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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Fever!

For Students 3rd - 9th
This video describes the role of the brain in regulating body temperature and how sometimes fever is employed to fight off infection.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Urinary System Regulation

For Students 9th - 10th
By completing this module, students will discover how the liver, kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra all work together to maintain homeostasis in the human excretory system.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy and Physiology: The Urinary System and Homeostasis

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn how the functions of the urinary system and other systems of the human body are interrelated.
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Unit Plan
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Homeostasis: Kidneys and Water Balance

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, self-paced lesson on homeostasis in the human body, focusing on kidney function. Students work their way through illustrated and animated tutorials, and answer review questions along the way. There is a self-checking quiz at...
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Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Revision Notes on the Characteristics of Living Things

For Students 4th - 6th
Discusses the five characteristics that living things have and nonliving things do not.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Biology: The Animal Body and Principles of Regulation Post Test

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can test their knowledge of the principles of regulation with this seven question multiple-choice quiz.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Biology: The Animal Body and Principles of Regulation Pretest

For Students 9th - 10th
Students have the opportunity to take this five question pretest to assess their knowledge of the principles of regulation in the human body.
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PPT
Sumanas

Sumanas Inc: Life: The Science of Biology: The Mammalian Kidney

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this tutorial to help supplement your learning about how the kidneys work.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: The Awesomely Evolved Human Brain

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson reinforces comprehension of key facts and concepts in the student article "The Awesomely Evolved Human Brain." Students will understand that the brain's reward system has evolved to help ensure the survival of the species....
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Interactive
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: La Formas De Organizacion De La Vida

For Students 9th - 10th
In this unit you will learn about the origin of the cells and their differences. It includes 15 interactive activities.
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Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Excretory System

For Students 9th - 10th
This article helps students define homeostasis and excretion, and why they are necessary for life.
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Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Homeostasis and Regulation in the Human Body

For Students 9th - 10th
This article helps students identify the process by which body systems are regulated so that they remain stable.
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Unit Plan
Other

Biology Guide: Human Life Span

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about the human life-span. Some topics investigated in the tutorial are reproduction, nervous system, skeletal muscle, and homeostasis.
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eBook
University of Hamburg

University of Hamburg: Homeostasis Some General Principles

For Students 9th - 10th
An online, college-level textbook about homeostasis. Find out what it is, and how this function allows us to stay alive.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Endothermic/exothermic Reactions: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains the difference between endothermic and exothermic chemical reactions. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Endothermic/Exothermic Reactions."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Endothermic/exothermic Reactions: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains the difference between endothermic and exothermic chemical reactions. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Endothermic/Exothermic Reactions."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Entropy and Negentropy: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the concepts of entropy and negentropy and will understand that systems gradually move towards entropy unless additional energy is introduced to them. It is 2 of 3 in the series...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Homeostasis: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain the process of homeostasis and how it allows organisms to maintain a stable internal environment. It is 1 of 10 in the series titled "Homeostasis."
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Principles of Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains the four principles that unify biology - cell theory, gene theory, homeostasis, and evolution.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: 7 Characteristics of Life: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the 7 characteristics of all living things. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "7 Characteristics of Life."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Endothermic/exothermic Reactions: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains the difference between endothermic and exothermic chemical reactions. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Endothermic/Exothermic Reactions."
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Kidneys

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the roles of the kidneys in homeostasis.
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Claude Bernard

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Claude Bernard, one of the first to suggest the use of blind experiments to ensure the objectivity of scientific observations.
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Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Calcium Interactions of the Skeletal System and Other Organ Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a plethora of information regarding calcium homeostatis and interactions of the skeletal system. Disorders such as hypocalemia and hypercalcemia are discussed.