Assignment/Activities Today

7th Grade

• Chapter 16 – Circulation & Respiration
• Review Pathway of Blood Through the Heart
• Review Atria vs. Ventricles
• Read and Discuss Pgs. 498-501
• Discuss Major Blood Vessels
• Pulmonary vs. Systemic Circulation
• Finding Our Resting Heart Rates and Active Heart Rates
• Finding Our Maximum Heart Rates
• Cardiovascular Problems
• Brainpop – Blood (watch the video, take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)
• If Incomplete Brainpop – Circulatory System (watch the video, take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)
• If Incomplete Brainpop – Heart (watch the video, take the quiz and email Mr. Hodder the results)

8th Grade

• Chapter 14 – Forces in Fluids
• Lab – Density Diver (see lab for details)
• Density = Mass/Volume
• Discussion on How Our Lungs Work
• Due to the Decrease in Chest Pressure from our Expanding Diaphragm Air is Pulled into Our Lungs

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #5: Structure & Function in Living Things
8th Grade – #8: Density & Buoyancy

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunity to retake any quiz from the third trimester