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          •  HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY COURSE DESCRIPTION

             

             E-mail: diana.moore@henry.k12.ga.us

                            Phone Number: 770 320 7997

            Videos: Cross-Curriculum Projects

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-zuxJRRy0M 

             

            Announcements:

            The class website contains lesson plans, notes, and study links.  Please check the lesson plans to see what you missed, and for make-up work.

            Notice to Parents & Students:

            The class website is regularly updated for each unit.  Students are expected to check the class website prior to the next class when they are absent to not get behind.  There are many study resources available as well!

             

            Course Syllabus 1

            ** Please download the Course Syllabus by clicking the link above and confirm you have read the course syllabus by clicking the link below and completing the following form**

            Syllabus and Classroom Rules Confirmation: https://forms.gle/s4wmz4ZezG38GHgHA

             

            Book: Tortora Principles of Anatomy and Physiology 

            https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781119320647/cfi/6/8!/4/2/2/2/6/2@0:0

            Audio Glossary:

            https://edugen.wileyplus.com/edugen/shared/resource/view_resource.uni?id=rsd16399593



            Class Materials 
            • 1 Composition notebook
            • 1 pack of college ruled paper
            • 1 pack of copy paper
            • #2 pencils/pen/coloring
            • notecards

            Online Multiple Intelligences Test-- Save As... to save the graph of your results, print, email me, or save using copy ScreenShot and paste into a Word doc.  Bring the results to the class.

             

            Unit 1: The Human Body-Orientation
            Learning Goals:

            1. I can develop/use a model to demonstrate directional terms, planes, regions, and cavities of the human body.

            2. I can identify the levels of organization in the human body and the characteristics of each.

            3. I can identify the 4 main types of tissues in the body and the respective functions of each. 

            4. I can discuss the role of homeostasis in a healthy functioning human body.

            5. I can develop a model to demonstrate positive and negative feedback systems as it pertains to homeostasis.

            Unit 1: Vocabulary List
             Intro Unit Vocabulary  
            Unit 1: NOTES-Organization & Body Systems Fill-in 
            Unit 1: Organization & Body Systems PPT
            Unit 1: NOTES-Anatomical Terms Fill-in
            Unit 1: Anatomical Terms ppt
             

            Classwork/Homework:  
               Body Systems and Anatomical terms:  Link to pdf
               
            Daily Activities:
            * Body System 
            * Body System Activity Rubric
            *Anatomical terms

            Anatomical Worksheets: https://web.gccaz.edu/~phipd16661/201_Practical_1_Worksheet.pdf
            Project:
             Body System Overview


            Videos:  
            Anatomical Terms Explained
            Body Cavities

            Chapter 1 Test is scheduled for Sept. 4/3.  
            Complete all assignments and turn in before the chapter test.

            Unit 1B: Basic Chemistry and Macromolecules         
            Notes:
            Basic Chemistry ppt Day 1
            Basic Chemistry ppt Day 2
            Macromolecules
            Macromolecules foldable
            Basic Chemistry notes

            Labs:
            Murder and a Meal
            Penny lab
            Makeup work

            Video:
            Mankind the story of all of us:  Fire
            Flame light/relight
            Acids, Bases, and pH

            Unit 2 Prerequisite 

            Unit 2:  Cells and Tissues
            Unit 2: Vocabulary List                                                                                                   
            Unit 2: NOTES-Cell Organelles Fill-in
            Unit 2: NOTES-Cell Organelles PPT
            Unit 2: NOTES-Movement Across the Membrane PPT
            Unit 2: NOTES-Movement Across the Membrane Fill-in
            Unit 2: NOTES-Connective Tissues Fill-in
            Unit 2: NOTES-Connective Tissues PPT
             Muscle and NerveKD13.ppt 2.05 MB 
             Muscular Nerve Tissue Fill in Notes  


            Unit 2: NOTE-Epithelial Tissues PPT Epithelial Tissue.ppt  
            Unit 2: NOTES-Epithelial Tissues Fill-in Epithelial Tissue Fill-In Notes
            Chapter 1 Test study guide complete and bring to class on test day.

            Class Activities:

            STEM Activity:  Build a Cell Membrane and Color an Animal Cell
                                   Animal Cell Color page
                                   Build a Membrane
            Class Cell Mural Project Rubric


            Lab Activities:

            Observing Human Cheek Cells and Onion Root Tips
            Sheep Heart tissue dissection

            Practice Anatomy eLab- Tissue slides

            Cell and Tissue Stations

            Quizzes:
            Kahoot Quiz
            Cell Organelles and Function
            Histology Review and Visual Quiz
            /uploads/4/0/7/3/40734789/aandphistology_visual_quiz.pptx

            Videos:
            Microscope Parts and Function-Review
            Microscope WS


            Unit 2 Prerequisite: Study Guide 

            Unit 2 Cells-Histology Study Guide KD15.doc 
            Unit 2:  Cells and Tissue Test Review
            Kahoot:  Cells and Tissues

             

            Makeup Work:
            This chapter gives a basic overview of how cells are organized into tissues and how to identify tissues based on the shape, layers, and number of cells.  If you have missed the laboratory or class; complete the makeup work below.

            Resources
            Notes: Chapter 2: Tissues | Presentation Slides
            Concept Map on Tissues - organize the tissues into this handy graphic organizer
            Tissue Chart - simple cheat sheet for learning the tissues
            Connective Tissue Coloring - color the matrix
            Histology - viewing images of tissues | Histology Website
            Tissues Review Guide
             NatGeo Video: How to build a human heart
            Practice Quiz over Tissues

             

            ​Unit 2A:  Integumentary System
            Learning Goals: 

            1. I can identify the structures and functions of the integumentary system.

            2. I can identify and describe accessory structures and their functions (hair, nails, sudoriferous and sebaceous glands).

            3. I can construct an explanation about the relationship between the structures of the integumentary system and their role in protection, eliminating waste products, and regulating body temperature.

            4. I can develop an argument that represents the role of the integumentary system in maintaining homeostasis.

            ​Unit 2A: Vocabulary List Integumentary Vocabulary  
                NOTES-Integumentary System Pt.1 PPT 
                NOTES-Integumentary System Pt 1 Fill-in
                NOTES-Integumentary System Pt.2 PPT 
                NOTES-Integumentary System Pt 2 Fill-in  

             

            Integumentary Stations​
            ​ Integumentary station fill in
            Case Studies
            1. Case study project assignment Case 1
            2. Case study Case 2 
            3. Case study Case 3
            Skin Disorder Research Paper/Presentation/Powerpoint Click Here

             Unit 2B: Skeletal System

            Learning Goals:

            ​1. Identify and describe the functions of the skeletal system.
            2. Distinguish between long bones, short bones, flat bones, and irregular bones and provide an example of each.
            3. Identify the parts of a typical long bone.
            4. Describe the microscopic structure of compact bone, and compare it with that of spongy bone.
            5. Explain the process by which bones are formed and how they grow in length and width.
            6. Diagnose specific types of bone fractures on X-ray images
            7. Describe and diagnose disorders of the skeletal system

             

            Essential Questions:

            1. How is the structure of bone related to its function?

            2. What changes occur in your bones as you age?

            3. How does the skeletal system help the body maintain homeostasis?

            4. What are the strengths and limitations of the body's joints?

             Skeletal System

            Skeletal System Vocabulary Lists
            Class notes:  
            Skeletal System ppt
            Skeletal system notes part 1 guided
            Skeletal system notes part 2 guided
            Skeletal system notes part 3 guided

             

            Classwork:

            Coloring:  Bone Anatomy 
            Bones, Bones, Bones Webquest

            The Bone Zone
            Owl Pellet Dissection

            Labeling: Skeleton 
            Skeletal System Tour Lab
            Case study-Osteoporosis

            Case study-Fractured leg
            Radiology Board Exam Activity

            X-Rayted Lab



            Videos:  
            Bones Season 3, Ep 4 | Season 1 Ep14 | Season 6, Ep 17
            Any Bones Episode

            Study Guide - Skeletal System

            Practice Quizzes:
            Bone Structure Terms
            Long Bone Anatomy
            Bone Matrix

            Skull (picture)
            Skull on Quizlet (matching)

            Skeletal System
            Carpals | Tarsals

             

            Unit 2C: Muscular System

            Student Learning Goals:

            1. I can identify smooth, skeletal, and cardiac muscle tissue under a microscope and state the function of each.

            2. I can identify the component parts of a muscle: fascicle, myofibril, fiber, the nucleus of the cell, and the body of the muscle.

            3. I can identify the major muscles of the human body.

            4. I can analyze experimental data using the Moving Arm Model and interpret the meaning of the data. 

            Unit 2: Vocabulary List Muscular Unit 

            • Muscle Pointing Review PPT Muscle Review.pptx  
            • Video:  Myosin is thick, Actin is Thin  
            • Muscular System Chapter of Anatomy Textbook Chapter 7 Anatomy Book.pdf 
            • Muscular System PPT   
            • NOTES-Muscular Pt 1 Fill-in   
            • NOTES-Muscular Pt 2 Fill-in 
            • NOTES-Muscular Pt 3 Fill-in  

             

            Web Resources for the Muscular System Unit
            Link:  https://www.innerbody.com/image/musfov.html 

             

            Classwork:
            Muscular fiber coloring and labeling WS
            ​Tour of the Muscular System
            ​
            Muscle Fatigue Stations
            Muscular System Project-you are a personal trainer.  
            ​Muscular System Project Rubric

            Muscle fatigue lab

             

            Frog Dissection:
            ​Compare and Contrast Frog Anatomy and Human systems
            Frog Dissection color activity
            Frog Dissection guide w/lab analysis​
            Electrical stimulation of frog leg muscles
            ​

            Virtual Frog Dissection

             

            Cat Dissection:
            Learning Goals:
            1. Identify and describe the principal structures of the cat brain; IOT relates each to its function in the body.

            2. Identifying essential parts of the cat's brain in a preserved specimen; IOT demonstrates techniques used by a scientist in the lab.



            Autopsy Article - read about the history of autopsies
            Lab Guide - Lists all of the structures you will need to identify on the cat
            Lab Guide Questions - answer as your group dissects the cat, describes the anatomy, structures, and locations
            Cat Dissection Gallery - shows the main structures you must identify for the cat practice.
             
            Picture
             
            Unit 3: The Nervous System
             
            Learning Goals:

            1. Describe the function and main structures of the nervous system.

            2. Describe the state of a resting neuron, including the charges inside and outside the cell.

            3. Explain how an impulse is sent through a neuron, including what an action potential is.

            4. Explain how an impulse is sent from one neuron to the next at the synapse, including the role of neurotransmitters.  

            5. Compare and contrast the CNS and PNS in terms of their structures and functions.

            6. Describe the four lobes of the brain and what types of activities each controls.

            7. Compare and contrast the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the autonomic NS.

            8. Explain the importance of a reflex and how reflexes can occur so quickly.

             

            Classwork:

            Muscles and Nervous system ppt

            Muscles and Nervous system fillin
             
            Notes: Nervous System ppt
            Nervous System Notes Part 1:  Neural Physiology
            Notes: Nervous System part 2 ppt   

            Nervous System Notes Part 2:  Brain & Divisions of NS
            Nervous System Investigation StationsMUscular
            Nervous System Stations answer sheet

            Nervous System Concept Map

            Nerve Cell identification (color)
            Nerve Synapses identification (color)
            Neurological Disorders Webquest Project
            ​
            concussion_argumentative__essay.pdf
             
             Unit 3B: Sensory Systems

            Learning Goals:

            1. Describe the 5 types of sensory receptors and where they are found.

            2. Describe the two chemical senses.

            3. Explain how we hear.

            4. Explain how we see.

            Classwork:

            Unit Vocabulary
            Notes: Sensory systems ppt
            Sensory system notes fill-in
            Special Senses Optical Illusions ppt

            Lab:  "Sense and Sensibility"-Testing your sensory organs
             
            Cow Eye Virtual Dissection Lab
            Sensory System Midterm Assessment w/Rubric

             
            Midterm Project Web Resources:
            "Measuring your taste threshold" https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/HumBio_p013/human-biology-health/measuring-your-taste-threshold

            "Now you see it now you don't" https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/HumBeh_p008/human-behavior/chromatic-adaptation

            "Are your eyes playing tricks on you?"  https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/HumBio_p021/human-biology-health/eyes-playing-tricks-afterimages

            "When your sniffer snoozes you've got olfactory fatigue" https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/HumBio_p031/human-biology-health/olfactory-fatigue

            "Do video game players have faster reaction times than non-players?" https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/HumBio_p025/human-biology-health/do-video-game-players-have-faster-reaction-times
             
             
            Unit 3C: Endocrine System
            Learning Goals:
            1. Interpret interactions among hormones, senses, and nerves IOT make possible the coordination of functions of the body.
            Classwork:
            Endocrine Unit Vocabulary Roots
            ​Endocrine Notes PPT
            Endocrine fill-in guided notes
            Endocrine Activities:
            Endocrine Excitement- STEM activity
            Endocrine-teach engineering activity
            Endocrine Case Studies
            Web Resources (provided by Bella Edwards)





             Unit 4A Cardiovascular System
            Circulatory System Picture
             
            Learning Goals:

            1. I can describe the structures and functions of blood components.

            2. I can identify the ABO and Rh blood groups.

            3. I can identify the structures and functions of the human heart.

            4. I can trace the pathway of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood through the chambers of the heart.

            5. I can compare and contrast atrial/ventricular systole and diastole to predict blood pressure.

            6. I can construct an explanation predicting factors affecting heart rate.

            7. I can compare and contrast the anatomical structures and functions of arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins.

            Classwork:
            ​                               
            Cardio Vocabulary List
            Cardiovascular System ppt
            Cardiovascular System notes fill-in part 1
            Cardiovascular System notes fill-in part 2
            Circulatory song Blood Flow thru the heart quiz

            Lab Activities:
            Who's your daddy?
            Measuring blood pressure



            ​

            Unit 4B Respiratory System
            Learning Goals:
            1. I can identify the structures and functions of the respiratory system.
            2. I can summarize the process of oxygen and carbon dioxide transport within the respiratory system.
            3. I can plan and carry out an investigation to explore the structures and role of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems in obtaining oxygen, transporting nutrients, and removing waste.

            Classwork:​
            Respiratory System
            ​​Respiratory system ppt
            Respiratory system notes fill-in part 1
            Respiratory system notes fill-in part 2
            Asthma internet project

            Rubric for Asthma project


            Unit 4C Digestive System/Excretory System
             
            Learning Goals:
              1.  Describe the functions of the digestive system.

              2.  Compare and contrast chemical and mechanical digestion.
              3.  Describe the pathway of food through the alimentary canal organs (7 total) and for each organ, state the type of digestion (mechanical and/or chemical) that 
            occurs.  If chemical digestion occurs, additionally state what enzyme is involved and what is broken down.
              4.  Explain the role of the pancreas and describe each of the five pancreatic secretions.


            Classwork:
            Digestive system ppt
            Digestive system notes fill-in part 1and 2
            Tour of the Digestive System-Stations



             

            Unit 5 Reproductive System
            Learning Goals:
             1. Students will analyze the role of the reproductive system as it pertains to the growth and development of humans.
                a. Explain how the functions of the reproductive organs are regulated by hormonal interactions.
                b. Describe the stages of human embryology and gestation including investigation of gestational and congenital disorders (e.g. ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, cleft palate, hydrocephaly,  fetal alcohol syndrome).
                c. Describe the stages of development from birth to adulthood (i.e. neonatal period, infancy, childhood, adolescence and puberty, and maturity). 
             
            Social and economic issues will also be discussed as they relate to human reproduction and human populations.
            ​Reproductive System
             
             
            Picture
            Classwork:
            Science Notebook Rubric
            ​
            Research articles:  

            A Novel Shell-less Culture System for Chick Embryos
            Using a Plastic Film as Culture Vessels


            Hatching chickens in the classroom


            Incubating chicken data sheets
             
            Chicken Embryonic Development Foldable Project
            Rubric for Embryonic chicken foldable
            Flight:  The genius of birds-Embryonic Development
                       Study Guide
            ​Chick Embryo Development Video Reference
            www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6Wl2DrAwWI

             

            Picture
            Presentation Slides | Guided Notes
            How Much Do You Know? - survey, or pre-test
            Group Discussion on Sex Education - small group format, introduction
            Video: From Conception to Birth
            Reproductive System Review Guide

             
            Credits:
            Ms. A. Stephans
            Science Buddies
            Youtube
            The University of Southern California Bella Edwards 
            Kahoot
            Quizlet
            Visible body
             
             



             

             
             
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