Grade 9 Science Class Blog

Your posting for this week is to find and summarize a media source about organ trafficking. The summary should include:

-a complete summary of the media source

- how the media source relates to a one-world issue

- discusses specific examples of organ trafficking.

-how your opinion changed in response to this media source.

-a link to article (the article can be in any language)

Here is the rubric you will be assessed on:

Discussion Topic:

In this posting you are going to discuss two sources of errrors in your experiment.  Your posting should answer should include:

1.  A description of the source of error.

2.  How it could have effected your data (be specific here, would your values increase or decrease? Why?

3.  A detailed solution to your source of error.  What will you do to fix it?  Why will this fix it?

Please remember to reply to at least two people and to make sure you reply to at least on comment you made.

Don’t forget your groups:

Group Einstien:  Hend, Abhilash, Janey, Fisher

Group Darwin: Brandon, Hyo Sik, Na Young

Group Pastuer:Ye Won, Eun Jeong, Lin Feng

Group Crick: Chris, Grace, Yash, Chloe

REMEMBER TO FOLLOW THE DUE DATES FOUND IN THE PREVIOUS POSTING

Blog Topic:

For this week’s posting you will be watching a talk about the science behind serial killers.  Your post should include the following topics:

1.  What tools does Fallon use to study serial killers?

2.  What are the “things” involved that can cause a person to become a serial killer?

3.  Are serial killers responsible for their own actions? What do you think after watching this video?

4.  How does this relate to our focus question, “How does our body respond and learn from our environment?”

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You will read at least two other group members blogs and offer comments.  See the blog and discussion board guidelines for more information.

Discussion Topic:

What are some of the factors that you found that you think could affect memory?  Describe at least two factors you found or “thought up” and describe how you think they could affect memory?

When you REPLY to your group members, offer a short description of  an experiment that your group member could do related to one factor they listed.

REMEMBER TO FOLLOW THE DUE DATES FOUND IN THE PREVIOUS POSTING

Discussion Topic:

What are some of the factors that you found that you think could affect memory?  Describe at least two factors you found or “thought up” and describe how you think they could affect memory?

When you REPLY to your group members, offer a short description of  an experiment that your group member could do related to one factor they listed.

REMEMBER TO FOLLOW THE DUE DATES FOUND IN THE PREVIOUS POSTING

Blog Topic:

Find one article, video, podcast, type of media  on memory and write a summary of the article that answers the following questions:

1.  What is the article about?

2.  How does it relate to our current topic?

3.  Which AOI’s is this article related to?

4.  How has this article changed your view of the topic?

5.  Please include a link to your article in the blog – THE ARTICLE CAN BE IN ANY LANGUAGE. – OTHERWISE NO CREDIT.

You will read at least two other group members blogs and offer comments.  See the blog and discussion board guidelines for more information.

You have now been put into four groups (see below) Every week you will have one blog posting and one discussion board to contribute to.  You will need to respond to other group members postings also.  Let me explain each one.

Blog Posting

This is what is required:

1. A blog post – You will get your topic on Wednesday of every week, you will need to post by Friday.
2. Two responses to other group members posts – This has to be done by Monday at 12:55 pm.
3. One response to a comment made on your blog – This has to be done by the following Wednesday at 10:45.
4. One member of your group will also be responsible for a scribe post.  In this post you will need to write a summary of the lesson.  This will be done on the class blog.  This needs to be done by the next day.

Discussion Board Postings

Every Wednesday you will be assigned a discussion post that you will respond to and discuss with other members of your group.

1. A 1st reply – You will get your topic on Wednesday of every week, you will need to post by Friday.
2. Two responses to other group members replies – This has to be done by Monday at 12:55 pm.
3. One response to a comment made on your blog – This has to be done by following Wednesday at 10:45.

Groups

Here are the groups you will be working in:

Group Einstien:  Hend, Abhilash, Janey, Fisher

Group Darwin: Brandon, Hyo Sik, Na Young

Group Pastuer:Ye Won, Eun Jeong, Lin Feng

Group Crick: Chris, Yeon Joo, Yash, Seung Chae

Rubrics

You will be assessed using the following rubrics:

Blog Rubric

Discussion Rubric

On your blogs, I would like you to write a paragraph (at least 7 sentences) about how neurotransmitters work.  This is due by next Wednesday, November 11th.  You will then need to comment on two other people blogs and respond to one comment on a posting made to your blog.

I would also like you to answer the following questions:

1.  How is depression and neurotransmitters related ?  Below are a few sites to help, answer in one paragraph

http://depression.about.com/cs/brainchem101/a/brainchemistry.htm

http://www.healthscout.com/animation/68/10/main.html

http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/brain/depression/de.about.anat.neurotran.htm

2.  How do antidepressants (medicine that helps with depression) work?  Belowa re a few sites to help, answer in one paragraph.

http://www.healthscout.com/animation/68/10/main.html

http://depression.about.com/cs/brainchem101/a/howadswork.htm