This week in class, we had Dr. Nordberg and Dr. Darrow come to teach us about CPR and life-saving mindsets. They were fabulous, and I am so thankful for their time!
Homework is chapter 22, Nervous System, due Monday. There will be no homework officially assigned next week, so If students want to get ahead and finish Chapter 23 as well (Health), they will finish the textbook for the rest of the year! Don't forget the vocabulary :) Lab worksheets are almost finished, grading-wise. Please encourage your students to do those well during class time. Some are poorly done. Some students are opening their books but just chatting and putting off doing the work. If they get home and have trouble, or are missing what they need--or if they are overwhelmed with other assignments--they don't finish the pages. The benefit of the lab worksheets is that they reinforce all the important concepts, body parts, and functions they read about in the text, and are worth a good number of participation points.... so encourage them to make good use of class time. I will be checking labs one more time before the school year is over. Final Test Grade is going to be another lapbook instead of exams. This one will be worth at least 100 points and will summarize all the human bodily systems that we have been working on. Students will be making a cut-out man with bodily system drawings that go on top of him. All the important organs, structures, and processes will then be written out and included on the side. I will also have them create some more templates for structures that are not easily diagrammed (ear, eye, heart, brain, skin...) We began this process on Monday, but some students were absent for standardized testing so I wanted to give you the heads up that they will need to work on this at home sometime before May. I have the Man Template up on this website, and the list of organs they need to draw. Most diagrams are very well drawn in the textbook, lab manual, or they can use the Internet for help. Points will be given for neatness and accuracy, so organs need to be drawn and colored carefully. We will work on them in class during the last week and a half of school, and all lapbooks will be due at the end of the last day of class (or before, if you desire). Quick Update:
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AuthorMrs. Riddle teaches Life Science, Biology, and Earth Science at Brighton Academy for 2017-2018. She homeschools four children and has 10 years of co-op teaching experience. Her family is part of Radiant Church in Overland Park, KS. Archives
May 2018
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