Digestive System - Science

 Teeth 

How do these organs help our body digest food? 

It helps us by tearing the hard parts of our food. It chews our food and combines our food with saliva which turns it into Bolus. A term used to describe food that has been chewed.

Why are they important for our survival?

Your teeth are important for your survival because if you don’t have teeth, you have nothing to chew your food. 

Oesophagus 

How do these organs help our body digest food? 

After the food turns into bolus in your mouth the next process will be the contracting and squeezing the food together in your oesophagus. This will make the good moves down from the Oesophagus to the stomach.  

Why are they important for our survival?

This organ is important because they are helping us in the digestion process. If we don’t have this organ it can be hard for us to digest the food. 

Stomach 

How do these organs help our body digest food?

The stomach is one of the most important organs that is needed to be able to digest food. The stomach breaks down the food that you chewed and swallowed. The stomach’s strong muscles start to work and act like a blender which turns the bolus into a usable form.

Why are they important for our survival?

Like I said before, the stomach is an important organ in our body because it breaks down the food that you have chewed and swallowed. It then sends the ‘usable form’ into the small intestine and carries on from there.

Small Intestine  

How do these organs help our body digest food? 

Small intestine is helping our body to absorb the nutrients in the food. This organ is also carrying the most work for our digestive process. 

Why are they important for our survival?

As I said, the small intestine is the organ that does most of the work is the digestion process. 

Large Intestine  

How do these organs help our body digest food?

The job of this organ is to absorb the remaining nutrients, minerals and water in your body. This organ is also helping to change the leftover waste into bowel movements. 

Why are they important for our survival?

This organ is important because if we don’t have a large intestine we won’t be able to have water in our body. We all know that almost every part of our body needs water so we need an organ that can help us to absorb water. 

Liver 

How do these organs help our body digest food?

Liver is the organ that absorbs some of our body needs. One of the things that we need in our body that our liver is absorbing is fats. 

Why are they important for our survival?

Our body needs fat but not too much. So this is the reason why our liver is important for our survival. 

Rectum 

How do these organs help our body digest food?

The Rectum is filled with nerves that sense when it is full and when the body waist (poop) is ready to be evacuated. The waist stays in the rectum until the time comes for the evacuation.

Why are they important for our survival?

The rectum is important because it is the only organ that stores the waist until it’s time for the evacuation to take place. 

Anus 

How do these organs help our body digest food?

After the digestion process and the rectum is filled with waste it will come out into anus. Basically, that is what you call poo. 

Why are they important for our survival?

It is important to our body to let out the waste and we can get sick if the waste stays in our body.

Coraline Character Chart - Film Study

 Hi guys, this blog post is going to be about a Character Chart that I made this period. The Character Chart that I made includes Coraline and the 'other mother'.

What am I learning?

I'm learning about different characters in the Film Coraline and saying the problems that they faced and how they reacted to it.

How does my work show my learning?

This work that I did shows my learning because I could identify the problems that they have faced and how they reacted to it. 

What am I wondering?

While doing this work, I wonder that if they reacted differently, would the film end up differently as well? Would it have been a sad ending instead of a happy ending?

Plot of the Film - Film Study

What am I learning?

We have been learning about the Plot of the movie 'Coraline". The key things that has happened in the film ad I would say the important parts that makes the film understandable. 

How does my work show my learning?

This work shows my learning and understanding of this topic because I have listed down the key things that has happened in the film. 

What am I wondering?

I don't really have any wondering about this topic because it is pretty easy to understand but I have learnt a lot of things. I learned how to identify the different parts of the film and what they are called.

Heart Dissection - Science

 Hi everyone, this blog post is going to be about what we did in Science at Tuesday. At Tuesday, we dissected a pig's heart and here are some questions about the experiment that we did. Before we did this experiment, we have also been learning about the hand. Learning about the parts of the heart and how they function. As we were doing the experiment, our teacher said that there were two things that are not included in the heart. It was the Atrium and the tubes. But luckily, we actually had the Atrium on heart and got to see what it looks like. Here are some questions about the Heart Dissection.

What have we been learning about?

The Heart Dissection that we did pretty much sums up the things that we learnt, because we were also learning about Blood and it relates to the heart. The Circulatory System that we were also learning about relates to the Blood which again, relates to the Heart. Almost Everything that we learnt about connects to this Dissection.

The first thing we learned about that mainly relates to the blood was the circulatory system, if you don't what the circulatory system is. It is an organ system that spreads or permits the blood to circulate in the body. This is to make sure the blood is surely able to transport the nutrients all over the body. If we don't have a circulatory system our blood wouldn't be able to transport the nutrients our body needs. This is because of gravity, our blood would just be at the bottom of our body. 

We had also learned about the parts of the heart, as you probably know on a diagram you usually see red and blue veins. This is because the blue veins are carrying deoxygenated blood and the red veins are carrying oxygenated blood. On the right side of the heart is where the deoxygenated blood needs to go through. so it has less muscle this is just so it can get through to the lungs to get oxygen. Then it will come back to the heart as oxygenated blood, to be put on the left side the being pushed throughout the whole body. This is why the right side only has a little amount of muscle because the lungs are very close to the heart. On the other hand, the left side of the lungs needs more muscle because they need to push the blood throughout the whole body. 

Why are we dissecting a Heart?

To learn and identify the different parts of the heart. To understand how they work and why they are needed. Being able to analyse everything that is in the heart.

What are the parts of the heart? did you see them?

Most of the class did not have an atrium and veins because usually the top of the heart would be cut off along with the atrium and veins. So we were lucky to have an atrium, but not the vein, we were also able to identify. The left and right sides of the heart, by feeling for the side which has more muscle. We also saw the valve, which is a thick layer of tissue that separates the left and right sides of the heart. We noticed that the valve was pretty thick we were told that it was so oxygenated and deoxygenated blood wouldn't mix together. We were also able to see the ventricles which looked pretty stringy. 

Did you enjoy the dissection? why/why not?

I enjoyed doing the dissection because I was able to put my self to the test to see if I could actually name the different parts of the Heart. I was able to touch it and do dome of the cutting that was needed to be done so that we could really see what was inside. It was also fascinating because I was able to see what a heart actually looks like and feels like in real life.

Here is a short clip of me and my group dissecting the heart. This video was muted because it was too loud in the background.:

Theme Guide - Coraline

 Hi guys, this blog post is going ti e about the different themes that are used in the Film "Coraline". These themes are only some of the themes that are used, they are also the ones that are used the most in the film.  

What am I learning?

Different types of theme used in the film of "Coraline".

How does this result show my learning?

My learning shows that I know some of the different themes and I know when they are used. 

What am I wondering?

The only wondering that I had while making this is that how many themes are used in one film. If you use too much or less, will you not be able to understand what the film is about.? Is there a limit on how much theme you can use.?

Language of Film - Visual and Sound Techniques

1. Body Language -  The characters uses this to show their feelings and emotions for other characters that are in the film using their body. It's like understanding what they feel without them telling you anything or by understanding them by how they act.

2. Costumes - This is used to match or express the character's feelings, personality or who they really are.

3. Hairstyles -  Same as the Costumes, this is also used to match or express the character's feelings, personality or who they really are. They might not act like who they really are in person but they might find their clothes or hair a way to be able express the real them. 

4. Make-up - Used to transform or change how they look to be able to match their character or to make them look a bit different. 

5. Colour - This mainly used to set a mood of a scene or what the character is feeling. As for example, blue, basically sending a message that the scene or the character is sad. 

6. Lighting - This is also used to set the mood of a scene or the character. It is also used to make something important stand out or maybe to point out something. 

7. Props - The equipment that are used by the character or that are used for the scene. The equipment that you need or are seen in the background. To make the scene look much cleaner and better.

8. Settings - This is the place that your character needs to go to, to be able send the feeling or message that scene is trying to deliver. The specific place the film scene is happening on.

9. Dialogue - Used to either introduce the plot twist or something new about the character.  

10. Sound Effects - Something that is used to create a certain mood for the audience or different sounds used to make the scene much more interesting.

11. Music - Same as the Sound Effects, something that could also be used to change the scene's mood, different types of songs used to make the scene much more interesting and exciting. 

12. Silence - This is often used to make the audience feel a certain way. Mostly used to attract the audience to pay more attention on what's happening in the scene.

13. Symbols - This is often a type of object suggesting new ideas to make the scene more interesting. 

14. Special FX - This effect is mostly used for important scenes. Adding more details to the scene to make it look more realistic.

What am I learning? 

We are currently learning about different Visual and Sound Techniques that are used in Movies and Films etc. These ones that are listed down are the ones that are the most common and used.

How does this work show my learning?

This work shows my learning and understanding about this topic. I wrote down the different meanings of these techniques and researched about it to make sure that those meanings are the actual meaning of those words.

What am I wondering as a result of this learning?

My only wonder for this topic is that which one of these are the most used one and why?