part of the chapter.


1) Research two interesting facts about the brain and/or spinal cord. Try taking a deeper dive than the first one or two websites that Google gives you! Post both of your facts here.

2) What is one question that you still have about the nervous system?


3) Read the posts of your classmates, and respond meaningfully to at least five of them. Perhaps comment about their facts or add to them. Maybe try to answer their question if you think you know the answer. It's up to you--participate more than just saying 'Wow!'

Use the following study guide to help yourself in studying for the Chapter 9 Exam next Wednesday.

Turn this in before the exam to earn a bonus point.

NERVOUS SYSTEM - PART 4

Today we covered the membrane potential of a neuron, and the actions that occurs during an action potential.

If you missed class today, you still need to get your notes from a classmate and submit here!

NERVOUS SYSTEM - PART 3

Today we covered the classifications of neurons and the synapse.

If you missed class today, you still need to get your notes from a classmate and submit here!

Print the attached document, and then follow the directions provided to complete this comic strip. If you cannot print this out, you can still complete this in your notebook or a separate piece of paper.

Due: Friday 03/19 (@ 1:40 pm)

Use craft materials to create a model of a neuron. At the very least, cut up some paper to make the different parts.

Include the following structures: axon, cell body, dendrites, myelin sheaths, nodes of Ranvier, terminals

Put everything together to create your neuron. Finally, add an arrow to show the direction that a message flows through a neuron (where it starts --> where it ends). You can place your model on a piece of paper, and draw the arrow on the paper. Make sure that you label (or provide a key) that identifies each part of the neuron.

Due: TODAY Friday 03/19 (by the end of class)

NERVOUS SYSTEM - PART 1

Today we covered the structures that make up a typical neuron--a cell body, an axon, and dendrites. Additionally, there are other structures associated with the axon of neurons, which are also going to determine whether the nervous tissue of the brain or spinal cord appears white or gray.

If you missed class today, you still need to get your notes from a classmate and submit here!

NERVOUS SYSTEM - PART 1

Today we covered the functions of the nervous system and discussed a process that requires quite a bit of action on the part of the nervous system!

If you missed class today, you still need to get your notes from a classmate and submit here!

Begin working on this study guide in class today. Answer each question as completely (and correctly) as possible. This will really benefit you in preparing for the exam on Friday.

Due: Wednesday 03/10 (@ 1:40 pm)

For the next few classes, please comment on each of the other groups' videos and vote for the videos that are in your top 3.

Complete this lab during this period or over the weekend. You will need a partner, a stopwatch/phone with a stopwatch, and hand-squeezable items like binder clips, clothespins, and tennis balls--at least two that offer different sizes/resistances. The packet uses a clothespin and tennis ball in their examples. You must:

--> Read pages 117-118 and answer the Pre-Lab Questions on 117.
--> Perform the procedure provided for ‘Procedure B’ starting on page 121.
--> Record your data on page 124.
--> Answer questions 5-9 on pages 124-125 to complete the lab.

FOR CREDIT: Upload your answers to the pre-lab questions and your completed data tables and answers to questions 5 through 9.

Due: Monday 03/08 (@ 1:40 pm)

CLASS DAYS IN THE AAC WEIGHT ROOM: Friday 02/19 & Monday 02/22--If you are in school on either of these days, proceed directly to the AAC after 8th period to meet up in the weight room in the back gym.

Follow the directions in the rubric provided below to complete this project. You will include everything (information, exercise demonstrations & instructions, etc.) in the video.

You will turn in your VIDEO ONLY for this project here. Nothing else needs to be turned in.

Due: Friday 03/05 (@ 3 pm)

Post the picture and key for your sarcomere here.

Also, post the gif, video, etc. that you made to show the progression of the sarcomere contraction.

Attached are the slides containing the notes we would have gone over today. You are welcome to transcribe these notes into your notebook. Answer all of the questions on the last page in full. If you are unable to print it out and are working in your notebook, copy the entire question into your notebook before adding your answer. If you do not, you will receive only partial credit.

For credit today, post your answers to the review questions here before the end of the day.

Please post your notes from today at the end of class.

Please post your answers to today's warm-up questions and the notes from today at the end of class.

Print out the three sheets below and label the muscles that are indicated with the stars with their correct name! Alternatively, if you lack a printer, write them out in your notebook--make sure that you label the page number (1, 2, 3), and each letter. WRITE OUT THE FULL NAME OF EACH MUSCLE, not just the number.

Post pictures of the completed worksheets, or your answers in your notebook, here.

Due: Today (by midnight)

Using the link for the Just Dance! video on YouTube, complete the attached assignment by identifying movements that occur in each of the dance moves.

The other part of the assignment involves recording a 10-15 second video of yourself participating in this dance. You can choose any part--just make sure that the music can be heard in the video! Then, indicate whether you would like to enter into the competition to earn bonus points on a future test.
---> If you say YES, I will include your video in a post with all of the other competing videos for you and your classmates to vote on.
---> If you say no, no one else will see your video! But you do still need to submit the video to get full credit in this assignment.

Due: Tuesday 02/15 (@ 3 pm)

Follow along in class to complete this chart. Make sure that you submit before the end of class.

Part 1: Answer each of first three questions for homework, and then submit. (Due: Tuesday 02/08 @ 1:35 pm)

Part 2: Fill out the notes on Tuesday, and submit again with the fully completed worksheet.

Please post your notes from 02/03/21 class!

Please do one, or both, of these tasks today:

---> Make an anatomy-themed (using what we have learned up to this point) drawing or sculpture in the snow. Take a picture with your work, and upload the picture here.
---> Develop a skeletal system-specific meme, and upload it here.

If you complete and submit either of these tasks today, you will receive one bonus point on tomorrow's Chapter 7 Exam. Have fun!

**UPDATE** We will complete these notes in class tomorrow (Wednesday). No need to do this today, unless you would really like to.

The notes will be due tomorrow, and if you end up being absent, make sure that you use the video posted below for the make-up.

UPDATED: This is all graded, and I have posted the answer key below for your benefit.

Answer all 10 questions in the Google Form below. You have 8 minutes to complete this quiz.

Thank you for your participation yesterday! Points for everyone!

Below I have attached the charts with the correct order for the two processes, as well as the proper order for all of the statements from last week. Use them to help you study!

Write out each of the following words with the applicable definition:

Epiphysis
Articular cartilage
Diaphysis
Periosteum
Compact bone
Spongy bone
Trabeculae
Medullary cavity
Endosteum
Marrow
Lamellae
Canaliculi
Osteon
Haversian (central) canals
Volkmann's (perforating) canals
Ossification
Osteoblast
Osteocyte
Intramembranous bones
Endochondral bones
Epiphyseal plates
Osteoclasts
Resorption
Deposition

Due: Thursday 01/14 (@ 1:40 pm)

Watch the following video for the Chapter 7 topics of bone development and epiphyseal plates.

Upload pictures or scans of your completed notes here.

Due: Wednesday 01/13 (@ 1:40 pm)

Please post your notes here from today and last Friday.

Print out the coloring packet if you have not already done so.

Ignore the directions on each individual page; follow my directions in the Google Doc.

Follow the directions to color each bone on each page correctly. You will be graded based off of accuracy with your colors. Color the pages by hand, or if you are unable to print the packet, use your computer or phone to edit the picture digitally to add the colors.

Color all skull images on the first page, both upper limb images on the second page, and only the central lower limb image on the third page. Ignore the articulations/joints.

Due: Friday 01/08 (@ 1:40 pm)

Write your responses in the Google Doc. Submit this by the end of the period for credit.

DUE DATE ADDED!! Since we are doing a 'take-home assessment', this will just have the same due date as that assignment.

This packet is OPTIONAL this time around. You will receive 2 bonus points on the exam for completing and submitting this assignment.

Due: Friday 12/18 (@ Midnight)

I want to be clear here--this is a pretty laidback assessment. We are using it as a way to wrap up our work in Chapter 6 while also giving you an opportunity to improve your grade in the 'Exam' category. This assignment is worth 25 points. Put your work (format it correctly, though!) in the Google Doc included in this assignment.

You will be writing a 200- to 400-word response to one of the prompts listed in the document below. Think of it as a fancy long-response question from a typical exam. I am only asking you to choose one, but make sure that you do a good job! Follow the directions in the document closely, provide all correct information, and you will earn full credit! 25/25! It is as simple as that.

Due: Friday 12/18 (@ Midnight)

Sorry, I put in the wrong document in the previous assignment! You are getting an extension on this assignment.

Complete each of the following questions as completely and correctly as possible.

Due: Friday 12/18 (@ 3 pm)

Complete each of the following questions as completely and correctly as possible.

Due: Wednesday 12/16 (@ 1:40 pm)

These are the instructions for the trifle models of the epidermis. You need to construct your own edible model and make a small poster by drawing your trifle and labeling the layers of the epidermis.

For A-L and 5-Day, this project will be due on Tuesday 12/08.

For M-Z and Online, this project will be due on Wednesday 12/09.

Follow the directions to complete this lab. Try to get the fingerprints of yourself and one other person. Use the same hand!! Identify the shapes of each fingerprint, and then answer the question #4 on the first page.

Due: Monday 12/07 (@ 1:45 pm)

Complete the following worksheet on the integumentary system using your online textbook. Do not spend too much time on the drawing, but make sure that you include all of the layers and that you answer the other questions completely. Done well, this will be great preparation for our discussion on Tuesday.

Due: Tuesday 11/24 (@ 1:40 pm)

Follow the instructions at the top of the lab packet document. View each image (actual pictures of the microscopic images from our lab!), describe the structure of the tissue that the pointer is touching, and guess the name of the type of tissue you are viewing.

Once you have completed all eleven for today (Day 2), view the key. Images for Day 1 can still be found in its folder within the Chapter 5 folder in Google Classroom.

FOR EVERYONE: Upload your completed observation sheet from class (front and back!), and then complete the Google Form for full credit on this lab. Due: Friday 11/20 (@ 1:40 pm)

Answer each question from #1-20 in each corresponding box for credit. Use the outline at the bottom help you focus on the important concepts.

Due: Tuesday 11/17 (@ 1:40 pm)

Fill out this worksheet while we discuss connective tissues over the next few days. I would suggest following along as we go, but you can also fill this out once we have discussed all of them.

Due: Friday 11/13 (@ 1:40 pm)

Complete the graphic organizer below using either your notes or the online book.

Due: Thursday 11/05 (@ 1:40 pm)

As we move through this chapter, you will continue to fill this graphic organizer out. I have done half of the work for you already--all of the names of the tissues are provided. It will be your job to use your book to find information on the structure of these tissues and fill out the rest.

The entire, completed worksheet is due on Wednesday 11/04 (@ 1:40 pm)

Below are the directions from the Strawberry DNA Lab, and a Google Form for you to put in your post-lab analysis.

Due: Monday 10/19 (@ 1:40 pm)

By the end of the period on Thursday (10/15), you need to upload all of the work that you have completed so far on your Cell Project. This might be a document in which you have been compiling information or detailing your plans, or clear pictures of the actual poster or model that you have started.

Does the project need to be finished by tomorrow? Absolutely not! But you have had a week already, plus you will have had two whole periods this week to work on it, so I do expect a decent amount of progress. This is meant to take some pressure off of you outside of class, and to give me an opportunity to provide you with some feedback before you finish it for next week.

If you were not in class today, please complete the following Quizizz, which contains 25 questions on Chemistry. You need to complete it before next class.

Due: Thursday 10/01 @ 1:45 pm

Watch the following video, and take notes. You will use these notes for the activity in class tomorrow. Be as thorough as you need to be to make sure that you have this information available to you.

Post a picture of your notes here for credit.

Due: Wednesday 09/30 (@ 1:45 pm)

Join my class in EdPuzzle and then watch today's video (Directional Term Practice) and answer each of the questions for credit.

Due: Friday 09/25 (@ 3 pm)

Complete this worksheet for homework and submit for credit. You may need more than this period to finish this worksheet!

Due: Monday 09/21 (@ 3 pm)

View the video provided below, which discusses the anatomical planes, relative positional terms, body cavities, and abdominal regions. Then, answer all questions in the Google Form to the best of your ability.

Due: Friday 09/18 (@ 3 pm)

First, watch the video that I have provided below to review the terms for the anatomical regions. This stuff is SO IMPORTANT for this class this year. Then, go to the Quizlet for some interactive practice. Use the flashcards, games, whatever it takes to help you review these terms.

For credit for this assignment, complete the 'Test' on Quizlet. Once finished, take a screenshot to show me how you did. See the screenshots below for where to find the Quizlet Test, and what your results screenshot should look like for credit. You will get points proportional to how you did in your submission. You may retake the test as many times as you want before submitting.

Due: Friday 09/18 (@ 3 pm)

Week 1, Online Day 1

Please view the video below to review concepts from the first part of Chapter 1. Demonstrate your knowledge by answering the five questions in the Google Form below; it might make sense to have it open while watching the video to answer as you go!

Due: Friday 09/11 (@ 3 pm)

View the video below for an overview of organ systems. Then, answer each question in the Google Form.

Due: Friday 09/11 (@ 3 pm)