Fetal pig lab

Pictures of the respiratory system eill be here soon as well

VO2 Max

My VO2 max is 54 ml/kg/min as shown below which is considered good for my age and my metabolic system notes is right under. For my VO2max, I had to write my age as 18 but I do not find much difference for being only one year younger. The calculation in my opinion was close enough to being correct to me.

Goldstone PE project Final Reflection

In our last week of our Goldstone PE buddy project, we need to reflect of our experience both as PE leaders and PE buddies.  Your buddies will miss you - Ms. Sader says that her class talks about their big buddies all the time & that her students bring things from home that they want to show you.  How great is that!  You all really have an impact on these kids!

Complete this as a blog post or on paper - either format is due today.

PE leaders - 
1.  What adjustments and improvements did you make in your lessons (structure, activities, organization, instructions) from the first lesson to the last one?

Some improvements and adjustments we made during our lessons was to allow our class join with the kids to make the lesson more fun for everyone.







2.  What was the biggest challenge for your group?  For you?

The biggest challenge was think of games that the kids were going to enjoy because we did not want to disappoint the kids by giving them a game lesson that they did not have fun with. The biggest challenge for me was being able to match the energy level of the kids in which I vastly improved with overtime.





3.  Describe your favourite moment as a leader and explain why.

My favourite moment as a leader was seeing the faces of the kids last day and seeing their red cheeks and tired expression knowing they were tired but they were smiling. It gives me joy to know that the kids had fun.






4. What do you still need to work on?  What improvements would you make if you were continuing teaching for another month?

I would work on how to give proper instructions to the kids because that was my problem. I need to learn how to speak in a simplifying manner to make the kids understand because they are still kids so they will not understand me when I use complicated words.







PE Buddies -
1.  What are some of the things that you learned being a PE buddy?


I learned how the minds of the kids think which makes it easier for me to relate to them. I learned what kind of things they found funny and what they found interesting. When you have this information with you then bonding with your buddy becomes much easier.







2.  Did your comfort level change over the course of the month?  Why or why not?


My comfort level did change over the course of the month because I became used to teaching and being an older buddy overtime. Time was an important factor for the buddies to get used to me and for me to really make a connection with them.





3.  What was your favourite part of being a buddy?  Be specific.

My favourite part about being a buddy was seeing the huge smile of my buddies chase me during freeze tag. It meant the world to them being able to tag me.







In conclusion -
Rate the following:

Your group -
Lesson planning  5/5
Organization  5/5
Instructional clarity  4/5
Team work   5/5
Improvement  5/5

You -
Interaction with buddy  9/10
Improvement on your goal  5/5

Comments: At the start, I was a bit nervous as well as my buddy or buddies were with me, but spending time with them really got me to grow close with them and so leaving them the last day was really saddening for me.

How iron deficiency affects muscles

Iron deficiency anemia can be a very serious problem especially to athletes or weight lifters. Iron is part of hemoglobin which is a protein that transports oxygen to your entire body. Imagine if you start losing iron, oxygen will have a hard time getting your muscles or other parts of your body. How this affects athletes or bodybuilders specifically is that losing iron will cause irritation. In fact, the athlete or bodybuilder can lose interest entirely in the exercise or workout due to lack of iron. What is funny is that exercising is supposed to be good for your body, however it can harmful as well if your overdo it or overtrain. Trust me, it is possible. The reason being is that your iron stores will run out and your muscles will just give up on their own overtime. So to all you athletes and bodybuilders out there, take care of yourselves and don't overdo it.
Why I chose to post this is because people are always saying to push yourself past your limits, but that can be harmful to one also.

for more information,visit the link below.

information link

Sheep kidney

For the picture with the coloured lines

The renal cortex is in red.
The renal medulla is in blue.
The renal pelvis is in yellow.
The ureter is on the right side which is the string like structure.

The kidney

The kidney is the big blob on the right, ureter is the stretchy elastic string type on the keft coming out of it.

PKD kidney disease

PKD stands for Polycystic Kidney disease which is a disease that runs in families. What a cyst is a large fluid filled sac. What this cyst does is replace the tissues of your kidney. It enlarges the kidney and causes the kidney to function poorly. This disease is genetically passed down from your parents. If you are left with close 10- 15% of kidney function, your kidney can fail.This will mean you will either have to have a kidney replacement or go through dialsys which getting your blood taken from you, being filtrated by a machine, and then put back into you. About 600 000 people have this disease so it is common. Ways to treat it are taking pain medication or blood pressure medications as well. This disease can affect the liver as well.

This is what a kidney full of cysts looks like.




For more information, go to the link below.
Polycystic Kidney disease

Protein chain

Amino acid chain: http://youtu.be/iXwvNdlTFrs

This is our amino acid chain by Gurkirat, Lavpreet, and Nabeel.