Benchmark: Use professional journals in their
evaluation of homeostatic problems with the bodies major systems
a. TLW produce an article review of a
scientific journal that deals with a major health problem, for each body system
Benchmark:
Demonstrate skills necessary to conduct scientific investigations
a. TLW gather, chart, and graph data from
scientific experiments
b. TLW evaluate and analyze data from
scientific investigations
Benchmark: Understand how the laws of motion and
functioning of levers influence body movements
a. TLW classify the various joints of the body
as 1st, 2nd, or 3rd class levers
b. TLW evaluate the physics behind various body
movements
Benchmark: Understand principles of chemistry and
explain how chemical reactions are important for maintaining body homeostasis
a. TLW explain how certain chemical reactions
are essential for maintaining, rebuilding, and protecting the human body
Benchmark: Understand organization within the body
a. TLW explain the relationship between cells,
tissues, organs, organ systems, and the human organism
Benchmark: Evaluate body systems independently and how
they work together in the body
a. TLW recognize the major components of each
body system and their primary functions
b. TLW develop an understanding of how each
organ within a system works together with the other organs of the system to
perform the systems primary functions
c. TLW label the major organs or each body system
and the parts of each organ
Benchmark: Understands the importance of technology to
the advancement of medicine and study of the human body
a. TLW use available technology in their study
of the human body
b. TLW identify the use of technology in the
advancement of medicine
Standard 6:
Science Regarding a Social and Personal Perspective
Benchmark: Identify
the importance of a healthy lifestyle and be able to follow the criteria necessary
to maintain ones health
a. TLW describe various ways to maintain a
healthy lifestyle
b. TLW research ways in which to avoid potentially harmful diseases to the body