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Human Body Regulation Lesson PlanHuman Body Regulation Lesson Plan
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Perkins School for the Blind
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6th - 12th
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Human Body Regulation

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The human body can regulate itself through sweating and resting. Learners with visual impairments discuss how the body changes when it is under stress and what it does to regulate itself. To start, kids use talking thermometers to take their temperatures. Spark discussion with a video about fever that comes with an audio description. Then, learners can use stethoscopes to determine their heart rates before and after running in place.

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  • To include learners with visual impairments, adaptive tools are necessary

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  • Provides strong ideas for making the lesson accessible to all learners
  • Helpful for learners with visual impairments as well as learners with typical visual processing

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