For this project we had to do research on two body systems, my group picked the digestive and endocrine systems. After we got our body systems we had to design and build a model of how both the systems work together with each other. We also had to show how the systems worked by themselves.
On the right is our project of both the endocrine and digestive systems.
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We represent the endocrine system by having a marble which is our hormone, travel up a pulley and into a funnel. Our funnel is a gland and our hormone goes in and onto the PVC pipe which carries it to our receptor site, which is our block of wood. Then it travels into the blood stream and back onto the pulley. the Digestive system is shown by our teeth, they are powered by a servo which allows them to chomp down on our "food" which is Styrofoam. We show how both the systems work together by making a stomach, we show the endocrine working when the acetone which is our "stomach acid" pours into our stomach. Then the digestive system takes over and digests the food the is put into the stomach.
Biology concepts
The endocrine system is a set of glands that produces hormones and sends them throughout the body. They get sent through the blood stream, they find and connect to receptor sites that are for the hormone.
The digestive system has one main purpose which is to provide the body with nutrients. The digestive process starts at the mouth we break down food by chewing and swallowing. The chewed up food then goes into the stomach where it is digested and all the nutrients are picked out and shipped throughout the body. the waste gets removed from the body.
The digestive system has one main purpose which is to provide the body with nutrients. The digestive process starts at the mouth we break down food by chewing and swallowing. The chewed up food then goes into the stomach where it is digested and all the nutrients are picked out and shipped throughout the body. the waste gets removed from the body.
Reflection
This project has been my favorite so far, we got to bring back the knowledge we got form last years class and to bring it into this years class. This project went great but I could have contributed more ideas to the group. Also unlike other projects I feel like I didn't have to do everything myself. our group worked amazingly together and would want to work with them again. I could also work on communication, I was really lacking with talking and cooperating with my team. Overall, this project was amazing even if our original plan didn't end up working.