Physiology of Health

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Everyone knows that nutritions is essential. Humans must eat on a regular basis in order to grow, develop, and maintain homeostais.  However, what happens to the food consumed once it is eaten and how is it used?  More importantly, how d different types of foods affect our bodies?  Additionally, how does exercise and sleep patterns effect our overall wellness?  This unit will explore the maintaining of homeostasis and balance, the way energy is released from molecules, and the effects of wellness on our bodies.

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Unit Standards

• Health 1: Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis (LS1-3).
• Health 2: Use a model to illustrate that cellular respiration is a chemical process whereby the bonds of food molecules and oxygen molecules are broken and the bonds in new compounds are formed resulting in a net transfer of energy (LS1-7).
• Health 3: Construct and revise an explanation based on evidence for how carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen from sugar molecules may combine with other elements to form amino acids and/or other large carbon-based molecules (LS1-6).
• Health 4: Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms (LS1-2).

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Required Assigments

1. Starch Exploration Lab
2. Cellular Respiration Lab
3. Investigating Organ Systems
4. Daily Health Journal
5. Health Inquiry Lab (Standards 1-4)
6. Daphnia Heart Rate Lab (Optional extension)

Health Unit Warm-Ups
Health Unit Student Schedule

Unit Question:

• How does our body respond to diet and exercise?

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Additional Resources

Readings:

• Biology Textbook: Mechanisms of Homeostasis 858-861; Cellular Respiration 113-115; Carbon Based Molecules 44-48; Levels of Organization 852-856

Presentations:

Infograph: Nursing your sweet tooth

Videos:

Macromolecules

Cellular Respiration

Nutrition

Systems

Homeostasis