7+Body+Systems

**7th Grade: Body Systems [[image:Beating_heart align="center"]]**
Key Idea 1: Living things are both similar to and different from each other and from nonliving things Key Idea 5: Organisms maintain a dynamic equilibrium that sustains life** ||~  ||
 * = **Month** || **June** ||~  ||
 * = **Duration** || **2-3 Weeks (after final)** ||~  ||
 * = **Content** || **Human Body Systems** ||~  ||
 * = **Key Ideas** || **Standard 4: The Living Environment
 * = **Standards** || * //**Performance Indicator 1.2: Explain the functioning of the major human organ systems and their interactions**//
 * **1.2a: Each system is composed of organs and tissues which perform specific functions and interact with each other, e.g., digestion, gas exchange, excretion, circulation, locomotion, control, coordination, reproduction and protection from disease.**
 * **1.2b: Tissues, organs, and organ systems help to provide all cells with nutrients, oxygen and waste removal.**
 * **1.2c: The digestive system consists of organs that are responsible for the mechanical and chemical breakdown of food. The breakdown process results in molecules that can be absorbed and transported to cells.**
 * **1.2d: During respiration, cells use oxygen to release the energy stored in food. The respiratory system supplies oxygen and removes carbon dioxide (gas exchange).**
 * **1.2e: The excretory system functions in the disposal of dissolved waste molecules, the elimination of liquid and gaseous wastes, and the removal of excess heat energy.**
 * **1.2f: The circulatory system moves substances to and from cells, where they are needed or produced, responding to changing demands.**
 * **1.2g: Locomotion, necessary to escape danger, obtain food and shelter, and reproduce, is accomplished by the interaction of the skeletal and muscular systems, and coordinated by the nervous system.**
 * **1.2h: The nervous and endocrine systems interact to control and coordinate the body's responses to changes in the environment, and to regulate growth, development, and reproduction. Hormones are chemicals produced by the endocrine system; hormones regulate many body functions.**
 * **1.2i: The male and female reproductive systems are responsible for producing sex cells necessary for the production of offspring.**
 * **1.2j: Disease breaks down the structures of functions of an organism. Some diseases are the result of failures of the system. Other diseases are the result of damage of infection from other organisms (germ theory). Specialized cells protect the body from infectious disease. The chemicals they produce identify and destroy microbes that enter the body.**
 * //**Performance Indicator 5.1: Compare the way a variety of living specimens carry out basic life functions and maintain dynamic equilibrium.**//
 * **5.1f: Regulation of an organism's internal environment involves sensing the internal environment and changing physiological activities to keep conditions within the range required for survival. Regulation includes a variety of nervous and hormonal feedback systems.**
 * **5.1g: The survival of an organism depends on its ability to sense and respond to its external environment.**
 * //**Performance Indicator 5.2: Describe the importance of major nutrients, vitamins and minerals in maintaining health and promoting growth, and explain the need for a constant input of energy for living organisms.**//
 * **5.2a: Food provides molecules that serve as fuel and building material for all organisms. All living things, including plants, must release energy from their food, using it to carry on their life processes.**
 * **5.2b: Food contain a variety of substances, which include carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, proteins, minerals and water. Each substance is vital to the survival of the organism.**
 * **5.2c: Metabolism is the sum of all chemical reactions in an organism. Metabolism can be influenced by hormones, exercise, diet and aging.**
 * **5.2d: Energy in foods is measured in Calories. The total caloric value of each type of food varies. The number of Calories a person requires varies from person to person.**
 * **5.2e: In order to maintain a balanced state, all organisms have a minimum daily intake of each type of nutrient based on species, size, age, sex, activity, etc. An imbalance in any of the nutrients might result in weight gain, weight loss or a diseased state.**
 * **5.2f: Contraction of infectious disease, and personal behaviors such as use of toxic substances and some dietary habits may interfere with one's dynamic equilibrium. During pregnancy these conditions may also affect the development of the child. Some effects of these conditions are immediate; others may not appear for many years.** ||  ||
 * = **Relevant Vocabulary** || **cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism, circulatory system, respiratory system, nervous system, immune system, digestive system, excretory system, endocrine system, skeletal system, muscular system, reproductive system, homeostasis, disease, nutrients, metabolism, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, proteins, minerals, water, Calories, dynamic equilibrium, regulation, hormones** ||  ||
 * ** RESOURCES ** ||  ||
 * ** Video Clips ** || * Circulatory System:[|Circulatory System.mov]
 * Digestive System:[|Digestive System.mov]
 * Endocrine System:[|endocrine system.mov]
 * Immune System:[|immune-magic bus.mov]
 * Muscular System:[|muscular system.mov]
 * Nervous System:[|Nervous System.mov]
 * Reproductive System:[|reproductive system.mov]
 * Respiratory System:[|Respiratory System.mov]
 * Skeletal System:[|skeletal system.mov] ||  ||
 * ** Virtual Interactives & Tutorials ** || * [|Digestive System Interactive]
 * [|How the Body Works]
 * [|All Systems Go]
 * [|Doctor Over Time]
 * [|Probe the Brain]
 * [|Gross and Cool Body]
 * [|Advanced Anatomy & Physiology]
 * [|The Immune Platoon]
 * [|Dying to Be Thin: Body Needs] ||  ||
 * ** PowerPoints ** || * Respiratory, Circulatory & Nervous Systems: [|Body System Show 1.ppt]
 * Digestive, Excretory & Endocrine Systems:
 * Skeletal, Muscular & Reproductive Systems: [|Body System Show 3.ppt]
 * Diseases & Careers related to the Body Systems: [|Body System Show 4.ppt] ||  ||
 * ** Websites ** || * [|BBC: Human Body and Mind]
 * [|Inner Body: Human Anatomy]
 * [|Webquest: Power Through Our Human Systems]
 * [|Your Body, Teen Health]
 * [|Brain Connection]
 * [|The Color Experience]
 * [|Body Systems] ||  ||
 * ** Labs & Projects ** || * Body System Project Rubric: [|Body System Project Rubric.doc] ||  ||
 * ** Additional Resources ** || * [|Biology in Motion Animations] ||