Primary Abiogenesis

• here is an animation and narration of the famous Urey-Miller experiment

Reminder: Concept presentations

• don´t forget that the deadline for your concept presentations is approaching quickly
• the rubric for evaluating these presentations was distributed in class today: please use this rubric as a guide when preparing your final presentation

The Respiratory System

• read text pages 165 to 174
• remember that you have a unit test next week!!

Blood Flow Through the Heart

• check out the following animation on blood flow through the heart

The Circulatory System

• read text 231-240
• do page 247 #1,4
• Check out the animation of Blood Flow through the Heart

concept presentations

Here are some suggested topics for your presentations. Your presentation will be approximately 5-7 minutes long. You may use visual aids with labelled diagrams, but NO SENTENCES. You may not use any notes during your presenation. Creativity is encouraged.

• dialysis
• how lie detectors work
• organ transplants
• allergies
• insulin pumps
• advanced drug delivery systems
• biological warfare
• multiple sclerosis
• SCID
• MRI
• birth control pills
• anabolic steroids
• Bright's disease
• epilepsy
• artificial painkillers
• prions
• monoclonal antibodies

Unit Test: Human Health and Physiology

• this test will cover the following topics on the IB Syllabus
• 6.1 (Digestion), 6.2 (the transport system), 6.4 (Gas exchange)
• it will be split into two parts
• the first part will take place on Thursday October 30th, and the second part will take place on Monday November 3rd
• format: multiple choice, short answer, diagram, TBA

Digestion

• Digestion animation
• Digestion animation II