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BIOLOGY I
Course Code: 200031001
TOPIC XIV: HUMAN BODY - Immune System
Pacing
Date
Traditional 8 days
Block
ESSENTIAL CONTENT
A. Basic Function of immune system
1. Agents of Infectious Diseases (virus, bacteria, fungi,
parasites)
2. Spread of Diseases
B. Types of Responses (14.52)
1. Barriers to infection (skin, cilia, body secretions)
2. Nonspecific Immune Response
3. Specific Immune Response
C. Human Health and Disease Transmission (14.6)
1. Genetic Risks
2. Environmental Factors
3. Pathogenic agents
4. Immune System Disorders
D. Fighting Infectious Diseases (14.52)
1. Antibiotics
2. Vaccines
3. Antibiotic and vaccine resistance (15.13)
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OBJECTIVES
 Identify the basic functions of the human immune
system, vaccines, and antibiotics. (ALD)
 Relate the significance of genetic factors,
environmental factors, and pathogenic agents to
both individual and public health. (ALD)
 Compare and contrast types of infectious agents that
may infect the human body, including viruses, bacteria,
fungi and parasites.
 Identify and explain the basic functions of the human
immune system, including specific and nonspecific
immune responses.
 Describe how the human immune system responds to
vaccines and/or antibiotics.
 Relate conditions required for natural selection to
differential reproductive success. (ALD)
4 days
12-17-15 to 01-11-16
12-17-15 to 01-11-16
INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS
Core Text Book: Chapter 35
Vocabulary:
antibiotics, antibody, antigen, cell-mediate immunity,
chronic disease, communicable disease, humoral
immunity, immune response, immune system, infectious
agent, pathogen, vaccines
Technology:
1. Bozeman Podcast: Immune System
2. Pearson:
a. Art Review: Agents of Disease
b. Data Analysis: Society and ImmunityArt in Motion:
HIV Infection
3. Immune System: Bacteria vs. Virus
4. Animation: The Immune Response
5. PBS.org: Making Vaccines
6. Khan Academy: Immune System Overview
7. http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/ (search your topic)
8. Edgenuity
9. Packet on Immune System L.14.52
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BIOLOGY I
SC.912.L.14.52
HE.912.C.1.5
Course Code: 200031001
Virus Lytic Cycle
Disease Spread
Video
Standard:
SC.912.L.14.6
Science
Content
Collection
Video
Standard:
SC.912.L.14.52
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Obesity and Genetics
What Are Nutritional Disorders?
Exploring Nutritional Disorders
Multifactorial Disorders
Risk Factors for Breast Cancer
Interpreting Epidemiological Data
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Air Pollution and Public Health
Water in Manila's Poor Communities
Chemicals in the Environment
Introduction to Waste
Everyday Water Pollution
PCBs: What They Are and Where They
Come From
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Contamination and Human Health
Anthrax
Invisible Poison
Wastewater Germs
Contaminated Eggs
Food Safety
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The Immune System
A Lethal Gene
Virus vs. Human
Blood Cells
Advances in Vaccine Development
Antibiotics
 Human Body, Human Health
 A Cell's Internal Immune System
 The Immune System and Human
Immune Response: Germs
 The Immune System and Human
Immune Response: The Body's
Defenses and Immune System
 T-Cells and the Immune System: The
Medical Mechanics of HIV
 Ehrlich, Paul
 Nutrition & the Immune System
 Marijuana's Effect on the Immune
System
 Alcohol's Impact on the Skeletal and
Immune System
 Virus in the Cell
 Evolutionary Arms Race
Article
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BIOLOGY I
Course Code: 200031001
Video
Standard:
SC.912.N.15.13
Article
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Evolution: Setting the Stage
Evolution in Action: Natural Selection
Mechanisms of Evolution: Selection
Darwin's Natural Selection
 Spontaneous Generation
 Darwin, Charles Robert
 Darwin, the Beagle, and Finches:
Darwin Discovers Evidence of Natural
Selection
 Agents of Evolution
 Charles Darwin's Journey to the
Galapagos Islands
 Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine
de Monet, Chevalier de
 Natural Selection: Survival of the Fittest
 Natural Selection, Competition, and
Adaptations
 What Are Populations and Gene Pools?
 Evolution
 Natural Selection
 Great Books: The Origin of Species
Quiz
Standard:
HE.912.C.1.7
Video
Video
Standard:
HE.912.C.1.8
Science
Content
Collection
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 Cystic Fibrosis
 Diabetes
 DNA and the Genetics of Cancer
 Genetic Disease
 Immunization: Preventing the Spread of  The Flu Vaccine
Viruses
 Understanding Bacteria
 Benefits and Drawbacks of Vaccines
 The Good and Bad Sides of Bacteria
 Dr. Salk: Leading the Quest for an
Effective Polio Vaccine
 Germs and Diseases
 MRSA
 Good News in Bacterial Research
 How Some Types of Fungi Have Wiped
Out Other Organisms and Shaped
History
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BIOLOGY I
Course Code: 200031001
Video
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Tonsils and Tonsilitis
Lemon Slice on Your Water Glass? Maybe Not...
A Germ-Hunter Takes Swabs from Everyday Surfaces: How Dirty Is What We Touch?
Swine Flu and Air Travel
Mutating Flu Virus Spreads Faster
Worst Whooping Cough Epidemic in 50 Years
Bacteria in Animals Fed Antibiotics Grow Drug-Resistant
Scientists Look for Ways to Fight Antibiotic-Resistant 'Super Bacteria'
Researchers Discover New Strain of Bacteria Resistant to Even the Strongest Antibiotic
Infectious Diseases
Germs in Not-So-Surprising Places
Officials Fear Spread of Cholera to Haiti's Tent Camps
Whooping Cough Cases on the Rise
It's a Wash: The Chemistry of Soap
What You Need to Know About Lyme Disease
Science Behind the News: Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Image
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New Protein Fights Superbug by Boosting Immune System
E-noses Could Make Diseases Something to Sniff At
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Learning Goals
BIOLOGY I
Course Code: 200031001
SC.912.L14.52: Explain the basic functions of the human immune system, including specific and nonspecific immune response, vaccines, and antibiotics. ( Cognitive
Complexity: Level 1: Recall )
SCALE
LEARNING PROGRESSION
SAMPLE PROGRESS MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
ACTIVITIES
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I am able to summarize the basic functions of the human immune system,
vaccines, and antibiotics.
Research how certain pathogens are able to fool the
immune system. Be specific about their mechanisms.
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I am able to summarize the basic functions of the human immune system,
vaccines, and antibiotics.
Create a diagram/poster illustrating the three lines of
defense and summarize how the immune system builds
immunity.
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I am able to identify the basic functions of the human immune system, vaccines,
and antibiotics.
Identify the structures, organs, and cells of the immune
system and relate them to their function as part of the
specific or nonspecific immune responses.
Score/Step 5.0
Score/Step 4.0
Score/Step 3.0 Target
(Learning Goal)
Describe how the human immune system responds to
vaccines and/or antibiotics.
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I am able to identify the basic functions of the human immune system, vaccines,
and antibiotics.
Identify the functions of the specific and nonspecific
immune response.
Score/Step 2.0
Identify the functions of vaccines and antibiotics.
Score/Step 1.0
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I am able to identify the main function of the immune system.
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Learning Goals
BIOLOGY I
Course Code: 200031001
SC.912.L15.13: Describe the conditions required for natural selection, including: overproduction of offspring, inherited variation, and the struggle to survive, which result in
differential reproductive success. (Cognitive Complexity: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts)
SCALE
LEARNING PROGRESSION
SAMPLE PROGRESS MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
ACTIVITIES
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I am able to analyze conditions required for natural selection that result in
differential reproductive success.
Investigate the conditions required for differential
reproductive success.
Connect artificial selection as a model to learn about natural
selection.
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I am able to evaluate conditions required for natural selection that result in
differential reproductive success.
Evaluate how changes in the conditions required for natural
selection affect the differential reproductive success in
organisms.
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I am able to relate the conditions required for natural selection to differential
reproductive success.
Summarize natural selection in terms of how overproduction
of offspring, inherited variation, and struggle to survive lead
to differential reproductive success.
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I am able to identify the conditions required for natural selection.
Given a scenario, identify which of the four principles of
natural selection is illustrated. (overproduction of offspring,
inherited variation, struggle to survive, and differential
reproductive success)
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I am able to define natural selection.
Score/Step 5.0
Score/Step 4.0
Score/Step 3.0 Target
(Learning Goal)
Score/Step 2.0
Score/Step 1.0
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