2/29-3/18

The Final Push Before Spring Break!!  We will do a unit on hormones and reproduction and start on the structure and function of neurons and synapses.  We will also continue to review topics from last year during FLEX on Thursdays!

• Mon 2/29:  Finish checking off Kidney Coloring.  Review and wrap-up kidney material.  Review for Movement and Kidney short test on Wednesday.  We will play a Kahoot game of multiple choice and go over the big topics that can't be reviewed through multiple choice.  Start on Hormones and Homeostasis.
• Wed 3/2:  Take Movement and Kidney Test.  Go over 5 hormones:  insulin, glucagon, thyroxin, leptin, and melatonin.  Start human reproduction.  Start reading 6.6.
• Fri 3/4:  Sex determination in males and females.  Male and female reproductive anatomy.  The human menstrual cycle. Reproductive system coloring sheet, due Tuesday 3/8.Finish reading 6.6.
• Tues 3/8:  Review the human menstrual cycle.  In Vitro Fertilization.  Spermatogenesis and oogenesis.  Fertilization.  Start reading 11.4.
• Thurs 3/10:  Implantation.  Structure of the placenta.  A little bit on birth.  Finish reading 11.4.  Hand out review for hormone and reproduction test next Wed 3/16.
• Mon 3/14:  Review hormone and reproduction topics for test on Wednesday.  Start neurons?
• Wed 3/16:  Reproduction Test!  Start neurons.  Start reading 6.5.
• Fri 3/18:  Nerve impulses and synapses.  Finish reading 6.5 and please read Option A on Neurobiology and Behavior over Spring Break!!