For this project we were tasked with researching the body systems, then creating a model to represent the body systems. We chose the nervous and immune system.We had to show how the models worked separately then we had to show how they worked together. For the Immune system model we created system where we could pour acetone down a tube then there would be a candle at the bottom then when the acetone reached the bottom of the tube it would light on fire because of combustion, and send basically a fire back up the tube. The represented the pathogens trying to enter the system but being removed by White Blood Cells. The nervous System was a Rube Goldberg machine consisting of marbles and dominos which resulted in an “arm” being swung. This was to represent the brain sending a signal down the spinal cord, to trigger movement. We represented this by using the Rube Goldberg machine that then popped a ballon. This represented the brain sending a signal then the action being carried out by the nerves to move the antibodies in place to fight the pathogens.
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Organ System: An organ system is a number of organs working together to perform a specific purpose. In the human body there are 11 major systems.
Immune system: Host defense system comprising many biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease. To function properly, an immune system must detect a wide variety of agents, known as pathogens, from viruses to parasitic worms, and distinguish them from the organism's own healthy tissue.
Nervous system: The nervous system is made of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. The brain is the main enforcer of transmitting signals throughout the body, and is in charge of interpretting signals and telling the body what needs to happen. The spinal cord is the road the peripheral nerves use to send signals to the brain, and the peripheral nerves recieves inputs from sensory organs to gather information on what signal to send to the brain.
Immune system: Host defense system comprising many biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease. To function properly, an immune system must detect a wide variety of agents, known as pathogens, from viruses to parasitic worms, and distinguish them from the organism's own healthy tissue.
Nervous system: The nervous system is made of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. The brain is the main enforcer of transmitting signals throughout the body, and is in charge of interpretting signals and telling the body what needs to happen. The spinal cord is the road the peripheral nerves use to send signals to the brain, and the peripheral nerves recieves inputs from sensory organs to gather information on what signal to send to the brain.
Reflection
For this project my group and I worked together really well. Personally I felt like I could have stay on task for longer. But after the first week we ran out of things to do. We had split up so Holly and I built the Immune system model; and Lexi and Taylor built the nervous system model. So Holly and I finished the model, then everything that was needed to finish the joint part of the project, then we finished our part of the presentation. So we had nothing to do for the last week of the project because Lexi and Taylor did not need help. But, we could have practiced our presentation instead of doing work from other classes. My group worked well together because we split up to accomplish tasks and the presentation. Though we didn’t have to talk much we all knew where the other people where in the building process. Though the splitting up method did not work as well furor comprehension of the other system, so Holly and I do not understand the Nervous system as well as we understand the Immune system. The thing that worked the best was all of our projects worked and we received many compliments on our projects. This group worked well together and I would be happy to work with them again, but we would need to working as one team instead of partners.