The Tissue Fluid Stability in Our Stars

The tittle of this post is connected to a certain film that certain pre- teen  forced her mother to watch once and again during summer holidays :P



After the fun part, let's get down to business!! Here you have two videos to refresh your mind on EXCRETORY SYSTEM, kidneys, nephrons and Osmoregulation  (remember that I will only ask for the names we saw in class)





I'm also including a link to a SUPERB page where you can check your information

http://www.abpischools.org.uk/page/modules/homeostasis_kidneys/kidneys5.cfm?coSiteNavigation_allTopic=1

But Homeostasis is not only about "peeing" and Zac Nephron (CUAC!), It's also about Respiratory System, the LIVER and the SKIN. Here you have my ppt presentation for you to study from

4to 4 excretion from Andrea Sánchez del Rio

Skin homeostasis from Andrea Sánchez del Rio

So How will we remember all these for the end-of-the-year integrative test???!!!! Ok people, to close this long post (looks like a Will and Testament) I´m leaving you (AGAIN!!) the great video that summarises HOMEOSTASIS  that we saw to start excretory system


Enjoy the post and STUDY a lot!!!!!

XXX

Andrea 

PS: Well, for the test, all the powerpoint on Excretory System and Skin will be included as well as all the information on alcohol we have been discussing (plus the videos and webisodes  I posted for you).

VJ Andre B Is Back!!!

 As on every rainy day, Vj Andrea is back, bringing you the best science videos!! On this occasion, three webisodes for you to have my lovely (what a nightmare!!) voice in your head while we review my powerpoint presentations!! Enjoy!!!

*Webisode 1  EXCRETORY SYSTEM



 
* Webisode 2  HOMEOSTASIS



 *WEBISODE 3  SKIN!!



And last but not the least... a great video by Hank Green, brother to the John Green who wrote the book that gave title to my firts two webisodes.




Hope this will be useful during your study time, don't hyperventilate! It won't help your cells!!

XXX

Andrea 

Alcohol, why do you do this to me???

Hi, guys! What about the XL weekend? Did you have a good time or overwork your liver???
The tittle of my post is connected to these jokes... Poor liver!!!

Well, I just wanted to post all the videos I found really interesting both for our test and the talk about ALCOHOLISM you'll have (Remember I wanted to create a TED talk to show to the whole school?)

 First, check on the effect of alcohol on the brain 
 


Then, let's see what causes a HANGOVER




Where does this urge to pee come from????




Is there a CURE for HANGOVER????





The problem of alcohol is the LONG TERM EFFECTS!!!

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And last but not the least... Can we have a water overdose????

 




Please, watch the videos and make a summary (in the posters groups) to discuss on Thursday.

XXX

Andrea

A Break from Winter Break

Hi people!! How are you? Have you been sleeping late?? Did you miss your Biology class?

So far, I've been cooking, teaching, meeting friends and receiving a new member of the family...

This is Jerry Hamilton III, our new fridge, as the other fridge decided to abandon us and ruin our Friend's Day!!!

Well, back to reality!! I would like you to create some great posters for me

GROUP 1: MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM and FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
Montivero- Tschubarov- Gerbaudo- Fernández Jorba

 GROUP 2: SKELETAL AND MUSCULAR SYSTEM
Alegre- Girado- Yusim- Castiglioni- Debortoli

GROUP 3: DIGESTIVE- CIRCULATORY
Crotto- Uezen Bozzi- Vargas- Burone- Sarcos

GROUP 4: ENDOCRINE_ NERVOUS
De Aguirre- Obiglio- Lammana- Fagoaga

GROUP 5: EXCRETORY and SKIN
Amagliani- Ghio- Lanfranchi- Espíndola- Williams

INSTRUCTIONS:

You can be as creative as you want and use the materials you want. Just remember the posters will be displayed on the walls of our lab, so DO YOUR BEST!!! The due date is Monday August 8th
 Do you remember some pics I posted by a student of Medicine that made the systems out of candy? Don't copy him, but it can be an inspiration!

Well, go on relaxing and enjoying with friends while I'll be at home, super sad correcting tests...hahaha

 XXX

Andrea

Keep Calm and Love Your Kidneys

Hi people!!! I hope you are enjoying the relaxation after a hard test so, as it´s not my intention to ruin it, I'm starting my post with the old but very funny song about the result of the excretory system and its follow-up trip



 Now, let's get it started
Next MONDAY we are dissecting the kidney!!!! So, I'm including some videos on dissection for Group number 1 (Gerbaudo- Fernandez Jorba- Fagoaga- Yusim-Castiglioni) responsible for teaching us how to open the kidney (I´ll give them a mark for that) #GirlsVsBoysIsOn
We will need some material for our experience

* KIDNEY  (cow, pig or sheep) at the butcher's or you can find it at the supermarket
You must bring it to school in a lunch box

*  LATEX GLOVES ( Each group can buy a box of gloves to have them for later experiments)

* SCALPEL - Two per group  (you can buy them at the drustores near the Faculty of Medicine.- Farmacia Rex, for example)

* WIPING TOWEL to clean the table after the experiment

* KNOWLEDGE about excretory system

* YOUR OWN EXCRETORY SYSTEM with an EMPTY BLADDER

External and internal view:



Once open you will see:


 
 I´m leaving you a great video that summarises HOMEOSTASIS  


Enjoy the post and study a lot, group 1 !!!!

XXX

Andrea 

VJ Andrea: Your Choice For A Rainy Evening

Hi people!!! VJ Andrea is in DA HOUSE!!!!  Here I am, correcting like crazy... but let me take a break to show you some videos from my private collection that you will probably enjoy.

1st we have here Baptist UB ft Respiratory System 



And now the Twisted Ladies and their tutorial on how to make up a Larynx....




Super congrats to our Screen stars!!!!!

 Last but not the least, our friends from ASAP SCIENCE with the answers to your practical work from Thursday


Hope I helped cheer up a gloomy Pre- Monday

XXX

Andrea

PD: I love this drawing, but I think there is a mistake there...

I Can't Breathe... Until You're STUDYING Here With Me

Hi people!! How are you doing?What about the return to school after the long wekend??? It was not easy to BREATHE so early in the morning!! XD

Well, for you to remember that the verb is (to)breathE/d and the noun is BREATH , these are two of  my fav songs that contain these words: HERE WITH ME by DIDO (the tittle of this post is a line in this song)



and "Every step you take" in Glee's version







Have you been reading about  
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM???????






 I think you might like this video for  an accurate picture of the system. WOW!!!!!

As you  can see, the respiratory system is basically a long tube with two sacs at the end, with NO bones, only cartilages inside the tube (to prevent it from collapsing) and muscles outside the sacs to make them larger or smaller. This tube is covered by a thin EPITHELIUM that is full of CILLIA and secretes MUCUS  to prevent bacteria and other harmful substances to get to the ALVEOLI.

I'm also  including here some videos for you to revise your concepts:

1) An IGCSE video with a whole revision and a FIBROSCOPY of the RESPIRATORY SYSTEM where you'll see a real operating system  :)



2) a 3D explanation on RESPIRATION and VENTILATION




3) The video I posted like a year ago in my facebook page about the effects of SMOKING on the Respiratory System:
 


4) Another video about Smoking




I hope the videos are useful and fun to watch (well, fun...not really, maybe just interesting) and to start studying  Don't PROCRASTINATE!!!!!

See you on THURSDAY!!!

XXX

Andrea

PS:And a practical work for next THURSDAY (in pairs). NO COPYING AND PASTING, I WANT THIS IN YOUR OWN NERDY TALK

1) Explain this statement: Players who are born and live at sea level will have a smaller lung capacity than those who spend their life at a high altitude (such as Bolivian players!!)

2) These are the legs who has just finished a Cycling race. Why do they look like this? What for?