Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Post 6: March 31, April 1

Biology:  Write out 5 things that you know about plants.  How do they differ from other living organisms?

A and P:  p. 464 - How do each of the secretions of the stomach assist with digestion?

Med Tech:  Explain what mammography is and the modality that is used to create the images.

Physics:  Explain how images formed by a lens differ from those formed by a mirror.

Astronomy:  Explain 3 things that you have discovered about life on other planets.

Zoology:  Explain 5 things that you know about arthropods, after our discussion on monday.

Friday, March 27, 2015

Post 5: March 27,30

Biology:  How do plants and fungus compare? (p553)

A and P:  Explain what 5 of the secretions produced by the digestive system do.  Also explain the terms mastication and deglutition.

Med Tech:  http://eradiology.bidmc.harvard.edu/LearningLab/musculo/Kleweno.pdf  compare the images of a normal RC and a torn RC.  How is MRI imaging helpful in this diagnosis?

Physics:  Explain refraction and the index of refraction.

Astronomy:  What, if anything, would you still like to know about astronomy?  If you had one thing to teach younger kids about astronomy, what would it be?

Zoology:  Explain 3 ways that annelids have become more complex than the other animals that we have studied?

Monday, March 23, 2015

Post 4: March 25,26

Biology:  List as many similarities and differences between protists, bacteria and viruses as you can.  Try to use a venn diagram if possible.

A and P:  Describe the anatomy of the teeth and how our teeth change as we grow.

Med Tech:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8YVRZcBJEo  Watch video and comment on what you have learned.

Physics:  Explain the difference between subtractive and additive colors (p467).

Astronomy:  Explain the main points of the evolution of the sun.

Zoology:  Explain the basic feeding, circulation and nervous system of an annelid.

Friday, March 20, 2015

Post 3: March 23,24

Biology:  Explain 3 things that you have learned about your particle or organism.

A and P:  From p 454, explain the 5 functions of the digestive system.

Med Tech:  Look at a few of the reports listed at http://www.usarad.com/sample-mri.html  and explain what aspects you can understand from each.

Physics:  Explain the concept of observation dependency in quantum physics and how it was represented in the minecraft game.

Astronomy:  Explain each of the 7 different parts of the structure of the sun.

Zoology:  Explain 5 characteristics of the Phylum Annelida.

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Post 2: March 19,20

Biology:  Explain what each of the following terms mean and give an example of each: virion, capsid, bacteriophage, epidemic, vaccine, retrovirus. (p 513, 518-519)

A and P:  Explain 3 things that you have learned about one of the diseases you are researching.

Med Tech:  From page 60 on, briefly explain the kind and cause of each type of artifact that can occur in MRI imaging.

Physics:  Explain the principle of superposition in quantum mechanics.

Astronomy: Explain 3 things about the Kuiper Belt and Oort cloud from our notes or google.

Zoology:  Briefly describe each of the 7 classes of mollusks from the notes.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Post 1:March 17, 18

Biology:  Explain the following terms:  virus, pathogen, viroid, prion. (p 510-511)

A and P: Explain each of the pulmonary volumes and capacities listed on page 434.

Med Tech:  From page 48 and on, explain the following MRI parameters: Repetition Time; Echo Time; Flip Angle; Inversion Time; Number Of Acquisitions; Matrix.  

Physics:  How does an image produced by a convex mirror differ from that of a concave mirror?


Astronomy:  From the meteors, asteroids and comets notes:  Explain 3 characteristics of an asteroid.

Zoology:  Briefly explain the feeding and digestion and circulation systems of a mollusk..