Science students tell us about the danger of drugs addiction.
Maria Calle
Paula Martínez
Claudia Castro
Itziar Astasio
3rd ESO
Arxiu de la categoria: Biology
Isaac Song visits our school
Here at Isaac Albeniz High School we recently had a special visit from a guest named Isaac Song. He is an American student who is here studying organ donation in Spain representing the Fulbright program.
Fulbright is a competitive program of grants that is aimed at enabling students, teachers, professionals, etc. to travel abroad for educational purposes. This could be studying, conducting research and so on.
During the tutoring hour he gave a very interesting speech in English to the Batxillerat students which had two parts. Firstly he introduced himself and spoke about his life back in New York. Afterwards he told the students about the Fulbright program he represents and spoke about organ donation, the subject he is studying, and informed the students that the organ donation system in Spain is one of the best in the world!
Following his presentation with the Batxillerat students, we met in the management office over the break time and had something to eat and drink. During this time we had a conversation with Isaac and some of the teachers who are involved in the plurilingual programme and some English teachers too. Isaac and I shared our experiences about living here in Spain and compared the differences between what he is doing and what I am doing. It was interesting to hear about his studies and the work he is doing with regards to organ donation and the Fulbright program.
I think this visit from Isaac was a great opportunity for our Batxillerat students! It´s so important for our students to meet young people from other countries and hear about their lives and experiences. This was also such a useful experience for our students as it gave them the chance to listen to a different English accent. There are so many different English accents and it is important not to get used to one as the next English-speaking person you speak to is likely to speak differently! I hope that after meeting Isaac Song, our students will be encouraged to think about travelling abroad to study or work as it´s such a brilliant experience and a great chance to practise your language skills!
Amy Willett
Study and dissection of a lamb heart
The practice of dissection of a lamb heart consists of two parts. The first deals with the study of externally heart and the second deals with the study of the heart inside.
The first thing we had to do was put the heart on a platter and once there, put a color straws for veins and other color straws for artheries.
And in the first part, the first thing we did was examine the appearance of the pericardium with the tweezers, which is a transparent, hard and resistant layer. All continued, we note that the same heart has a conical shape with a size equivalent to a fist. And finally we explore the veins and arteries that are externally.
And the second part takes place the dissection with the help of the scissors. First we had to make a cut in the left ventricle for inspection. And secondly we did the same in the right ventricle.
And finally we had to take a conclusion. In our case, we explained that the dissected heart is not symmetrical as the left ventricle is larger than the right to carry blood through the heart and comply its function.
Paula Gómez Quesada, 3C2