St. Michael-Albertville High School
CIS Human Biology(Master)
Teacher: Kay Nowell
Month
September
2011
Content
CEQ
How does a single
undifferentiated cell lead to a
complex multicellular
organism?
How does the body maintain
homeostasis?
How have technological
advances helped in the fight
against disease?
What effect does culture,
politics and economics have on
our ability to fight disease?
Skills
Assessment
1. Describe the process of gastrulation
and the resulting arrangement of the
embyro's organs.
Unit Test
2. Explain how the one-dimensional
information in DNA is used to direct
the three dimensional form of an
embryo.
Stem Cell Debate
3. Explain how nuclear
transplantation can be used to clone
animals
4. Describe some of the practical
applications of reproductive cloning
5. Describe the process and goals of
therapeutic cloning
6. Distinguish between opposing
viewpoints of the use of stem cells
and explain the basis for those
viewpoints
Stem Cell Activities
Planaria lab write up
Resources & Technology
Campbell Biology Concepts and
Connections 7th Edition; Reece, Taylor,
Simon and Dickey Copyright 2012
Pearson Chapter 27 Reproduction and
Embryonic Development and Ch. 11.1211.15
The Science and Ethics of Stem Cell
Research: The Northwest Association of
Biomedical Research www.nwabr.org
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Holiday Lectures on Science: Potent
Biology Stem Cells, Cloning and
Regeneration
Understanding Stem Cells: The National
Academies of Science, Engineering and
Medicine
Biotech Power point
Embryonic Development and
Stem Cells
UEQ
DVD/Video Library: Body BuildersGrowing body organs 9min, Life's
Greatest Miracle (NOVA), Stem Cell
Research:Independent Lens,
How does
information
from DNA result in the
formation of an embryo?
What
are the differences
between adult, fetal and
embryonic stem cells?
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the differences
between reproductive
technologies and describe their
medical potentials
St. Michael-Albertville High School
Skills
Assessment
Resources & Technology
Explain
How do
ethical
considerations determine which
therapies will be pursued?
October
2011
Gene Expression and DNA
Technologies
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What is the cellular
basis of reproduction
and inheritance?
How are genes
controlled?
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What is the genetic basis
of cancer and how can
lifestyle choices reduce
the risk?
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How can DNA
technologies be used to
improve lives?
How do cells age?
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1. Explain how gene expression is
controlled
2. Explain the significance of the
epigenome in terms of environmental
changes to the genome and lifestyle
choices.
3. Distinguish between the genome
and the proteome
4. Explain how viruses, protooncogenes, and tumor-suppressor
genes can each contribute to cancer.
5. Describe how telomere length
dictates a cell’s life span.
6. Analyze the benefits and risks of
emerging DNA technologies
Fruit Fly experiments
Unit Test
Epigenetics activity
Campbell Biology Concepts and
Connections 7th Edition; Reece, Taylor,
Simon and Dickey Copyright 2012
Pearson Chapter 11 How Genes are
Controlled and Chapter 12 DNA
Technology and Genomics
National Institute of Health Curriculum
Supplement: Human Genetic Variation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Holiday Lectures on Science: Genomics
and Chemical Genetics and The Double
Life of RNA
HHMI Gene Regulation Guide, HHMI
Gene Expression Guide, HHMI
Biotechnology Guide
Ghost in your Genes epigentics Video
and resources NOVA
DVD: Genes (Sci. Am Frontiers)
Guest Speaker on Genetic Cancer link
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu...
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http://www.time.com/time/magaz...
http://www.sciencemag.org/site...
http://epigenome.eu/en/1,1,0
November
2011
Immune System and Disease
UEQ
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How do infectious
agents cause disease?
What is innate
immunity?
How does the adaptive
immune response
counter specific
invaders?
How can malfunction or
failure of the immune
system cause disease?
1. Explain the nature of innate
defenses
2. Identify the steps of the
inflammatory response and how they
help to prevent the spread of disease
3. Describe the structure and
functions of the lymphatic system
4. Describe the adaptive immune
response
5. Define and distinguish between the
humoral and cell mediated immune
responses
6. Explain how cytotoxic T cells
destroy infected body cells
7. Explain why it has been difficult to
develop a successful treatment for
AIDS
8. Explain how the body distinguishes
self from non-self and how this
system complicates organ
transplantations
9. Describe how the malfunction or
failure of the immune system can
cause disease.
Unit Test Immune system
Immune system activities and
assignments
Campbell Biology Concepts and
Connections 7th Edition; Reece, Taylor,
Simon and Dickey Copyright 2012
Pearson Chapter 24 Immune System and
Disease
Infectious Disease Project
National Institute of Health Curriculum
Supplement: Evolution and Medicine,
Confronting the Microbe Menace. AIDS
Evolution of an Epidemic
HHMI Immunology Guide,
The National Center for Case Study
Teaching in Science
http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu
Northwest Association for Biomedical
Research: HIV Vaccine Research
The Pathophysiology of the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus: HIV
Curriculum for the Health Professional
RX for Survival Disease Warriors DVD
and Curriculum
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Skills
Assessment
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Video/DVD Library: AIDS in Africa,
Age of AIDS (Frontline), The Link
Between Environmental Change and
Infectious Disease (Journey to Planet
Earth), Race Against the Super Flu,
Microkillers Ebola, Influenza 1918
Epidemic, Black Death (not bubonic
plague???), Unnatural Causes, Anatomy
of a pandemic, Killer Disease on Campus
(Meningitis), Vaccines (Frontline),
Parasites, Secrets of the Dead Black
Death, Ebola Plague Fighters (NOVA),
Killer Flu, H5N1 Flu (Primetime),
December
2011
Endocrine System
UEQ
1. How do hormones affect cells?
2. How are the nervous and the
endocrine systems connected?
3. What are the implications of
hormone imbalances on the body
systems?
1.
2.
3.
4. How do hormone levels change
over the course of a lifetime?
4.
Aging, Diabetes, Depression, Sleep,
Gonads and Sex Hormones,
Metabolism, Environmental Hormone
Disruptors,Stress and the Adrenal
Gland
January
UEQ
2012
How
do neurons receive
Compare and contrast the
mechanisms and functions of the
endocrine and nervous system
Unit Test
Completion of Case Study
Distinguish between the signaling
mechanisms of amino-acid-derived
hormones and steroid hormones
DVD/Video Library: Doping for Gold,
Science of the Sexes, Is it a Boy or Girl?,
Steroids.
Describe the interrelationships
between the hypothalamus and the
pituitary glands
The National Center for Case Study
Teaching in Science
http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu
Explain the role of hormones in:
aging, diabetes, depression, sleep,
metabolism, stress and aging
1. Describe the structure and function
of the subdivisions of the nervous
Campbell Biology Concepts and
Connections 7th Edition; Reece, Taylor,
Simon and Dickey Copyright 2012
Pearson Chapter 26: Hormones and
Endocrine System:
Unit Test Nervous system
Campbell Biology Concepts and
Connections 7th Edition; Reece, Taylor,
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and process inputs and
communicate responses
How do
neurotransmitters function at
the synapse
How do drugs act at
chemical synapses and how can
this lead to addiction?
What are the roles of
the sympathetic and
parasympathetic divisions of the
nervous system?
How does the limbic
system coordinate emotions,
memory and learning?
How can changes in
brain physiology result in
neurological disorders?
February
2012
EQ will be determined by the
instructor at SCSU. The topic changes
every year.
Skills
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Assessment
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system
2. Describe the structure and
functions of neurons and the myelin
sheath
3. Explain how an action potential is
produced, propagated and returned to
resting potential
4. Compare and contrast types and
functions of neurotransmitters
5. Explain how drugs can alter
chemical synapses
6. Compare the functions of the motor
and autonomic nervous systems
7. Compare the structures, functions
and interrelationships of the
parasympathetic, sympathetic and
enteric divisions of the peripheral
nervous system.
8. Describe the main parts and
functions of the human brain. Detail
the structures and functions of the
cerebral cortex
9. Explain how the brain regulates
sleep and arousal
10. Describe the structure and
functions of the limbic system and
relate it to how memories are stored.
11. Describe the causes, symptoms
and treatments of schizophrenia,
depression, Alzheimer’s and
Parkinson’s disease
Nervous system activities and
assignments
Simon and Dickey Copyright 2012
Pearson Chapter 28 Nervous Systems
Reaction Paper
National Institute of Health Curriculum
Supplement: Understanding
Neurobiology Through the Study of
Addiction
Compile reseach from primary
sources to investigate an issue in
human biology.
Comprehensive Final Project:
Scientific Poster Presentation at
SCSU Research Colloquium.
Assessment and resources will vary
depending on topic, time of year,
current events, etc...
Create a scientific poster that will be
used to convey information on the
Neurological Condition Project
Comprehensive Final Project:
Scientific Poster Presentation at
SCSU Research Colloquim.
Assessment and resources will vary
depending on topic, time of year,
current events, etc...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Holiday Lectures on Science:
Cancer/Neuroscience: Learning from
Patients the science of medicine. Making
Your Mind: molecules, motion and
memory
Sheep brain dissection
The National Center for Case Study
Teaching in Science
http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu
DVD library:Football high (head
injuries), Blow to the Brain (60 minutes
program 13 min), Stress portrait of a
killer, Worried Sick (Sci. Am. Frontiers),
Placebo Effect (Sci. Am Frontiers),
Concussions and Female Athletes, How
Does the Brain Work (Nova Science
Now), Savants - Accidental Genius,
Chess Champions-Brain Wiring,
Parkinson's (Frontline), Inside the
Teenage Brain (Frontline), Don't Forget Alzheimer's (Sci. Am Frontiers),
Alzheimer's, Awakenings
Internet resources
Guest Instructor
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selected topic to an audience at
research Colloquium.
Present the poster and explain in
further the poster.
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