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Infectious Diseases
Eighth graders identify and explain how infectious diseases effect organ systems. Using an analogy with automobiles and body systems, they discover how one part influences the operation of the whole. Students write paragraphs about...
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Hormones in Tennis Shoes (a.k.a. Teenagers!)
Students discuss the stages of bodily change that they have gone through since birth. They watch a web based video to examine how the endocrine system controls some of the changes associated with being teenagers.
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Science NetLinks: Changing World 1: Endocrine Disruptors
Students investigate how environmental surprises and endocrine disruptors influence perceptions of benefits and costs. The decisions of science are under these type of influences and must be thought out with a definite method.
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Chemical Controversy
Students explore the endocrine disruption theory. They work in groups to research and develop a persuasive oral argument to support one side of the endocrine disruption theory. Students engage in debate and other activities to analyze...
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Endocrine Excitement!
Students are divided into a group of hormones and a group of receptors. The hormones have to find their matching receptors, and the pair, once matched, perform a given action. This activity helps students examine the specificity of...
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Unlocking the Endocrine System
Fifth graders use an analogy to the mail delivery system to study the workings of the human endocrine system. They discover the interrelationships between the human body systems while comparing them to engineering communicating with...
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Not Just a Fish Tank
Students learn about a specific species of fish, study the effects of outside substances on the reproductive development of a fish, and explore the process of a wastewater treatment facility.
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Endocrine Man
Students identify the parts and function of the endocrine system. In this biology lesson, students draw a man and label the glands of the endocrine system. They present their poster in class.
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Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland
In this endocrine system worksheet, learners review the structure and function of the hypothalamus and pituitary glands. This worksheet has 20 fill in the blank statements.
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The Endocrine System Word Puzzle
For this word puzzle, students identify fifty words related to the endocrine system in a word puzzle. Examples include endocrine, olfactory system, glands, and secret.
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Open Curriculum: The Endocrine System
Identify the main functions of the endocrine system and the structures that produce hormones.