Course/Level	P.A.S.S. Strand:	Time Range
		6 days
11^th and 12^th Grade Anatomy & Physiology	(not applicable)

Objective (Local, State, National)

I. What is science and what does it do?

A. Scientific method – know parts of the scientific method and how it is applied in health and medical fields

1. Identify control and why it’s needed

2. Identify variables – dependent and independent

B. Laboratory safety

C. Organizational skills for notebook

D. Risk assessment and how it applies to the development of drugs and medical procedures

Suggested Teaching Strategies:

Lecture on how and what to keep in class notebook.

Lecture and class discussion on scientific method

Lecture and class discussion on limits of science.

Students take notes on lecture (maybe in outline form).

Students will fill out crossword puzzle and work sheet on scientific method

Students will use computer and do activity 1.1 on CD Rom on “Campbells Biology”

Science as a Process: Acid Rain Precipitation – Hypothetic-deductive system

Students will use computers to access internet resources to gather data and then write a three-page research paper on medicine and/or health occupation.

Lecture and class discussion on laboratory safety and laboratory rules review sheet. Lab safety test.

Students will do prelab reading and questions on risk and risk assessment.

Critical Thinking: Use reading and questions set on Investigating Bubonic Plague to guide students through cause

and effect, basics of epidemiology. Have students postulate how and why plagues spread.

Lab: Risk assessment and probability.

Students will determine their own risk in certain activities in which they participate.

Aligned Resources:

Handouts on how to organizes notebook.

Over head on scientific method

Use non-dedicated computer lab for internet research on medical/health pioneers (two-days)

Use library resources for research on medical/health.

Safety laboratory rules sheet.

Transparencies of Scientific Method

Lab and materials

Assessment Sample Format:

Test on lab safety

Grade rubric for research paper on medical or health occupation.

Test on laboratory safety rules.

Grade for lab write-up

Course/Level	P.A.S.S. Strand:	Time Range
11^th and 12^th Grade Anatomy & Physiology	(not applicable)	6 days

Objective (Local, State, National)

II. Orientation to the study of human anatomy and physiology

A. Identify and use proper terminology for describing anatomical position of body e.g. dorsal, ventral

B. Develop understanding of major characteristic of life

C. Develop understanding of homeostasis and negative feedback and mechanism

D. Explain and identify biological levels of organization i.e. cells to tissue, tissues to organs

E. Identify and develop understanding of major organ systems, list the organs found in each, and their primary functions

Suggested Teaching Strategies:

Students will read and take their own notes on the chapter (maybe in outline form homework).

Lecture and demonstration on skeleton and bones to reinforce anatomical terms.

Lecture on characteristics of life.

Students take notes on lectures (maybe in outline form).

Students will fill out crossword puzzle and work sheet on scientific method

Students will fill out chapter study guide to compliment their lecture and board notes.

Application: Students will apply their knowledge of levels of organizations to an example outside the human body.

Critical Thinking: Using terms listed in chapter students will be given a body part and will be required to describe

its relative position

Critical Thinking: When given a system of the body the students will be asked to go from the simples to most

complex level of development.

Critical Thinking: Students will be asked to describe an example of the effects upon body systems when it is

subject to a less than optimal quantity and quality of its basic environmental requirements.

i.e. dehydration of tissues when water levels are too high; dysfunctional cardiovascular system

when blood pressure falls above or below normal; hypothermia

Lab: Uses “Mannequin”, plastic bones, and black line drawing and identification sheets for students to learn

orientation of the body. A plastic torso man is also used to remove and then reassemble internal organs.

Lab: Negative Feedback and Body Temperature Lab

Aligned Resources:

Quiz over reading notes

Work sheets and study guide

Black line masters on body regions – at least two different ones

Permission slips that allow students to run stairs for Negative Feedback Lab

Labs and materials (mannequins, oral thermometers, stop watches)

Oral Thermometers

VCR and TV

National Geographic video on the “Human body”

Assessment Sample Format:

Grade reading quiz over chapter

Grade for study guide, work sheets and crossword puzzle

Grade for video review

Grade for lab write-ups

Unit test

Course/Level	P.A.S.S. Strand:	Time Range
11^th and 12^th Grade Anatomy & Physiology	(not applicable)	7 days

Objective (Local, State, National)

III. Basic chemistry

A. Atomic structure

B. Major types of bonding

C. Ions and Isotopes

D. Types of reactions – condensation (synthesis) and dehydration (decomposition)

E. pH – acids and bases

F. Identification of each of the four main macromolecules by their chemical composition and primary function.

Suggested Teaching Strategies:

Students will read and take their own notes on the chapter (maybe in outline form).

Lecture and demonstration on basic chemistry (define basic terms and types of bonds) and isotopes used in medicine.

Lecture and demonstration on basic organic chemistry molecules and the subunits they are made up of, giving examples of each type’s usage in the human body.

Video review of “Champions at Any Price” film about steroid use in athletes.

Students take notes on lecture (maybe in outline form).

Students will fill out cross word puzzle that uses terms from the chapter

Students will fill out chapter study guide to compliment their lecture and board notes.

Students will fill out worksheet on how much radiation they are exposed to in a year

Guest speaker who talks on use of x-rays and/or speaker to talk about the use of isotopes in medicine.

Critical Thinking: Ask students to describe the implications when the pH of human blood falls below or

rises above normal ranges. What is normal pH?

Lab: pH Titration Lab will use pH probes to determine the pH of Brine and other substances.

Lab: Principals of chemistry

Aligned Resources:

PH paper and pH probes

Reading open note quiz over chapters.

Work sheets and study guide.

Champions at Any Price video

Video Review

Transparencies of DNA Structure and Types of Chemical Reactions

Labs and materials

Assessment Sample Format:

Grade reading quiz over chapter

Grade for study guide, work sheets, crossword puzzle

Grade for lab write-ups

Unit test

Course/Level	P.A.S.S. Strand:	Time Range
11^th and 12^th Grade Anatomy & Physiology	(not applicable)	8 days

Objective (Local, State, National)

IV. Anatomy and physiology of a cell

A. Names of cellular organelles

B. Function of cellular organelles

C. Genetic diseases that effect cells

D. Passive transport: Diffusion and Filtration

E. Active transport: phagocytoes, pinocytoes, exocytoes

F. Cell division: interphase and DNA replication, mitosis, and cytokinesis

Suggested Teaching Strategies:

Students will read and take their own notes on the chapter (maybe in outline form).

Lecture over cellular organelle structure and function

Students will fill out cross word puzzle that uses terms from the chapter

Students will fill out chapter study guide to compliment their lecture and board notes.

Students will work through power point presentation on mitosis and answer questions.

Reading and questions worksheet on Cystic Fibrosis.

Internet usage and determine reliability of a site’s information

Internet review of sites that show electron microscope pictures of cell organelles..

Work sheets on types of search engines

Critical Thinking: Ask students to do internet search to find out the process of kidney dialysis, and what is the

leading cause of kidney diseases.

Lab: Review of Microscope

Lab: Cellular Structure and Function

Aligned Resources:

Power point presentation on mitosis

Reading open note quiz over chapters.

Work sheets and study guide.

Black line masters of cell and organelles

Handouts and worksheets for determining types of search engines

Use non-dedicated computer lab for internet research on kidney dialysis and kidney failure (1 day)

Use library resources for research on kidney dialysis and kidney failure

Mitosis models

Transparencies of Mitosis

Labs and materials

Assessment Sample Format:

Grade reading quiz over chapter

Grade for study guide, work sheets, crossword puzzle

Grade for lab write-ups

Unit test

Course/Level	P.A.S.S. Strand:	Time Range
11^th and 12^th Grade Anatomy & Physiology	(not applicable)	11 days

Objective (Local, State, National)

V. Cellular specialization and introduction to types of cancer

A. Identification of cell specialization sequence; blastula, morula, zygote

B. What is cancer, what causes it, has is it treated?

C. What is cell death (apoptosis)?

Suggested Teaching Strategies:

Students will read and take their own notes on the chapter (maybe in outline form).

Lecture and demonstration on cell specialization

Lecture on types of cancer

Students will fill out chapter study guide to compliment their lecture and board notes.

Students will fill out cross word puzzle that uses terms from the chapter

Students will use the internet to find the leading cause of cancer death for men and women.