1. Bellwork 12-1-15

2. Can I summarize how the different levels of organization are integrated within living systems? Can I explain the basic functions of a major organ system? How do different organ systems enable a complex multicellular organism to survive? Students will be able to analyze how plant and animal cells are organized to carry on the processes of life?

4.  Which of these beakers represents the total amount of liqiuid that a human bladder can hold?  Which of these beakers represents the amount of liquid at which a human brain will register the need to urinate?

5.  The urinary system contains organs that remove waste products from your blood.  Urinary System Organs:  Kidneys, ureter, urinary bladder, and urethra  Kidneys are a pair of organs that filter water, and wastes from the blood and that excrete products as urine.  Nephrons are microscopic filters in the kidney that remove wastes from the blood.

7.  BrainPop Urinary BrainPop

8.  Function: Removes waste from the blood and regulates the body's fluids.  Major Organs: Kidneys, Bladder  How it works with other systems: Filters waste out of the blood from the cardiovascular system.

9.  The reproductive systems are responsible for making the reproductive cells, called gametes, for the male and female.  The male reproductive system produces and delivers sperm.  The female reproductive system produces eggs and nourishes and protects the fetus.

10.  The testes are a pair of organs that make sperm and testosterone.  Testosterone is the main male sex hormone that regulates the production of sperm and the development of male characteristics (facial hair, deeper voices)  The penis is the male organ that transfers sperm to the female reproductive system.

11.  The two ovaries are the organs that make eggs.  Ovaries also release estrogen and progesterone which are the main female sex hormones. The hormones regulate the release of eggs and development of female characteristics.  Eggs travel down an organ called the Fallopian tube which leads to the uterus, the organ that protects a developing fetus.  When a baby is ready to be born, it travels through the vagina, the canal that connects to the uterus to the outside world.

12.  Reproductive Systems Reproductive Systems

13.  Function: Produces gametes (reproductive cells) and hormones to regulate development.  Major Organs: Testes, Ovaries  How it works with other systems: Releases hormones for the cardiovascular system to transport to other parts of the body.

14.  You need to have 11 body systems in your story.  Make sure to an introduction, transitions, and conclusions.  There needs to be adequate dialogue!  Due on December 7th.