1D3 and 1G3 will be due the test some time week beginning 16th January. During the next week, both classes will be issued with revision summary sheets in case work in jotters is incomplete. We will also be looking at how to use these sheets and the work in jotters to revise most effectively – taking notes, highlighting, read – cover- check.

Body systems revision notes (including Polish version)

body-sytems-jw-rev-notes

Body measurements revision notes

body-measurements-revision-notes

Body systems revision notes (Polish)

body-measurements-revision-notes-pol

1D3 are due homework on Thursday 12th January. This is Q2 and 3 on the Healthy Bodies Homework sheet. Answers go on the sheet.

1G3 have already been issued with Q1 and 2, and Q3 will be due in on Monday 16th January.

Hmework sheet was included in a previous post, so there are no excuses about having lost their sheet!

1D3 have been working on taking pulses. We took pulses using two different methods. We used our fingers to feel for a pulse at our wrist or neck. We counted the beats in 20s and multiplied the answer by 3 to get the beats in ine minute. We also used a hi-tech pulse meter which was quicker and more accurate. We learned why a doctor would take your pulse and what it might mean if it was too high or too low.

1D3 and 1G3 are working on body measurements to do with health. We have been looking at lo-tech and hi-tech ways of measuring temperature. We then looked at what the doctor could tell from comparing your body temperature with normal.

Thanks to Sophie for the pictures.

The finished models –

1G3’s next topic is on different measurements that health professionals can make to check the ‘wellness’ of your body.

Teaching materials in English –

body-measurements-jw

Teaching materials in Polish(ish) –

body-measurements-pol

1G3 have started looking at how knowledge of the human body helps us stay healthy. The first lesson is about the Health triangle which shows the three different aspects of health.

The teaching materials (including Polish notes) is available here –

health-triangle-pol

1G3 were issued homework on Monday 5th December for Monday 12th. The homework is Q1 from the homework sheet shown below.

1D3 will be issued with the same homework on Wednesday 7th to be handed in on Wednesday 14th.

healthy-body-homework

1G3 have been building models to show how the diaphragm works to make you breathe in. The diaphragm is a sheet of muscle which runs under your ribcage. It pulls down to make you breathe in. This makes the whole chest cavity bigger and pulls air in from outside. When the diaphragm relaxes, it moves up. This makes your chest cavity smaller again, pushing the air back out.

When the diaphragm is pulled down, the lung inflates.

Kiedy membrana jest rozebrana, płuca nadmuchuje.

When the diaphragm relaxes back up, the air is pushed out of the lungs again.

(Nice photo bomb, Miss Mc!)