Assignment:  (One Major Grade)  Due the Day of the Test on Lesson 4
 Create a Model of DNA.  Be sure to include at least 20 nucleotides (10 on each strand), clearly label the components of each nucleotide, and label the nitrogen bases.

Activity:  1.  Enzyme Activity Lab
2. Role playing protein synthesis.

Homework:  Use the key terms on page 73 that show you know the meaning of the term.  Do not simply define the words.
 

Lesson 2  “Tissues”
 The students will be able to:
1. List the four major types of human tissue.
2. Discuss the general characteristics of each type of human tissue.
3. Describe connective tissue and the importance of connective tissue.
4. Identify the three types of muscle tissue.
5. Match drawings of muscles.
6. Compare and contrast muscles and cells.

Homework:  Read Pages 97-112.

Activity:  Bubble Gum Muscle Man
 

Lesson 3 “ Skin and Integumentary System”
 The students will be able to:
1. Discuss the importance and function of skin.
2. List the organs of the integumentary system.
3. Identify the types of membranes associated with skin and integumentary system.
4. Explain the function of each accessory organ of the skin.
5. Describe the effect of each of the following conditions in reference to heat production and loss:
a. Body temperature rises above normal.
b. Body temperature drops below normal
c. Excessive heat loss

Homework:
1. Page 117 Questions # 1-4
2. Page 119 # 1, 3, 4
3. Page 120 # 1-3
4. Page 125 # 1-3
Activities:
1. Fingerprinting
2. Sebum layer of skin
3. Fingernail growth

PROJECT: (ONE major grade)
 Pick a partner and work together to make a poster illustrating and describing common skin disorders (See page 126).
 

Lesson 4 “Skeletal System”
 The students will be able to:
1. Explain how skeletal structures provide support and protection for softer tissues.
2. Describe the role skeletal structures play in the formation of blood cells.
3. Outline bone development and growth.
4. Compare the structure of a bone to its function. (Bone structure = Funtion)
5. Label the parts of a long bone.
6. List the functions of bones.
7. Determine if a bone is part of the axial skeleton on the appendicular skeleton.
8. Describe the function of specific bones of the human skeleton.
9. Match scientific names of bones to their common names.

Homework:
1. Read pages 132-139    &   Read Pages 140-159
2.  Choose a “condition” or procedure from page 168 and write a detailed report to be presented in class.  (Daily grade only.)

Activities:  1.  Inside Bone
        2.   Naming Bones
         3.  Stable Positions

Lesson 5  (I will add this at a later date.)
 

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