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- 10th
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Students explore the hormonal systems of body. They identify both exocrine and endocrine glands and their functions. They diagram this system on a picture of the human body in this unit. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students diagram, write about and role play a diagnosis to explain endocrinology, hormones and the endocrine system. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students investigate pathogens that can be present in pork products and summarize the responsibilities of pork farmers in ensuring the safety of their products. They also investigate the affects of hog farming on the environment and communities. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine the functions of the kidney. They discover how engineers design instruments to help people with kidney problems. They analyze the role of the dialysis machine in the world today. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students use an analogy to the mail delivery system to study the workings of the human endocrine system. They discover the interrelationships between the human body systems while comparing them to engineering communicating with astronauts. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students experience a variety of activities that relate to human physiology and their functions. They create graphs and charts after testing their heart rates and blood pressure They conduct a survey of the student body and create questions that relate to asthma and medications consumed by students. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students examine the types of changes they are experiencing during adolescence. As a class, they are introduced to the physical changes in men and women and discover the functions of various glands. In groups, they research the affect of different hormones on the human body. To end the lesson, they label a diagram of the male and female reproductive organs. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine the functions of the kidney and its place in the urinary system. They discuss how astronauts go the bathroom in space, examine labeled diagrams of the urinary system, and draw a large scale drawing of the excretory system with chalk outside and walk through the drawing and explain how the different parts work. Full Review »
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- 6th - Higher Ed
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Students study the genetic disorder Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) by viewing the film "Lorenzo's Oil". They complete a summary of the movie and answer questions while viewing the movie. Extensions activities also included. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students investigate the structure and function of body systems and their inter-relationships. They draw and label the major body systems, observe demonstrations of various body systems, define key vocabulary terms, and compare and contrast the various systems. Full Review »