Students are studying structure and function organs and organ systems. (Utah State Biology Core Standard 3).
The human body is a complex system. The coordinated functions of many structures support life processes and maintain homeostasis. Study and understanding of the Nervous System is critical for all students. The nervous system, allows the body to detect information and respond to that information in a way that assures survival of the organism. In this unit we will study the Nervous System both on a micro level (neuron) and a macro level (brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves). By the time this unit is taught, students have learned about the integumentary system, (the tissues of the body) they know that specialized cells function together to build tissues, which form organs and which work together to form organ systems. They know the different types of tissues that build organs. At the beginning of the Human Body Systems unit, all students took a pre-test and these tests have were evaluated to determine prior knowledge. Prior to teaching the unit on the Nervous System, review questions; 62-76, which assess prior knowledge specifically about the Nervous System. |