Science - Lamb Heart Disscetion

Lamb Heart Dissection

Wednesday 22 March

The lungs and heart are attached, because the heart needs to pump blood into the lungs. To

inflate the lungs, we blow through the trachea, and they fill with air quite quickly, looking slightly like a balloon being blown up, then when the blowing stops, they slowly deflate. The trachea (a light pink tube) was cut off the heart, revealing the bronchi (white and firm), then they were cut off, leaving the bronchioles (light pink and squishier). The blood has valves on the surface, which help the blood flow through, but not backwards. We cut away the fat tissue, and muscle. The left hand side of the heart is thicker, because it needs to pump blood all around the body, and the right side is thinner, because it only needs to pump blood to the lungs.



 

English - Cultures (Enders Game)

Monday 20th March

Cultures (Enders Game)

I go to a multi-cultural school, with many different backgrounds, including Pasifika, Maori, Filipino, etc. I get along well with my classmates of different cultures. I know about Maori culture, and I have learnt some Tagalog (Filipino). I learnt about Maori culture in Maori class, and I learnt some Tagalog from my Filipino friends. Some advantages of being around different cultures are: we can learn about how other people have been brought up, so we can understand people more. We can learn about other cultures, and be more cultural people. Some disadvantages are: we may be made fun of for our beliefs, cultures, and values. A challenge of interacting with people from other cultures is that they may take what you are saying the wrong way, because they may not be able to understand you. When approaching someone from another country, greet them with a hello in the language they understand. Overall, I enjoy going to a multi-cultural school, and I like interacting with students and teachers from other cultures.