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Today we Dissected A Chicken wing Here is a video of some of the pictues we took of the wing getting dissected

We are learning about all the diffrent Systems in the human body. For example:

Respiratory System:

In Sciences we have been learning about the Respiratory System. Some of the main points we learnt were how we breath in. How all the parts work. Here is a video to watch about Inhalation and Exhalation [|Video]

Circulatory System:

Name the structures and organs that form the circulatory system. Heart, vanes, arteries, capillaries and blood

What is the function of the circulatory system? Function of arteries: Arteries carry blood away from the heart to the rest of the body

<span style="color: #ff1a56; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Function of veins: <span style="color: #ff1a56; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Veins carry blood from the rest of the body to the heart.

<span style="color: #ff1a56; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Function of capillaries: <span style="color: #ff1a56; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">One cell thick to allow efficient gas exchange <span style="color: #ff1a56; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Glucose and waste products of cellular respiration are transported across the capillary walls. <span style="color: #ff1a56; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Waste products cardoon dioxide and water. <span style="color: #ff1a56; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gas exchange

<span style="color: #ff1a56; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Function of the blood. <span style="color: #ff1a56; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">To carry nutrients such as glucose <span style="color: #ff1a56; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">TO carry wastes such as carbon dioxide <span style="color: #ff1a56; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">To carry oxygen around the body <span style="color: #ff1a56; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">To fight diseases <span style="color: #ff1a56; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">To clot when there is a cut so the cut is sealed.

<span style="color: #ff1a56; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It carry blood away. Send chemical messages, carry's oxygen <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Digestive System: <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="color: #21cef8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Excretory System: <span style="color: #21cef8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">

<span style="color: #21cef8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kidneys: 2 kidneys constantly filter blood to produce urine. <span style="color: #21cef8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ureters: 2 ureters carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder. <span style="color: #21cef8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bladder: the urinary bladder stores urine it is released from the body <span style="color: #21cef8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Urethra: is the tube the carries urine from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body.

<span style="color: #f11d23; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Dr. Victor Chang: <span style="color: #f11d23; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Dr Victor Chang is the first person to perform heart and lung transplant in St Vincent's hospital .He has changed history. His life was taken by a gunshot on the 4th of July 1991. People he saved will never forget him. <span style="color: #f11d23; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Here is a video on on some brief information on Dr Victor Chang.

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<span style="color: #f679b3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Careers in Health Science:

<span style="color: #3c1ef5; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We had to choose two careers we would take up in Health Science and write two structured about each. I wrote about Nursing and Physiotherapy.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nurse: <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A nurse is when you look after patients in the hospital and place working. You Can take they Blood pressure, blood sugar, they give you vacations and needles. You become a nurse you need to pass a health examination which includes a cheat X-ray. You can be a registered or enrolled nurse. When you go to university you can choses from a variety of courses with major focus on health, ages car and nursing-grow. Nursing would be a grate job to have.

<span style="color: #ff1a56; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Physio: <span style="color: #ff1a56; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A physiotherapist is someone who treats a variety of conditions that affect the physical movement of people. You can go to a physio if you have pulled a muscle, if you have just recovered from a broken bone and operation. To be a physiotherapist you have to do Physical Therapy Education, have a post-baccalaureate degree, a science major. Physiotherapy people say gives you life because they help your movement and everyone needs movement to do things. =<span style="color: #51e50f; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Topic 5 = =<span style="color: #51e50f; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Ecology =

=<span style="color: #88ff70; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Adaptions: = =<span style="color: #88ff70; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Adaptations are the things animals or plants have to survive in they habit. Every living thing has different adaptations to other living things. = =<span style="color: #88ff70; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In the Video below they is a video about an animal and plant adaptations. The animal is Koala and the plant is a bottle brush. = media type="custom" key="21408948"

=<span style="color: #06c8f4; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Microorganisms: = <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;"> Microorganisms are tiny living things that can not be seen by the naked eye. They is five different kinds of Microorganisms bacteria, fungi, viruses, algae and protozoa. Microorganisms can be found anyway in the world. Microorganisms are inside our body and make up our body's. Microorganisms live in the air, on land an in fresh and salt environments. <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;"> <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;"> Here is a video about Microorganisms: <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;"> media type="custom" key="21495312" <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">