Big Ideas:

Structure and Function / Homeostasis

Essential Questions:

How are the materials that go into your body relate to homeostasis? How does the body convert food into useful moelcules? How does the human body get rid of wastes?

Vocabulary:

organic molecules, digestion, mouth, esophagus, peristalsis, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum

Month

Content

Skills

Asessment

Standards

Instructional Activities, Strategies, and Differentiation

October

Digestive System:

Formative:

AP1; AP10

Provide Topic Reading Assignments and Vocabulary List

Deliver Information via Lecture, Discussion and Handouts

Biological Molecules and/or Nutrition (Review and Discussion)

Determine the lowest concentration of a substance dissolved in water which can still be tasted.

Student Partipiation and Dialog

Use Technology (ie Simulations/Illustrations/Videos), Various Manipulatives and Word Play

Oral Cavity (Mouth, Glands, and Pharynx) and Thoracic Cavity (Esophagus, Peristalsis, Bolus)

Dissect a fetal pig and observe tissues that are related to the organs of the digestive system.

Study Guide Assignments

Offer Review Opportunities (Study Guides and Study Sessions)

Abdominal Cavity (Stomach, Small and Large Intestine, Pancreas, Liver, Rectum, Various Glands/Chemistry)

Lab Practicles and/or Projects

Supplement Topic Discussion with Labs/Projects/Demonstrations

Conditions, Biological Issues, and Implications (i.e. Ulcers, Anorexia Nervosa, and Bulimia)

Chapter Quizzes

Reading / Vocabulary Exam

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Visit (https://www.in.gov/doe/students/indiana-academic-standards/science-and-computer-science/) for Further Details and Information on Indiana Standards

Summative:

Chapter Exam