Brianne Tyson Blog #2, 3/3

January 8/08

**Reminder!! Field test on Friday January 9**

What did we do today??:

1. We marked the Nervous System worksheet from Monday and then we talked about the long answer because it ended up not being included for marks.
2. Then we marked the Endocrine system worksheet, also from Monday
3. Next we did a "memory dust off" as Mr.C called it, tried to remember unit 2, the reproductive system. While we remembered we were also going through what we need to know

• Some of these things included:
• Hormones, Which hormones control what?
• Technologies (examples of these can be found in the study guide)
• Mitosis/mieosis
• Spermatagenisis/ oogenesis
• Menstration (Be able to put it on a 'calendar' (days = whats happening) and know what hormones are involved.
• Be able to understand how contraceptives work

1. Then we again went into the study guide from AB learning and went through the unit on reproduction, including the diagrams. ( Mr.C told us to be able to think 3D when it comes to diagrams because there is a chance we will get a side view of the internal organs)
2. After all that is when the questions came! 2 multiple choice sheets due Wend. January 9
3. We were also to do the questions in the study guide and Mr.C recommened that we pick 5 words that we are unsure of in the glossary and define them.
4. Mr.C also wrote a list of Useful Diagrams from our textbook on the board this list was:

• 1. Pg 411-- 17.5, pg 417--17.9
• 2. pg 414 --17.7
• 3. pg. 416--17.8
• 4. Pictures and graphs/case study pgs 419-420
• 5 pg.424--17.5
• 6. pg. 425--17.6

Thoughts:

With some many birth control technologies for men including such things as vasectomys, why is it that most men expect women to be the ones to have their tubes tide?? heck we're the ones to give birth, guys should just be greatful that they don't have to do it and be a doll and be the one to have their tubes tied. Men should have to go through some pain for kids too! (come on guys! give us a break, through most of history us women have been the ones at home being the home makers, looking after the kids and such not top mention we're the ones that have to go through all the pain of labour). We've done so much for you over the centuries, now it's your turn to do something for us. Be kind, get tied!

Additonal insight:

So Iwas curious, what is the actual rate for vasectomy's considering every guy I have ever talked to about vasectomy's (and that's quite a few) have said that there was no way that they would ever do that and that it's the women's responsibility to have their tubes tied, not the men. I found this website kind of interesting, esspecially the parts pasted below:

http://www.mamashealth.com/men/vas.asp

Vasectomy Statistics
Approximately half a million vasectomies are performed in the United States each year.
About one out of six men over age 35 has been vasectomized, the prevalence increasing along with education and income. (ok so the half a million that are preformed is almost impressive, but what's this one out of 6 stuff? come on now!)

Masculinity and Sexuality
Vasectomy does not affect production or release of testosterone, the male hormone responsible for a man's sex drive, beard, deep voice, and other masculine traits. The operation also has no effect on sexuality. Erections, climaxes, and the amount of ejaculate remain the same. (Now won't you look at that! you manly men don't have to worry about loosing all of your maleness! Women will still like you! )

Brianne Tyson, Blog #1, 3/3

A day of double bio!!! yay!

What did we do?:

REVIEW, REVIEW and some more, REVIEW!!!
Block one:

• Welcome back from xmas break.... joy
• We found out that we have a bio field test (multiple choice) on friday, January 11 and a written response test sometime next week.
• **Mr. C says that if we do well on this test (the MC) we can use that mark to replace any unit exam mark.**
• Found out that we will be getting a MC 'quiz' at the begining of every class (will have to hand in two of them for marks )
• Got a booklet that has all the learning objectives in it, so that now we don't have to go rumaging through our binders looking for all of them. ( That's a positive thing for all of us who have no idea even where to start to look for those objectives in the mess of papers we call our binders.)
• We got a study guide from Alberta Learning, we went through this in both classes. This book also has a list of study tips that we went over.
• Unit one review took up the rest of the class, in the morning we reviewed the Nervous system and got a worksheet to fill out, this is due January 8. This worksheet also included stuff from the ear and eye sections of this unit.
• **Key point with the ear and eye stuff, we need to know how these are connected to the nervous system.**

Block Two:

This class was a little more laid back.

• We reviewed the endocrine system!
• We got, yet another, multiple choice worksheet to fill out on the Endocrine system, this is due January 8th
• Mr. C also assigned us to choose five words from the Nervous system and 5 from the endocrine system that we are unsure about and to find a deffinition for them, also due on the 8th of January. (There is a glossary of terms that we need to know for the unit in the Alberta learning study guide)
• This class we also got to see our marks from the last unit exam and where our average stood.
• ** For the endocrine system REVIEW MR.BLANKEY and the endocrine chart we filled out**

Thoughts:

After we went through the study guide in the Alberta Learning booklet, one thing still stands out. The guide said that even if you have no clue in the slightest as to what the answer to a question might be you should still write something down because it will help you. I don't get it, how is writting something that is completly wrong down going to help you?

I had not realized how much we had honestly covered this year untill I saw the booklet of the learning objectives, all I can say is HOLY COW! It doesn't seem like we have covered that much. That diploma is starting to look a little overwhelming. With the help of all the worksheets we are going to get, and the study guide, I'm sure we will be fine. The study guide is going to be very helpful considering it contains a bunch of terms, technologies and disorders for the unit.

Insight:

So with the looming diploma and all the work put upon us it is really time to stick our noses to the books and get down to work. Refreshing your memory of everything we have learned is good thing but also a bit overwhelming. Before, it didn't feel like we really had alot to go and look back on and now when we do go and look back, we really have covered alot of stuff. After it being so long since we covered all these units I forgot how much detail there really is to the first unit.

Time now to head to the books and come out with ink on our noses!!