Bones, Skin and Muscle WEBQUEST!

Bones, Skin and Muscle Webquest!



1. Go to this website and complete the online quiz.

Write your score here: _________

http://http//www.klbschool.org.uk/interactive/science/skeleton.htm




Go to this website:

http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=AP12204




2. Double click on the sweat glands. Name the two types of sweat glands.





3. Stay on the site. Double click on the hair follicle. Where do they get their hair color?







Now go to this website: http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=AP15204



4. What does the occipitalis do?



5. Click next until you see the Abdomen. What does the Rectis Abdominis do?



Now go to this website: http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/muscles.html#

6. What is the heart muscle also known as?

7. Go to this website: http:/www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=AP12904

What is the difference between an axial and appendicular skeleton?

8. What does the arector pilli do?

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-body/skin-article.html

Go to this website: http://http//www.edheads.org/activities/knee/index.htmwww.edheads.org/activities/knee/index.htm


Complete the Virtual Knee Surgery activity! Very cool. Make sure you click subtitles since we don't have sound in our labs.



Build a skeleton! Have fun!
http://http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/3djigsaw_02/index.shtml?skeleton



9. Go to this website: http://depts.washington.edu/bonebio/bonAbout/structure.html.
What do compare trabecular bone to?

10. Go this website and scroll down.What is the hardest substance in the human body?
http://www.funshun.com/amazing-facts/bones-human-body-facts.html

11. Go to this website: http://kidshealth.org/kid/feel_better/things/casts.html?tracking=K_RelatedArticle
What is the difference between a plaster of paris cast and a fiberglass cast?

12. By what age has the average person amassed 98% of their skeletal system?
http://www.drstandley.com/facts_bones.shtml



13. http://www.edheads.org/
Click on deep brain stimulation. What's wrong with the patient?



14. http://orthopedics.about.com/od/sprainstraintreatment/ht/muscle.htm
How many grades of pulled muscle are there?




15. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002950.htm
What machine delivers oxygen rich blood to vital organs during surgery?




16. Go to this website:
http://www.skincancer.org/the-abcdes-of-melanoma.html
What are the ABCDE's of Melanoma? List them.




17. Where is the only place you do NOT have hair follicles?
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/skin.html#



18. How does smoking affect the skin? List specific examples.
http://health.learninginfo.org/smoking_skin.htm



19. How many bones does a giraffe have in it's neck?
http://www.kgbanswers.com/how-many-bones-in-a-geraffs-neck/1571835


20. How many different types of concussions are there?
http://www.medicinenet.com/brain_concussion/article.htm



21. How long does it take to recover from ACL surgery?
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/anterior-cruciate-ligament-acl-surgery



22. What are the major types of skin cancer?
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/skin-cancer/ds00190


23.What is athlete's foot?
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/skin/athletes_foot.html



24. What causes a bruise on your skin?
http://teenshealth.org/teen/your_body/skin_stuff/bruises.html



25. What was believed to be the cause of acne? What is the real cause of acne?
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/beautiful/prevent_acne.html

Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis FUN!

Please click on the following websites to answer the following questions. Have fun, explore and check things out.

1. Go to the following website: www.biology4kids.com/files/plants_photosynthesis.html
What color wavelengths do plants absorb?


2.Go to this website: www.neok12.com/Photosynthesis.htm. Click on Photosynthesis basics. Match the vocabulary cards to the correct definition.
Note: There is no answer that you need to write down on your sheet at this website.

3. Go to this website: www.realtrees4kids.org/sixeight/letseat.htm Scroll down to the heading "Process". Read the website.
What does this website compare the process of photosynthesis to?

a. Stay on the same website as above.
What atoms make up the molecule Carbon Dioxide?

4. Now go here: www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson024.shtml
What are trees that drop their leaves in the fall called?

a. Stay on the same website as above. I thought that leaves only had brillant color in the fall. How can a trees leaves be orange and yellow in the summer?

5. Go to this website: www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/frizfreshfacts/
Click on Friz TV and Launch FrizTV. Click Factivitiy.
What animal is shown depicting parts of photosynthesis?

a.Now stay on the website and Click "The Facts" on the left side.
What are plants veins called?


6. Go to this website: http://lifesciences.envmed.rochester.edu/movies/photosynthesis.swf
What two cellular organelles are shown in the animation but don't play a role in photosynthesis (hint: they are blue and orange)?

7. Go to this website: www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/labbench/lab4/concepts1.html
Click on the arrow to the right.
What does paper chromatography do?

a. Stay on the same website. Click "4-11 Photosynthesis " on the left hand side.

What membrane in the plant captures the chemical compounds ATP (energy)?

8. Click on the following website and watch the flashing picture for a minute.
www.schools.utah.gov/curr/science/sciber00/8th/energy/sciber/photosyn.htm
Describe the food chain that is shown.

9. Go to the following website:
www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/newton/phytosy.html

How many acres of tropical forest are cut down each year?

a. Stay on the same website.

What is deforestation blamed for?

10. Go to this website:
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/photosynthesis.html.
Click on the box to the upper right that says "Illuminating Photosynthesis". Then click on "Cycle", "Atomic Shuffle", and "Three Puzzles" at the top. On "The Cycle" website you have a girl watering a plant. Click the shade.

What molecule comes from outside the window?

11. Go to this website. Hit Play for both animations.
www.earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/photosynthesis/photosynthesis.html

What makes these two animations different from one another?

12. Go to this website. Hit the yellow arrow to the left.
www.johnkyrk.com/photosynthesis.html

As the Sun bathes the Earth, how long do solar photons take to get here? (read the text!)

13. Go to
http://library.thinkquest.org/3715/Environ.html


The destruction of different plants can lead to what?

14. Go to this website. Take the online quiz.

www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/quizshowall.php?title=Photosynthesis-1

Record your score on the sheet

15. Play the Food Chain Game at this website. Hit "GAME" at the top to take you right there. Go to this website: www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/photosynthesis.htm

15.In the Marine Chain game, what does the small fish eat?

a. In the FULL CHAIN, what TWO things can the Eagle eat?

16. Click on the following website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/organisms_behaviour_health/food_chains/revise3.shtml

Find the heading "Carbon Dioxide" and list the FOUR layers of the leaf.

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED MY WEBQUEST.

NOW, POST A COMMENT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THOUGHT!

Genetics Webquest

All About Genetics!

I created this Web quest for you to explore more about the enormous topic of Genetics and all that is out there to learn! Take your time as you scroll through these sites. Look at the pictures and read the content carefully.

Directions:Click on the websites located above the questions, to find the answers. I hope you enjoy it. Now let's begin.


Go to the following website:

http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/ahp/BioInfo/GP/Definition.html

1. Define the two words. You can paraphrase. Please don't copy exactly from the text.

Phenotype: ____________________________________________


Genotype: _____________________________________________


Click on the following website. Read these directions FIRST please!

• Click on “Tour of Basic Genetics"
• Click "What is a Trait” which is the second one down. 
• Then hit "NEXT" to get to each slide.
• For questions #2-#5 watch the tutorial. TAKE YOUR TIME AND READ EACH SLIDE!!!!

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/


2. What is an example of a predisposition to a medical condition? (hint: click "next" three times)

3. What defines our physical traits?

4. What does homozygous mean? (hint: you will see the answer on the slides with the thumbs!)

5. Which is dominant, Hitchhikers Thumb or Straight Thumb?

6. What did the couple’s children have for genotypes? (I am looking for letters here. For example: hh) List the only 3 possibilities.


Now, Go to the following website:


http://www.cfnz.org.nz/about-cystic-fibrosis/65-roses/

6. Why is cystic fibrosis called "65 roses"?



Go to this website and scroll down to answer the following question.

http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/resources/whats_a_genome/Chp1_2_1.shtml



7. How many chromosomes does a sunflower have? _______ puffer fish?_______

dog?________




7a. What is the neon colored picture of a bunch of chromosomes called?





Now go to this website.http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/do-identical-twins-have-identical-fingerprints-0399/



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8. Do identical twins have identical fingerprints? Why or why not?













Go to this website.


http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/1/concept/


Click on "Bio" at the top




9. How many pea plants did Gregor Mendel grow? How long did his experiments take him? What year were they published?











Go to this website (Should be the same as the last)




http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/1/concept/ and click on "Problem".









Click on the correct answer to keep going through the tutorial. Hit the right arrow at the bottom right when you are ready to go to the next slide.







Follow the tutorial through to the end.





There is no question to answer here.












Go to this website: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/traits/. Hit "Observable Human Characteristics ".















10. Look at the 7th Trait that they describe in the slideshow. Which one of these do you have?







Now Click at the website below.





http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/


Click on Chromosomes and inheritance.


Now click on " Make a karyotype".






Read the paragraph.













11. What is a karyotype?








Click the website below. 





http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his135/events/dolly96/dolly_module.html




12. What was the name of the famous lamb cloned in 1996? Who was Dolly and why was she so special?




Go to this website here:





http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/disorders/





13. What are genetic disorders?





14. List 5 genetic disorders here:












Read the article about DNA here:


http://www.genome.gov/11006943



15. What is a Genome?





16. How many nitrogen base pairs are there Human Genome?










Click the link below. Then Scroll down to read “how small are your genes?”

http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/stories/genes/

http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/stories/genes/




17. What is the Greek meaning for the words “Chromo" and "some"?







Now click this link to answer number 20.
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/NIH/gene05.html





20. How many (I want a number here) diseases are thought to stem from mutated genes?





http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/NIH/gene09.html


21. What is gene testing?





http://genetics.thetech.org/about-genetics/ethics





22. What is one ethical problem that comes with genetic testing?









23. Now Scroll down to the area that says Food For Thought. What is a problem with this?

http://genetics.thetech.org/about-genetics/ethics







23. What does polygenic mean? Hint: Look under the heading "why we are different"  !




Play Squish the Fish for fun, now that you are done!


http://www.sheddaquarium.org/SEA/interactive_module.cfm?id=8#

Mineral Websites

Below is a list of exciting and informative Mineral Websites. Make sure you take notes as you come across information you'd like to include in your presentation!


Mineral Gallery
http://mineral.galleries.com/


The Mineral Kingdom
http://www.minerals.net/


Pictures of Minerals
http://www.theimage.com/mineral/index.htm


San Diego Natural History Museum Minerals
www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/minerals/index.html


Mineral List of Links
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/rocks.html


Mineral Database
http://web.wt.net/~daba/Mineral/index.htm

Mineral Town
www.mineraltown.com

GLOBAL WARMING INTERNET GUIDE

Global Warming General Information

Background Information by by US Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/basicinfo.html

Background Information by National Climatic Data Center: US Dept of Commerce
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html

Background Information SGW; non profit site
http://www.climatecrisis.net/thescience/

Global Warming and Greenhouse Overview in an interactive slideshow format Geoscience Research Division:UC San Diego
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/greenhouse/

An Interactive Guide to understanding Global Warming by Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream
http://www.lickglobalwarming.org/educate.cfm

Facts, Information, Tips and How to Help by Global Green USA Environmental Organization
http://www.globalgreen.org/programs/climate/index.html

Get Fired Up About Global Warming!: how-to tips, information
http://www.care2.com/globalwarming


Scientific Facts with colorful, easy to read maps on Global Warming
http://www.greenfacts.org/climate-change/global-warming/global-warming.htm

Global Warming Animations specifically for Kids in an easy-to-understand, colorful format US Environmental Protection Agency
http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/animations.html

Global Warming Information, causes and scientific pictures of impact by NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/global_warming_worldbook.html



Lesson Plan Ideas and Activities

Headline Earth Podcasts AccuWeather: The World’s Weather Authority
http://wwwa.accuweather.com/global-warming/headline-earth.asp?
partner=accuweather&traveler=0

Online Tutorial: Global Warming Facts and our Future sponsored by National Academy of Sciences; Washington DC
http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/exhibitgcc/predicted02activity.jsp

Personal Emissions Calculator offered by the US Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_calculator.html

Human Impacts and Responses guide to many activities and lessons for teachers, Association of American Geographers; sponsored by Pearson Prentice Hall
http://www.aag.org/HDGC/www/intro/units/unit4/html/4actguide.html#act41

Environet : Informational Articles
http://environet.policy.net/warming/

Google for Educators Top 50 Ideas to help our environment by Global School net
http://www.google.com/educators/globalwarming_results.html

Focus on the Future: eye catching pictures and slideshows by NASA
http://globalwarming.enviroweb.org/

Climate Change: problems, solutions and what you can do to help solve global warming presented by World Wildlife Federation
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/climate_change/index.cfm

Online Radio Show in Real Video by the Mount Washington Observatory and National Science Foundation
http://www.weathernotebook.org/

http://www.weathernotebook.org/transcripts/1999/11/05.html

Interactive Slideshow: Dimming the Sun by PBS and NOVA
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sun/dimming.html

PBS and NOVA Dimming the Sun: Video and Lesson
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/viewing/3310_sun.html

A Growing Concern: Watch video clips and explain how global warming is impacting our earth
Union of Concerned Scientists; non-profit science organization in association with MIT:
http://www.climatechoices.org/impacts_agriculture/index.html

Greenhouse Gas Lab by National Academy of Sciences; Washington DC
http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/teachers/postvgw-act008.jsp

Comprehensive Unit with lessons by WGBH, PBS and NOVA
http://www.pbs.org/now/classroom/globalwarming.html

Write a letter to President Bush!
Tell President Bush it’s Time to Get Serious! Sponsored by Sierra Club Environmental Organization
https://secure2.convio.net/sierra/site/Advocacy?
JServSessionIdr005=abtrfjmwu2.app13b&cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=181

Send a letter to Congress! Through Save our Environment.org
http://ga3.org/campaign/GlobalWarming

Interactive and Animated Climate Map
http://www.lickglobalwarming.org/map.cfm

Look at Digital Images in the Multimedia Gallery and describe how related to global warming by National Center for Atmospheric Research
http://www.ucar.edu/news/features/climatechange/multimedia.jsp

Building Green: How to build environmentally friendly homes and structures
http://www.abcnews.go.com/images/GMA/01_what_is_green_building.pdf


Global Warming Virtual March: how to stop global warming
http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/

Climate Hot Map: Lesson Activity and Map Skills Lesson Plan

http://www.climatehotmap.org/index.html

Curriculum Guide for Climate Impacts Map
http://www.climatehotmap.org/curriculum/index.html

Earth Friendly House Hunt, Time Magazine
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/games/white/0,9970,107748,00.html

What is your E.Q? by Time Magazine
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/games/white/0,9970,106964,00.html

Use the interactive map to find organic food grown closest to you! Through the Local Harvest Farming Group
www.LocalHarvest.org

The SUV report: How automobiles are impacting our climate
http://www.sierraclub.org/globalwarming/SUVreport/

What’s Hot in Hollywood: Going Green!
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/GlobalWarming/story?id=2781681&page=2

Animals: Polar Bears: Is Extinction on the Horizon?
Teacher Webquest: http://teacherweb.com/PA/EastStroudsburgNorthHigh/
PolarBearsIsExtinctionontheHorizon/h3.stm



Videos and Games

Video: An Inconvenient Truth
www.climatecrisis.net

Memory Card Matching Game
http://www.lickglobalwarming.org/memory.cfm

What’s important: Global Warming short video clip
http://www.leonardodicaprio.org/whatsimportant/globalwarming_movie01.htm

Ben and Jerry’s Lick Global Warming Game!
http://www.lickglobalwarming.org/game.cfm

ABC News seven minute Video clip: What’s to blame for the warm weather?
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2772778

Temperature Puzzle
http://globalwarming.enviroweb.org/games/climpuzzle/index.html

20 Things YOU can do!
http://globalwarming.enviroweb.org/games/index.html

CO2FX
http://www.globalwarminginteractive.com/

Global Warming Games Site
http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/games/index.html

Great Green Web Game
http://go.ucsusa.org/game/

Test your global warming knowledge with a quiz!

http://www.redjellyfish.com/quiz/si-warmingquiz.html

Global Warming Drag and Drop Game

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/global_warming02.html

Global Warming Games for Kids!

http://globalwarmingkids.net/

Earthquake Damage Worksheet

Earthquake Damage!


Study each of the slides located at the following address and complete the chart below.

• The Slides begin with #2.
• In the second column, make sure you include the city and state in which it occured.
• For the fourth column, describe what you see happening and write "Structural Failure, Landshift, Landslide, Liquefaction, etc."
  

www.teachingboxes.org/earthquakes/lessons/lesson1_supplement/earthquakeDamage.pdf