We have been reviewing the chapters that we studied this semester. The students will take their final exam Thursday, May 15 and then we will be done with Life Science. Thank you for a great year!

This week we have been working on our organ presentations and also giving our organ presentations to our classmates. On Thursday, we will vote for the most important organ based on the information that was presented by each student and how compelling each student was...

This week is a short week for science, Students are working on their organ project where they will each be researching an organ of the body and determining its importance to our lives. This will be the last assignment for life science except for their final exam....

This week we finished up chapter 14 learning about the skin, the largest organ of the body. The skin is part of the integumentary system and plays a very important role in keeping us healthy by maintaining homeostasis with temperature regulation, moisture, and keeping...

Cranium, scapulas, patellas, phalanges, patellas, phalanges. . . Who recognizes this song? These are the scientific names for the head, shoulders, knees, and toes. We have begun chapter 14 and we are studying the skeletal system, muscular system and the skin. During...

On Monday we took our chapter 13 test. The students did very well on this test. This week we then proceeded on our dissection path and dissected the fetal pig. Pigs are very similar to humans in that they are mammals and have many similar characteristics. This was a...