Valley View ISD
Department of Science
Human Anatomy and Physiology
2011 – 2012
Instructor: Coach O. Hernandez
Office Phone: (956) 843-9222
Room: B-104
Time: M-F 8:35 AM – 4:05 PM
Conference Period: 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM
Advisory Hours: NA
Email: ohernandez@vviewisd.net
Website: www.vviewisd.net
Prerequisites: Biology, Chemistry and Health
Textbook: Hoehn, Katja and Marieb, Elaine N. Human Anatomy and Physiology (7th Edition)
Supplies: Spiral (1 subject/semester), 3-ring binder (with loose leaf paper), Pen/Pencils
Course Description: This course focuses on the anatomy and physiology of the human body. Students
explore the organ systems in great depth. Careers in the medical and healthcare fields are also
investigated. This is a project and laboratory-based course where you will be allowed to generate
knowledge about anatomy (term for structure) and physiology (term for function) with your peers. Your
teacher will be a guide for the journey, a facilitator, an events planner, and a source of information.
Other sources of information will be the textbook, charts and diagrams, videos, and many internet
sources selected by the teacher and by you. I will provide you some of the ways and means of acquiring
knowledge about the human body but you will also actively construct and generate your own
knowledge by interaction with each other, written text (books, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets,
internet, graphs and data charts, numbers, and drawings), pictures and movies, sound, microscopes, test
tubes, stethoscopes, blood pressure monitors, computers, specimens (aka body parts), each other and
the list goes on.
Course Objectives:
1. Conscientiously become more scientifically literate in matters related to the human body in
health and disease.
2. Actively ask, find, and determine answers related to the human body in health and disease.
3. Carefully describe, explain, and predict consequences based on knowledge (prior and that to
be acquired in this class) of the human body in health and disease.
4. Critically analyze articles about the human body in health and disease in the popular press.
5. Accurately organize, analyze, and communicate information about the human body in
health and disease.
6. Perceptively discuss risk factors for maintaining health and preventing disease
Grading Policy:
1. Homework………………………………………..10% (Due as student walks in to class; -10% per day
late)
2. Projects/Essays/Lab……………………………....20% (Each project and lab will require a memo)
3. Daily assignments, Quizzes, Binder, Participation……….30% (Keep every paper in your binder)
4. Unit Tests, Chapter Tests…………………….…..20%
5. Six Weeks Test.................................20% (Benchmark)
There will be no retesting on six weeks tests except under extenuating circumstances as determined
by campus principal. The semester grade will be the average of the three six weeks marking periods.
For example:
1st Six Weeks + 2nd Six Weeks + 3rd Six Weeks = 1st Semester Average
4th Six Weeks + 5th Six Weeks + 6th Six Weeks = 2nd Semester Average
The final grade will be the average of the two semesters.
1st Semester Average + 2nd Semester Average = Final Average
Requirements & Rules:
1. Come to class on TIME (Tardiness will not be tolerated).
2. Come to class PREPARED (Homework, notebook, pen/pencil, assignments).
3. Turn in assignments on time (Homework as you walk in to class, in-class assignments).
4. Students are expected to treat each other with respect in both words and actions.
5. Inappropriate language, gestures and behavior will NOT be tolerated.
6. Students may NOT eat in the classroom or lab.
7. Always follow appropriate SAFETY PROCEDURES.
8. NO plagiarism.
Human Anatomy and Physiology
Tentative Topical Outline
(outline subject to change)
1st Six Weeks
2nd Six Weeks
3rd Six Weeks
4th Six Weeks
5th Six Weeks
6th Six Weeks
Chapter 1. The
Human Body: An
Orientation
Chapter 6.
Bones and
Skeletal Tissues
Chapter 7. The
Skeleton
Chapter 8.
Joints
Chapter 18.
The
Cardiovascular
System: The
Heart
Chapter 20.
The Lymphatic
System
Chapter 23. The
Digestive
System
Chapter 27. The
Reproductive
System
Chapter 3. Cells:
The Living Units
Chapter 6.
Bones and
Skeletal Tissues
Chapter 7. The
Skeleton
Chapter 8.
Joints
Chapter 16.
The Endocrine
System
Chapter 20.
The Lymphatic
System
Chapter 25. The
Urinary System
Chapter 28.
Pregnancy and
Human
Development
Chapter 3. Cells:
The Living Units
Chapter 10.
The Muscular
System
Chapter 16.
The Endocrine
System
Chapter 22.
The Respiratory
System
Chapter 25. The
Urinary System
Chapter 28.
Pregnancy and
Human
Development
Chapter 4.
Tissue: The
Living Fabric
Chapter 10.
The Muscular
System
Chapter 12.
The Central
Nervous System
Chapter 22.
The Respiratory
System
Chapter 26.
Fluid,
Electrolyte, and
Acid-Base
Balance
Chapter 29.
Heredity
Chapter 4.
Tissue: The
Living Fabric
Chapter 18.
The
Cardiovascular
System: The
Heart
Chapter 12.
The Central
Nervous System
Chapter 23.
The Digestive
System
Chapter 27. The
Reproductive
System
Chapter 29.
Heredity
Six Weeks Test
Six Weeks Test
Six Weeks Test
Six Weeks Test
Six Weeks Test
Six Weeks Test
Program Educational Outcomes
Student will be able to:
1. use knowledge of basic science to analyze (identify, formulate and solve) problems in Biology.
2. design and conduct experiments and interpret results.
3. function in multi-disciplinary teams.
4. communicate ideas effectively in graphical, oral and written media.
5. understand the professional responsibility of a student.
6. understand the need for life-long learning to keep abreast of current practice.
7. use state of the art computational hardware/software for analysis, design, and documentation
(techniques, skills, and necessary tools for today’s world).
ACKNOWLEGMENT OF RECEIPT OF SYLLABUS
I HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE SYLLABUS FOR HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY AND HAVE BEEN
INFORMED BY THE INSTRUCTOR THAT IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO CAREFULLY READ AND UNDERSTAND
THIS DOCUMENT.
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