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=== Welcome students! This term we will be exploring the different systems of the human body. It will be your job to choose one of the systems that interests you and using the resources provided on this site create a presentation that you will share with the class. Read on to see all three of your tasks to be completed using Web 2.0 tools. ===

** Introduction **
In this activity each one of you will be creating a mind map about everything you already know about the different systems of the human body.

** What you will be doing **
Everyone will already know something about the human body and how it works whether it is something that you have read, seen or been told. What you are going to do in this activity is brainstorm all of that information and create a mind map where you have outlined the different systems and listed everything you think of about that system. You will be using a Web 2.0 tool called Bubbl Us that is a fun and exciting way to create a mind map. At the end of the unit you can look back at this mind map and create a new one including everything you have discovered over the unit and now know about the human body systems.

This is a students sample of a mind map using Bubbl.us



** Introduction **
Each week you will be answering a different question on some aspect of the systems.

** What you will be doing **
Each week a question will be posted on our classroom blog using the Web 2.0 software Blogger. Your task is to visit this page at the beginning of each week and click on the link to the blog below. Once you have read the weekly question you will use the resources provided on this site to research the question. When you are happy with your answer you need to post it on our blog site for others in the class to read and comment on. Make sure you check in at least twice a week to see your classmates posts and comments.Click here to enter the blog to add and read others posts and make your comments. __ Weekly Questions __

**Week 1**: Explain how food is broken down once in the mouth. **Week 3**: Discuss how food travels to the stomach. **Week 9**: Describe what it is the heart does.
 * Week 2 **: List as many bones as you can of the human skeleton.
 * Week 4: ** What do you think will happen to your breathing when you start exercising?
 * Week 5: ** In what system would you find the brain and what do you think it does?
 * Week 6: ** Why is it important that we have bones?
 * Week 7: ** What do you think would happen to us if we did not have any blood?
 * Week 8: ** Do you think we would be able to swallow if we were upside down? Explain your answer.

__ Learning Activity Three __
** Introduction ** Select one of the human body systems we have covered in this unit and design a presentation to present to the class.

**What you will be doing**     For your final learning activity you will be using a Web 2.0 tool called Prezi. A prezi is a new and fun way to design presentations similar to what you would create with Power Point. However instead of being several separate slides a prezi is all created on one. You will be using the resources on this wiki and from classroom activities to gather the information on the system of your choice. It may be a good idea to go back over the mind maps and blog questions and post to help you with this activity. As this is your first time using prezi several lessons will be focusing on how to create a prezi looking at demo videos as well as exploring as a class. Now it is your turn to put your creative hat on and design your prezi that will be engaging and eye capturing for the viewer while providing them information on the functions of the system you researched. Each prezi will be presented to the class using the Interactive Whiteboard or Projector. Below you will find a sample of a prezi on the digestive system.

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