22 Jan 13

Today the students finished working on finishing up reading Chapter 5 and worked on the Chapter 5 Chapter Review RTF #'s 1,3,4,6,7+10 they are to write out or paraphrase the questions for full credit.  Vocab words were also assigned and due on Friday. The extra credit donations to the classroom are due on Friday instead of yesterday because of the holiday mix up.  They had a journal entry that asked them about how they felt about celebrities and the justice system.   

Wednesday 1/16/13

First off, I've heard from a number of students that the textbook will not load the actual text to your home computer. My summation is probably that your computer operating system is not compatable with the site. You should however, rest assured in needing to use the text on line anyway as we will have ample time in class to work. If you work hard, you should have no problem.
I don't think you will have much problem getting to the online quizzes and such for me though, we will check on that in a bit.

Today, we had a trivia question about Lance Armstrong and then we discussed genetic traits and worked with the punnet square.  And also the students were given a list of Dominant genetic traits and told them to go home and see what they can see. :)

Here's a link to the Huntington's disease story I was telling you about: http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20137567,00.html

Here's the outcome of her story:
http://www.henryherald.com/news/2004/feb/04/carr-paroled-tuesday/

Turns out, there is a 3rd son who has also began to show signs of Huntington's disease as well.

11 Jan 2013

Today the students had a Journal Entry : What was the best day you ever had with an adult in your life? If you've not had one, what would you hope for?
We then read the rest of Chapter 1 and began working on the Chapter Review Recalling the Facts Questions #1-9. They are now and FOREVER more to write out the questions or paraphrase the questions to all of the assigned questions in order to earn full credit.  The Syllabus and health history was passed out to the newbies and students are reminded to turn them in by wednesday (syllabus is Exc) Don't forget to turn your extra credit donation to the classroom by the 22nd, and get your book for the book review. I will post some suggested titles for the book review that is EXTRA CREDIT and DUE at the end of the quarter.

HOW TO ACCESS THE TEXTBOOK

Go to Glencoe.com

Select your state (AZ)

click student/parent

select health/fitness from drop down menu

click enter

Select High School health

select 2007

click on Student center

from this area you can select the activities we went over in class, like on-line quizzes, flash cards, puzzles etc. (here is where you want to go for the online quiz that you are going to send to me once you check your score) My email is Erica.Addison@tusd1.org
The following directions are how to actually view the text book page by page.
If you want to get to the actual text do this:

Click on the Online Student Edition

Click it again on the right side

will ask for this access code (F9E366EBB5) <- book="book" composition="composition" in="in" span="span" this="this" too="too" write="write" your="your">

THIS WILL THEN LOAD YOUR TEXT BOOK.

12/13/12

Today the kids finished up the ATI testing from yesterday so that classes were pretty smart.  I had the kids that were either not prepared or absent present their papers today.  After that they were allowed to have free time.  Here's the video on the world's toilet crisis from Vanguard on Current TV.CAUTION: SOME STRONG LANGUAGE AND SCENES
http://youtu.be/JFn_oYgfDsc

Tuesday 12/11/12

Today the students who brought their rough drafts in for review by their peers had that happen today. Their names were written down and they will receive 5 points extra credit for their efforts. After the review, they then watched a video on Meningitis and were required to take notes on the video. The papers are due tomorrow. We will begin presenting on tomorrow as well.

12-11-12

Today the students began working on typing their papers that are due tomorrow for the Peer Review in class. There will be points assigned to the peer review so it is important to have something to go over in class. Wednesday we will began the presentations to the class without exception. Don't forget to work on your extra credit item if you have any. I have a few note cards, but you are advised to buy your own and dole them out to your classmates as you see fit.

12-7-12

Tomorrow we are going to the computer lab to work on your peer review edition of your research paper. Wednesday, the final copy is due.