~Tuesday~

Road Safety Park Games
(Tomorrow 1.25p.m. - 5 p.m.)

• Bring P.E attire

• Bring along a pen for Safety Quiz

• Water bottle with sling (or water bottle in sling bag)

• Coins (Vending Machine)

Today's Work:

1) English Synthesis 4

2) Science Test (Systems of Living Things)

~ DRUG AMBASSADOR POSTERS ~

VOTE FOR THE 3 CONSOLATION WINNERS!

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~Monday~

Today's Fun:

1) EL Synthesis (6) Pg. 4

2) T3W5 Spelling Cloze + Correction + Signature

3) Math Activity Book Recall 4

4) Revise Science Systems of Living Things

5) Bring 2B pencil for ICAS tomorrow

WEDNESDAY   1.25p.m. - 5 p.m.

(ROAD SAFETY PARK GAMES 2012)

~Weekend~

To be done:

1) English Whole Paper

2) Math Paper 1

3) Study for your Science Test on Tuesday (Systems)

~ NE Show Saturday ~

Things to be brought!

2 p.m. in the SCHOOL HALL tomorrow!

•your Oral Digital Thermometers (ODTs)

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AVOID wearing multiple layers of clothing or tight fitting clothing.

 

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•Handphone  & camera

medication for students with known ailments e.g. inhalers for asthmatic pupils. wear Yu Neng’s red T-shirts with school khaki shorts/skirts. •more water due to the hot weather

~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY DESIREE! ~

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DESIREE !

May Your Wishes Come True!  =)

~Happy Birthday Edwin! ~

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EDWIN !

May Your Wishes Come True!  ^.^

~Thursday ~

Today:

1) English Ex 1 & 3 (Corrections), Ex. 2 (Corrections/Complete), Ex. 5 & 6 (Complete)

2) English Learning Sheet Pg. 5 & 6

3) Science Revision Ex. 3

4) Math Worksheet Percentage (A)

5) Ask your parents if they've received the school's SMS !!!

~Wednesday~

Today's Fun:

1) EL Compo Outline

2) Math Activity Book Pg. 69 &70

3) P5 Consent Form (Camp)

4) Camp Briefing Reply Slip

5) Edusave Form 

6) Bring newspaper for recycling

~ Green Champions (Recycling) ~

Keep it Up!  =)

~ Cleanest Class Term 2 ~

Keep up your good attitude Champions!



Keeping your classroom clean and being responsible for your own belongings, tables & chairs!

~Tuesday~

Today's:

1) English Synthesis Pg.4 & 6
2) Chinese Xi Zi 15
3) Do Drug Ambassador Feedback Form
4) Bring Love Loaf!
5) Revise for your MATH TEST (Decimals)

~ Monday ~

Monday's Fun:

1) English T3W4 Spelling (Sign + Corrections)

2) Racial Harmony Day Worksheet

3) Science Revision Book Exercise 1 & 2

4) Bread Container

5) Drug Ambassador Book

~ Friday ~

Over the weekends:

1) Finish Math Activity Book up to Pg. 65. (AT LEAST)

2) EL Bombastic home fun paper + Spelling

2) Bring RED YuNeng T-shirt and show it to me. Make sure you can fit into it, if not please bring $$$ to buy!

3) Wear Uniform + Tie for photo-taking on MONDAY

4) Bring DRUG AMBASSADOR book. 

    

~ Thursday~

WELL DONE Champions!

This week you've donated 57kg of newspapers for recycling!

I am surprised!

Keep up with the good attitude! =)

Today:

1) Math Activity Book Pg. 51 - 56

~Wednesday~

Today's Homework:

1. Maths heuristics pg 6, 7, 8
2. Unit 5 LS last 3 pages

This is really INTRESTING

After 1.5 years of being in my English class. After being drilled on this same word countless times. We have at least one champion who INTRESTINGLY enough, cannot spell 'INTRESTED'. I find great INTREST in suspending this person from the ceiling fan.

~ Tuesday ~

Today's Fun:

1) English UNIT 5 Learning Sheet Page 1 - 3
    (Can use dictionary if you don't know)

2) Road Safety Form

3) Math Textbook Pg.40-43

~ Monday ~

Today's Fun:

1) English Spellng T3W2 & W3 Corrections + Signature

2) Science RIP Worksheet Question 2 & 3

3) Math Timed Trial 6 tomorrow! REVISE !!!
    FULL-MARKS PLEASE !!!

4) Chinese Huo Dong Ben Pg. 21- 24

~ Take Care You Bin ~

I had wanted to post up the farewell party and farewell card pictures, but unfortunately, my phone's entire memory got wiped out last Thursday. Sorry Champions.


It's been approximately 2 weeks since.......

We'll miss you, our dear Monitress......

~ Singapore's Progress (Gardens by the Bay)~

Singapore's progress through the years.

The significance of Gardens by the Bay to Singapore.

Enjoy the short video.

~Weekend~

Dear Champions,

When you update your Expert and Home Group posts, please go back to your original post and click "Edit".

Do not create new posts.

I've already helped Circulatory Group 3 and Home Group 2 to compile all their information in 1 post - the original post.


Weekend Training:

1) English Composition
2) English Situational Writing
3) Math Activity Book Review 3 (Finish it up)
4) Math Enrichment Worksheet (Decimals)
5) Monday bring Science Systems Books + above 2 Math homework
6) Tidy up and Update your "Expert" and "Home" posts with your research

~Systems Questions~

1) What are some illnesses which can affect the respiratory system?

2) Why is it bad to breathe through the mouth for too long?

3) An oxygen mask provides air rich in oxygen. On what occasions does a person need to put on an oxygen mask?

4) In the beginning, the air on Earth did not contain any oxygen. Do you think there were any plants on Earth then? Why?

5) Why do human lungs have a large surface area?

6) Compare the ways in which nutrients, water and oxygen are transported within plants and humans.

~ Thursday~

Today and yesterday's work:

1) Math Acivity Book Review 3 (1st 5 pages)
2) Math Decimal Worksheet Pg. 5 (2 problem sums)
3) Science Systems Revision Book Exercise 1 (10 MCQ)
4) NE Show Consent Form

~Tuesday~

Today:

1) Continue with your Expert + Home Group ! Winner will be annouced on Monday!

2) SIGN & BRING STUDENT DETAIL FORM!! (Referring to the few irresponsible Champions)

Home Group 2

Question 1) Lung Cancer, Windpipe breakdown,

Question 2) When we breath in through our mounth,there will not have any hairs to trap the dust in the air.The dust in the air is not healthly to our body.

Question 3) When you are in danger of breathing in smoke or poisen gas.

Question 4) No.Plants need oxygen to breathe or respire.If there is no air,no living hing can survive.

Question 5) Human lungs have a lare surface area to make sure they take in as much air as possible.


Question 6) Plants absorb nutrients and water through their roots in the soil,whereas human absorb nutrients and water through food consumed.

Home Group 5

Q1.What are some illnesses which can affect the respiratory system?
Ans: Lung cancer, cold

Q2.Why is it bad to breathe through the mouth for too long?
Ans: There is no hair in our mouth to block the dust and other harmful materials from entering our lungs.

Q3. When he has respiratory problems.

Q4. No, they need oxygen to respire

Q5. To provide space for air to enter

Q6. Compare the ways in which nutrients, water and oxygen are transported within plants and humans. 
Ans: They are transported by veins in the plants and the same way in humans.

Home Group 9

1) Lung Cancer, SARS

2) The nose has nose hairs to trap dust and dirt so that the air we breathe in is purified. By breathing in through our mouth, the dust and dirt has nothing to trap it so the dust and dirt can enter the lungs.

3) Gas leak, patients with insufficient oxygen

4) No, there is no oxygen so the plants cannot grow and the seeds cannot breathe to germinate.

5) Lungs have a large surface area so that gas exchange can take place better.

6) For plants, water, nutrients and oxygen are transported by the xylem and phloem. But for human, water nutrients and oxygen are transported by the blood vessels, the veins, the arteries and the capillaries.

Home Group 6

GROUP 6

1. Lung Cancer , Asthma , Tuberculosis, Emphysema, Pneumonia.  


EXTRA INFO:
---Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease which is mainly caused by long-term smoking.
---Pneumonia is the infection of the lungs. It can make people feel very sick and may even cause death. It is mainly caused by bacteria and viruses.




2.The mouth does not have hairs in it to trap the dust unlike the nose which has hairs in it to trap dust, thus it is bad to breathe through the mouth for too long.


3.When there are gas leaks and posion in the air, we need to wear a oxygen mask.


4. Yes, because plants only need carbon dixiode to make food and will produce oxygen, thus they can live.


5.Human lungs have a large surface area so that gas exchange can take place more efficiently and effectively. Carbon dioxide must come out of the blood and into the inspired air while oxygen must be absorbed by the blood from that air. A larger surface area means more area for gas exchange to take place.


6.Nutrients, water and oxygen are transported by the red blood cells in the artery for the humans while nutrients, water and oxygen are transported by the xylem in the plant system. 

Home Group 8

1.Asthma,tuberculosis
2.The mouth doesn't have hair to trap dust that are breathe in through the mouth.Thus the dust enters the lungs which will cause asthma and bad breath.
3.When underwater,in outer space.
4.No.There are no plants as plants can produce oxygen and there are no oxygen at the place.
5.

Home Group 7

1)Lung cancer and tuberculosis

2)It is bad because the nose have hair which helps to trap dust but the mouth does not have hair to trap dust

3)Scuba diving

4)No.

Home Group 10

1) tuberculosis

2)Your mouth does not have hair like the nose to trap dust.

Home Group 1

1) Tuberculosis, lung cancer & asthma

2)The nose traps the dust  by th

Home Group 4

Ans to Qs...

1.Lung cancer, tuberculosis, asthma, SARS and a few extras:

• Emphysema----caused by damaged air sacs.
• Hay Fever----caused by allergic reactions to pollen of trees, grasses and other plants
• Pneumonia---- Inflammation of the lung caused by bacteria, in which the air sacs become filled with inflammatory cells.

2. Our mouth does not have hair to trap dust present in the air we breathe in.

3. When a patient has breathing difficulties or is unconscious.

4. No, there were no plants then as there was no oxygen present on earth and plants need oxygen to survive like all living things.

5. Human lungs have a large surface area as it allows more effective and efficient gaseous exchange. Before we breathe out again, carbon dioxide in the air we breathe MUST be removed and oxygen must be absorbed by the blood cells.As the lungs have a larger surface area, it will have more area for gaseous exchange to take place.

6. Plants have tubes that transport food and nutrients from the stem to all parts of the plant while humans have blood vessels that are found all over the body to transport food and nutrients to all parts of the body. The tubes found in the plants are also known as the phloem which is the food carrying tube while the xylem is the water carrying tube.

Human blood vessels transport blood.

Home Group 3

Q1) lung cancer/tubercolis


Q2) We have hair in our nostrils to trap dust that we breathe in,but our throat does not have hair to trap dust so if we breathe through the mouth for too long,the dust will clog up our air tubes.


Q3)

Circulatory System (Grp 4)

Circulatory System in human body

Circulatory system,one of the systems working together to enable the body to function properly,transports materials around the body.

Digested food susbstances and oxygen are examples of the few useful materials. Useful materials are transported from where they are absorbed to the parts of the body which needs them.

Waste materials such as carbon dioxide are transported to where they are produced to the organs which remove them from the body.

circulatory system is made up of:-

-heart

-blood vessels

-blood

INFORMATION on :

-BLOOD VESSELS

    made up of arteries,veins,capillaries

arteries:thick tubes carrying oxygenated blood from the heart to  organs

veins: thinner tubes carrying the deoxygenated blood back to the heart

capillaries:fine branches connecting arteries and veins which supply blood  and nutrients to the bodies http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_differences_between_arteries_capillaries_and_veins#ixzz20DyKuZCC

-BLOOD

made up of...

plasma:a liquid that contains nutrients and other substance

 red blood cells:carries oxygen and some carbon dioxide

White bloodcells: fight diseases




platelets:clot to seal wounds

HEART;

heart is an extraordinary biological machine,which pumps blood throughout the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions. The term cardiac (as in cardiology) means "related to the heart" and comes from the Greek .
The vertebrate heart is  composed of cardiac muscle and connective tissue. Cardiac muscle is an involuntary  muscle tissue found only in this organ and responsible for the ability of the heart to pump blood.

DID YOU KNOW???

The average human heart, beating at 72 beats per minute, will beat approximately 2.5 billion times during an average 66 year lifespan. It weighs approximately 250 to 300 grams (9 to 11 oz) in females and 300 to 350 grams (11 to 12 oz) in males.^[1]

What is heart failure?

The heart's primary function is to pump blood to all parts of the body, bringing nutrients and oxygen to the tissues and removing waste products. When the body is at rest, it needs a certain amount of blood to achieve this function. During exercise or times when greater demands are placed on the body, more blood is required. To meet these variable demands, the heartbeat increases or decreases, and blood vessels dilate to deliver more blood or constrict during times when less blood is required.
When a person is diagnosed with heart failure, it does not mean the heart has stopped working, but rather that it is not working as efficiently as it should. In other words, the term "failure" indicates the heart is not pumping effectively enough to meet the body's needs for oxygen-rich blood, either during exercise or at rest. The term congestive heart failure (CHF) is often synonymous with heart failure but also refers to the state in which decreased heart function is accompanied by a buildup of body fluid in the lungs and elsewhere. Heart failure may be reversible, and people may live for many years after the diagnosis is made.

How different systems work together?

Respiratory System

The respiratory system needs food from the digestive system to get energy.

The digestive system needs oxygen absorbed by the respiratory system.

The blood delivers oxygenfrom the respiratory system to the digestive system and other parts of the body.

The digestive system breaks down food into simple forms so that it can be absorbed and transported by the blood in the circulatory system.

The blood collects unwanted carbon dioxide and transports it to the respiratory system to be removed.


                                                                                The digestive system breaks down food into simple substance so that it can be absorbed and transported by the blood in the circulatory system


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   (information gotten from I-science textbook ~systems~ page17)




Circulatory system

Transport System In Plants (Group 1)

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Group Members: Safirah, Zhi Yin, Darren And Nizam          

                 

             Plant Transport System

Intro

Plants have transport system,quite similar to the human circulatory system. The transport system is consists of two types of tissue, which are made up by cells. It helps to transport water, mineral salts (ions) and food to all parts of the plant.

Plant Transport System 

The plant transport system consists of water carrying tube and food carrying tube. The water carrying tube is also known as the xylem and the food carrying tube is also known as the phloem.The vascular tissue contains the phloem and xylem which grow out from the cambium. It is arranged in vascular bundles,with food carrying tube(phloem) on the outside and water carrying tube(xylem) on the inside. 
       
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Xylem & Phloem 

Xylem have fairly wide tubes with thick walls and phloem have cells known as sieve tubes. Not only the stems have transport tubes, the leaves and roots also have them.


   A Picture Of The Stem                                                         A Picture Of The Root Transport system                                  

       

          

                  

Transporting food,water and mineral salts

Water and mineral salts:The water and mineral salts absorbed by the roots are carried upwards to the leaves by the xylem.

Food:The food made by the leaves are carried down or up to all  parts of the plant by the phloem.

                                  A Video And A Picture Of The Transport System

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The plant transport system is very important to the plant. As without it, food made by the leaves cannot reach the stem and roots and the water and mineral salts absorbed by the roots cannot reach the leaves and other parts of the plant.


Extra Facts!
Do you know that when someone cuts a tree down, they reveal a set of rings. The rings are the remains of old xylem tissue, one ring for every year the tree was alive. 

                                

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                                                A Picture Of The Xylem And Phloem

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Circulatory System (Grp 1)

Blood vessels are tubes through which blood flows.Blood vessels which carry blood away from the heart are called arteries.Arteries have strong,elastic walls that can withstand the high pressure of fast-flowing blood.Most arteries carry blood rich in oxygen.


There are three types of blood vessels:Arteries,capillaries and veins..

The human heart is a hollow muscular organ which is about the size of a fist.It pumps blood by contracting and relaxing its muscles.  


when the heart muscles contracts,blood is squeeze out of the heart into the blood vessels.When the heart muscles relax,blood flows back into the heart through the blood vessels. 


Blood that flows to the heart from the lungs are rich in oxygen and blood that flows from the heart to the rest of the body but blood from the heart to the lungs is poor in oxygen and blood from the rest of the body to the heart is also poor in oxygen.

That's all about our Circulatory system.

Group members:
shayliang,didi,kiatliang,izzani and wen xin.

Transport System in Plants (Group2)

The transport system in a plant is made up of :
-food transporting tubes(Phloem)
-water and minerals transporting tubes(Xylem)

The phloem transport food made in the leaves to the other parts of the plants.

The xylem transport water and mineral salts from the roots to the other parts of the plants.

The xylem and phloem are found throughout the plant.They are side by side.

Xylem vessels are made up of long, dead cells wuth sitffened walls.

Phloem are made up of end walls with sieve plates.

Circulatory System (Grp 2)

Facts on our heart

• The  heart beats roughly 100,000 times, in a single day,pumping blood throughout your body.

• It is a hollow, muscular organ which is about the size of a fist. It pumps blood by contracting and relaxing its muscles. The heart beats because it is pumping blood. The right side of the heart takes in blood rich in oxygen to the rest of the body. While the left side takes in blood rich in carbon dioxide to the lungs. When the heart muscles contract, blood is squeezed out of the heart into the blood vessel. When the heart muscles relax, blood flows back into the heart through the blood vessel.

• The heart is located near the middle of our chest and is slightly tilted towards the left.

• It is a vital organ that keeps working continuously through our life without rest.
• Although our heart weighs less than half a kilogram, it can pump around five liters of blood every minute!

• The walls of the heart are made up of three layers.
• The 2 upper chambers are called the  right and left atria
• The right atrium is the larger of the two atria, having very thin walls.
• The right atrium,receives blood from the upper and lower body

• The left atrium receives blood from the lungs
• The left atrium is smaller than the right atrium, but has thicker walls.
• Used blood is drawn from the body by the right half of the heart, and then sent to the lungs to be re-oxygenated.

The heart is protected by our ribs and is made by a special kind of muscle

• Blood that has been reoxygenated by the lungs is drawn into the left side of the heart and then pumped into the blood stream.

Under normal conditions, an adult's heartbeat rate is around 70 times per minute.But it changes,depending on:

• Our age----Children normally have a higher heartbeat rate than adults
• Our activity level----Our muscles work harder when we are exercising as we need more energy which comes from food and oxygen.Thus, our body will need more food and oxygen during exercise.
• Our health conditions----Heart failure is only one of the many illnesses related to the heart. It does not really mean that the heart stops working, it just means that the heart is not working as efficiently as it should.

The many tubes in our body are called blood vessels.
They are similar to the plant's transport tubes found in the stem

There are 3 types of blood vessels in the body.They are the arteries,capillaries and the veins.

The function of the blood vessels are as follows:

1)Arteries: To bring blood rich in oxygen to the rest of the body.
2)Veins: To carry blood rich in carbon dioxide from the rest of the body back to the heart.
3)Capillaries: Connects arteries to the veins


More on capillaries:

1. They exist all over our body.b>
2. Food and oxygen leave the circulatory system through our capillaries and pass into our body.
3. Carbon dioxide also enters the body through the capillaries.

If you cut yourself by accident, relax! The bleeding comes just from the small capillaries. If a vein or artery is cut, the veins cannot transport blood rich in carbon dioxide back to the heart and the artery cannot transport blood rich in oxygen. This is more serious! If you cut yourself in the artery, you will not get any blood rich in oxygen...the gas that allows us to survive!

If have you cut a vein or artery, this is what you should do:

Apply pressure with a clean cloth on the wound to stop the bleeding. For any severe bleeding, and especially for an artery cut, go to the hospital -- it will likely need sutures. Do not treat the cuts at home. Seek medical attention as soon as possible. Even if you do not like seeing a doctor. If an injury like this does not have proper care, such an injury could result in death.

Note: Sutures is something like stitching up a deep wound/cut

Here's some videos of our most important organ, the heart!

And this is the most important: What happens during a heart attack?