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Weekly Science Class Update: Muscular System

This week in science class, students finished learning about the skeletal system and started learning about the muscular system. They looked at how bird, land animal, and fish bones differ and how animals use their bones. Students identified the three types of muscles - skeletal, smooth, and cardiac - and will examine muscle samples under a microscope. Mini quizzes on each system will be used for assessment and are meant to check understanding, not be challenging, and students should review each night. Upcoming topics will include the muscular and nervous systems, and there will be a chicken wing dissection.

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Weekly Science Class Update: Muscular System

This week in science class, students finished learning about the skeletal system and started learning about the muscular system. They looked at how bird, land animal, and fish bones differ and how animals use their bones. Students identified the three types of muscles - skeletal, smooth, and cardiac - and will examine muscle samples under a microscope. Mini quizzes on each system will be used for assessment and are meant to check understanding, not be challenging, and students should review each night. Upcoming topics will include the muscular and nervous systems, and there will be a chicken wing dissection.

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Investigations in Science 7 January 6, 2017

I hope you have a wonderful and relaxing winter break and happy New Year!

What we did this week:


This week, we started by finishing up the skeletal system. We looked at the
different functions of the skeletal system as well as looked at different parts of the
bone. Students saw how birds, land animals, and fishs structure of their bones is very
different because of the different types of movement they have. We also looked how
animals use their bones in different ways. We took our first mini quiz of the year. A
description of mini quizzes can be found in the announcement section.
Thursday and today, we began looking at the muscular system. We started by doing
a few stretches to brainstorm what muscles they thought we were using to see what
background knowledge we had. Then they used different resources to be able to explain
the differences between the 3 different types of muscles: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac.
Today, we will complete a lab where students will look at the different types of muscles
through a microscope. We have the skeletal muscles which move our body. We also have
smooth muscles that preform our involuntary actions. Last, we have our cardiac muscle
which makes up our heart to keep blood flowing.

Announcements:
Throughout the systems of the body unit, we will have frequent mini quizzes as the
main form of assessment outside of labs. Mini quizzes are meant to be a quick check for
understanding. They are not meant to be challenging if the student had been completing
their work and engaged in the class. They are very low in points, take about 5 minutes of
class time and are NOT retakeable unlike the other assessments we have had this year. I
encourage the students to look over their work briefly each night so that they are
prepared for the mini quizzes. The format will be either selected response, fill in the
black, labeling, or a combination. There will not be any short answer.
Coming Up:
Topics:

Muscular System
Nervous System

Dates:

January 6 RETAKES at lunch Nutrients Assessment


January 9 DISSECTION Chicken Wings - To look at the muscular and skeletal

systems and how they work together


January 12 - College Spirit Day
January 16 - No School
January 20 - No School
January 23-26 College Awareness Week
January 26 - PTA Winter Dance at 1:00
January 26 - Last Day of Quarter 2
January 27 - No School

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