SPACE BIOLOGY

What are these and what functions to they perform?

Copy and complete the table below:

Organ Function

Heart

Lungs

Bones

Brain

Intestines

Reproductive system

YOUR TASK:

In groups of 5

Using textbooks to help you, you will create a human head and torso like the one shown here filled with some of the main organs found in the human body.

1.Draw the human torso (head and body) on the sheet of poster paper.

2.Each member of the group choose one organ from the list below:

HEART, LUNGS, LIVER, INTESTINES, STOMACHHEART, LUNGS, LIVER, INTESTINES, STOMACH

3. Draw the organ on plain paper (the size of each organ should be in the correct proportion).

4. Colour it in, cut it out.

5. Now stick it in the correct place onto your human torso.

6. Be ready to present your torso to the rest of the class.

INSTRUCTIONS

HEART LUNGS

LIVER STOMACH

SMALL INTESTINES

LARGE INTESTINES

1.Write a couple of lines to explain what you think would happen to the human body using the words above.

2.Suggest how astronauts bodies could be trained to cope with the extreme changes to their bodies?

An astronaut’s body has to deal with many physical stresses such as G-forces caused by accelerating and decelerating fast and weightlessness caused by zero gravity.

What are the physical effects an astronaut would have to cope with on

their body?

PULSE RATE INVESTIGATION

ACTIVITY (In pairs/threes)

You will plan an investigation to You will plan an investigation to measure and compare pulse ratesmeasure and compare pulse rates

Title: Measuring pulse rates!

Aim: Explain why you are carrying out this investigation and what you want to find out.

Prediction: what do you think will happen to your pulse rate when you exercise and why?

Variables: (Input, Output and Fixed)

Method: Write a step-by-step set of instructions for how you will carry out this investigation.

MEASURING PULSE RATE!

Using a stop clock, measure the pulse rate for 1 minute for yourself and two others. Record in a simple table.Name Resting pulse

(bpm)Pulse rate immediately after 2 mins exercise (bpm)

     

     

Method: Now re-write your method for how you actually carried out your investigation.

Graph: Draw a graph to show the results you collected for the three members of your group.

Conclusion: what happened to your heart rate? Explain using your data you collected and the graph you drew.

Evaluation: List three things that went well and three things that didn’t or that you found difficult. Suggest ways you could improve the investigation if you were to plan t carry it out again.

Draw your own alien and then customizing it with weird features, colours and anything else you can think of.

GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What might alien life look like?

10 MINUTE ALIEN CHALLENGE!

DESIGN AN ALIEN LIFE FORM

DESIGN AN ALIEN!Watch the clip from the film AVATAR.Notice how different the life forms are on the planet of PANDORA. How are they adapted to their planet?

YOUR CHALLENGEDesign an alien life form based on information about some newly discovered planets.

You can choose to design a humanoid, an animal or a plant.

METEORS INVESTIGATION

METEOR CRATERSMETEOR CRATERSSome scientists think that life on Earth might have happened because of meteors and comets. They thing that these may have carried the raw materials needed for life to evolve.

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Meteors land with a huge force. You will plan an investigation to find out the impact meteors might have on the surface of a planet.

You will investigate the effect of the MASS of a meteor on the size of a crater.

CRATERS INVESTIGATIONCRATERS INVESTIGATION

ACTIVITY (In pairs/threes)

Title: Meteor landing!

Aim: Explain why you are carrying out this investigation and what you want to find out.

Prediction: what do you think will happen to the size and depth of the impact of a meteor in sand depending on the size/shape?

Variables: (Input, Output and Fixed)

Method: Write a step-by-step set of instructions for how you will carry out this investigation.

Width of crater (cm)

Mass of Meteor (g)

Drop 1 Drop2 Drop 3 Drop 4 Average

2

4

6

8

10

Depth of crater (cm)

Mass of Meteor (g)

Drop 1 Drop2 Drop 3 Drop 4 Average

2

4

6

8

10

You will record two sets of data in the tables below (a) Width of crater and (b) Depth of impact.

Method: Now re-write your method for how you actually carried out your investigation.

Graph: Draw a graph to show the results you collected for both sets of data (your teacher will help you with this).

Conclusion: what happened to the crater width and depth when the mass changed? Explain using your data you collected and the graph you drew.

Evaluation: List three things that went well and three things that didn’t or that you found difficult. Suggest ways you could improve the investigation if you were to plan t carry it out again.

ROBOT LANDER

CHALLENGE

DESIGN A ROBOT LANDERDESIGN A ROBOT LANDERYour Challenge is to design and build a Robot

Lander to explore an alien planet.

Success Criteria:It must be able to get around over bumpy terrain, have power/be able to power itself from the sun and be able to collect samples and transmit information back to a satellite in space.

Materials: Scrap paper, Card, Elastic band, Plastic milk tops (for wheels), Pipe cleaners, Straws, Plastic containers, Scissors and Glue.