Thursday 27 February 2014

Make A Karyotype. Genetic Disorders. Cloning.

 Hi, Luis, David,María,Judit, José Mº, Juanjo, Alberto, Juanma, Manu, Ruben, Pepe  and Jose Manuel!
Homework for the next Friday:  


                                   Common Risk-Associated Diseases
Most common diseases result from a combination of genetic and environmental factors. We inherit genetic factors that make us more or less susceptible to developing a particular disease. But our overall health is also a product of our environment.
Learn more about these diseases, who is at risk, and how that risk can be reduced:         

Heart Disease and Stroke, Asthma, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Osteoporosis, Cancer.

   Use this link:
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/history

I am looking forward to reading your reports!


For the next week......

GENETIC DISORDERS
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/chromosomes/diagnose/

Chromosomal Abnormalities

In these disorders, entire chromosomes, or large segments of them, are missing, duplicated, or otherwise altered.
  Cri-du-Chat Syndrome
Down Syndrome
  Klinefelter Syndrome
  Turner Syndrome
  Williams Syndrome

Cloning

 http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cloning/

 Click and Clone: Using what you know about Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer, create a clon of Mimi, a brown female mouse!
 http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cloning/clickandclone/


Is It Cloning? Or Not?

  What is Cloning? and Click and Clone, you can explore different approaches researchers use to clone mammals. Although cloning is one type of technology used in reproduction, not all reproductive technologies involve cloning. In the game , you can decide for yourself whether the scenario described involves cloning:

 http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cloning/cloningornot/



Plants




 Let's take a few minutes to look at plants of the world.

 What do plants have in common?

Let's take a look at mosses, ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms!

                        http://www.biology4kids.com/extras/show_plants/06.html


Almeria is located in one of the world's biodiversity "hot spots". Here you can find from species typical of tundra through to subdesertic flora, this being the flora of Almería it is one of the richiest in Europe.
There are in Almería a lot of endemic plants, that is, species that are only found here or that  have their habitat in a reduced area that includes our province.
Never pull them up or take them home!
In this link you will find most of the beautiful flowers that grow in your land:

http://www.almerinatura.com/en/flora-of-almeria

Tuesday 25 February 2014

The reproduction function.


Firstly, listen and read!
 Learn the facts about sexual health with articles about puberty, menstruation, infections, and everything you wanted to know, for boys and girls:

 http://kidshealth.org/teen/sexual_health/#cat20129

Then, revise, play this game about puberty and take a test:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/organisms_behaviour_health/reproduction/revision/1/
Don't forget to send your results!

And visit this interactive site:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/lifecycle/teenagers/

Hormones in the menstrual cycle:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/aqa_pre_2011/human/hormonesrev3.shtml





Finally, watch this film and answer the question list:

                                                       INSIDE THE LIVING BODY.
National Geographic Channel takes you beneath your skin to reveal how our bodies evolve from birth to old age, and the amazing biological systems we need to thrive...


WORKSHEET: Inside the Living Body

Birth of baby
1.  Where are the alveoli and how do they work?
2.  What are the benefits of breast milk?

1 month old
3.  How are smells detected?
4.  Where are the smallest bones in the body?
5.  Describe a baby’s vision at 1 month old.
6.  If our eyes see upside down, why do we see right side up?
7.  When do baby’s finally have 20/20 vision?

2 Years
8.  How many words do 2-year-olds learn each day?

5 Years
9.  How do thoughts work?

10.  How does the brain learn?

9 Years
11.  How do we recall memories?

11 Years
12.  What part of the brain controls puberty?

21 Years
13.  Why do we look and feel better in our 20’s than any other time in our lives?
14.  How often do our tissues regenerate?
15.  How much hair do we grow every year?
16.  How does exercise help condition the heart and lungs?

45 Years
17.  How much dust have we created by 45 years old?
18.  What chemical in our body degrades and causes wrinkles?
19.  How do our eyes change when we age?
20.  Why do we gain weight as we get older?

50 years
21.  What happens when we are stressed?
22.  What is a stroke?
23.  What happens during menopause?


70 Years
24.  How much does our brain shrink by 70?
25.  How does our hearing decrease?
26.  What happens every time our cells divide?
27.  What is the last sense to go when we die?
28.  How long does it take for our skin cells and brain cells to die?


Don't forget to send your results!









Wednesday 12 February 2014

Aparato respiratorio






MICROBES

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/microbiome/symbiosis/



 MICROBE MAGIC:

http://microbemagic.ucc.ie/about_microbes/fungi_work.html

Learn, play the games and try an experiment!


LICHENS:
Discover this Natural History Museum in London... ONLY FOR KIDS!
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/plants-fungi/lichens/index.html

GENETIC SCIENCE LEARNING CENTER.


 ACTIVIDADES DE GENÉTICA (español)
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/es/


CHROMOSOMES AND INHERITANCE:
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/chromosomes/

From Genetic Science Learning Center (2014, January 8) Learn.Genetics.utah.edu. Learn.Genetics. Retrieved February 12, 2014, from http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/