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Breathing Hard for Our Muscles

2/23/2016

Questions

What did breathing through straws represent?
Why should we have this experience?
It was difficult to continue moving when you breathed through the straw. Why is that?
What are some things that affect the respiratory system and make it harder to breathe?
How would your daily life be affected if you could only breathe in small amounts of air with each breath?

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1. Breathing through straws represented having some kind of breathing disorder, like bronchitis
2. To show how hard it is for these people to live with diseases like this, and to show what it feels like to have minimal oxygen levels in your body
3. Because I didn't have a steady oxygen stream going through my body.
4. Certain conditions, or lots of exercise at once can limit the air going into your body... or breathing through straws
5. I probably wouldn't be able to maintain a habit of continuous vigorous exercise, or do things that especially limit the air going into my body

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Which Joints Are Most Important?

2/22/2016

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Questions:

Which joint did you choose as your most important joint?
Why did you choose that joint?
What things would be difficult to do without that joint?
What movement can be done without the use of joints?

Answers:

The jaw
I chose the jaw because you need your jaw to eat, and you need to eat and maintain your energy before you even think about being able to walk. Without the jaw, you wouldn't be able to survive because you would starve to death.
Eating, chewing, talking, and surviving in general.
Falling, blinking, standing still, and nothing else. We couldn't do anything really without joints.

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Human Body Lesson 13 - How Muscles Get What They Need

2/19/2016

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Bloodstream 2:

Seems like normal jello, nothing special
Did not make any changes
Everything is the same about it
No liquid in the bottom

Bloodstream 1:

Looks like the coffee filter absorbed the liquid from the jello and the meat tenderizer
I think the meat tenderizer absorbed the liquid from the jello into the coffee filter, which relates to the stomach because the stuff on top would act as the "feces" and is not needed. The meat tenderizer absorbed what it needed from the jello and left behind what was not needed in the jello.

Q: How are the two cups different and why?
A: Cup 1 has liquid in the bottom, and the jello itself is dryer than in cup 2.
Q2:What process in the human body is demonstrated by the liquid in the bottom of the cup?
A2: The small intestine absorbing the nutrients in the food we eat.
Q3:What process in the human body is demonstrated by the wet coffee filter?
A3: The small intestine spreading the chime around itself, leaving it wet.
Q4: How does this lab help us understand digestion?
A4: This lab helps us understand digestion by explaining the process of absorption with cups of jello.

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If the World Were a Village

2/18/2016

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Earth's population was 7.05 billion people in 2012- It was crowded!
If the world were a village of 100 people, 60 of them would be from Asia
15 would be from Africa
11 would be from Europe
8 would be from South/Central America
5 would be from the U.S. and Canada combined
Most common languages:
21 people speak some form of Chinese (16 Mandarin)
9 speak Hindi
9 speak English
7 speak Spanish
4 speak Portuguese
Ages:
9 under 5
10 between 5 and 9
18 between 10 and 19
17 between 20 and 29
15 between 30 and 39
12 between 40 and 49
9 between 50 and 59
6 between 60 and 69
3 between 70 and 79
1 older than 79
Religions:
33 Christians
27 Muslims
15 non-religious
14 Hindu
9 practice Shamanism
5 Buddhists
2 other religions
Food sources:
37 sheep and goats
23 cows, bulls, and oxen
13 pigs
3 camels
2 horses
700 chickens (7 times as many chickens as people)
30 people do not have a reliable source of food, and are hungry
17 people are severely undernourished and are always hungry
Air and Water:
87 have access to clean water
13 don't have access to clean water
School/Work:
36 school-aged
30 of 36 go to school
The other 6 are working instead
3 work at home or just for family farms
Other 3 are soldiers or work at markets
14 people can't read out of everybody
63 people can have jobs
Only 37 do work out of the 63
Money and Possession:
The richest 10 people have 85% of the money
The other 90 people share the other 15% of the money
The poorest 10 people have less than $2 every day.
The other 80 people have something in between rich and poor
The average cost of food, shelter, and possessions is $5000
Many people don't have enough for food, shelter, and unnecessary possessions
Energy
76 have access to electricity
24 do not have any electricity at all
73% of energy comes from fossil fuels
17% of energy comes from nuclear power
10% of energy comes from wind and water
Health
41 people live in an area where Malaria is spread
6 people get Malaria each year
About 80 people have gotten vaccines against viruses
Village past, present and future
In 1000 B.C .E., 1 person lived in the village
In 500 B.C.E., 2 people lived in the village
1 C.E.: 3 people
1000: 5 people
1500: 8 people
1650: 10 people
Message
250 people is about the most people the village can hold while supplies for survival last

The statistics of the world we are living in really surprised me, because I had no clue that there were this many people around the world that are in need of serious help. I feel very lucky to live the life I am living, because I realized that so many people are nowhere near as fortunate as I am. It really upset me that the majority of people are unable to live a life as successful as most people in my area. I wish that everyone could have a life full of opportunity, because the most capable person to ever live may not even have enough money or even survival essentials to support their family. I hope that other people, including myself, can find more ways to help these people in need, so that they can live the life they deserve.

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Breathing Hard for Our Muscles

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Which Joints Are Most Important?

Human Body Lesson 13 - How Muscles Get What They Need

If the World Were a Village

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