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Is it Alive? |
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Students
know plants and animals have levels of organization for structure
and function, including cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and
the whole organism.
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Students
know organ systems function because of the contributions of
individual organs, tissues, and cells. The failure of any part can
affect the entire system.
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Is it Alive? PPT
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Living Things use Energy
PPT
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Living Systems
PPT
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Human Body
(Quicktime Movie) |
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Skeletal-Muscular System |

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Students know
how bones and muscles work together to provide a structural
framework for movement.
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Students know
how to compare joints in the body (wrist, shoulder, thigh) with
structures used in machines and simple devices (hinge,
ball-and-socket, and sliding joints).
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Students know
how levers confer mechanical advantage and how the application of this
principle applies to the musculoskeletal system.
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Skeletal
System PPT PDF |
Forces
PPT
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Joints PPT
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Levers
PPT
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Muscles
PPT
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Human Body as a Machine
PPT
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Simple Machines Video |
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Cardiopulmonary System |
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Circulation
PPT
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Maintaining a Healthy Heart
- 3 minute QuickTime video
clip from United Streaming |
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Heart
PPT
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The Heart
3D tour inside the heart |
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Blood
PPT
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National Geographic Website on the Heart
- great animations and
explanations |
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Blood Vessels
PPT
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Bill Nye on the Heart
- 3 minute QuickTime Video
Clip from Discovery Channel |
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Respiration
PPT
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Vision & Hearing |
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- Students know how to
relate the structures of th eye and ear to their functions.
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Nervous System
PPT
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Optics
PPT
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Vision
PPT
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Hearing
PPT
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Color
PPT
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Human Reproduction |
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Students know
how the reproductive organs of the human female and male generate eggs
and sperm and how sexual activity may lead to fertilization and
pregnancy.
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Students know
the function of the umbilicus and placenta during pregnancy.
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Female Reproduction
PPT
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Puberty for Girls Video
(QuickTime Movie) |
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Male Reproduction
PPT
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Puberty for Boys Video
(QuickTime Movie) |
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Human Reproduction
PPT
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Life's
Greatest Miracle (NOVA Video) |
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Viruses (AIDS)
PPT
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Patricia Ware
Manhattan Beach Middle School
1501 Redondo Beach Avenue
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
310.318.7345 ext. 3105
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