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Unit 4 Outline: Homeostasis

Big Ideas:
 Organisms have strict limits on the internal conditions that they can tolerate.
 Systems that maintain homeostasis rely on feedback mechanisms.
 Environmental factors can affect homeostasis.
Suggested Homework
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Key Topics & Key Terms -Textbook, SpongeLab,
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Gizmo
NELSON: CHAPTERS 9-11
9.1 –Maintaining an Internal Balance 9.1 – pg. 431 #1-3, 7
9.2 – pg. 435 #1-5, 7, 13
- Organ systems, homeostasis 9.3 – pg. 441 #1, 2, 6, 7
1 9.2 –Homeostasis and Feedback Mechanisms Gizmo – Human Homeostasis
- Positive and Negative Feedback
9.3 – Thermoregulation
Wet Lab: Investigation 9.5.1 – Diagnosing Kidney Dysfunction 9.4 – pg. 445 #1-6, 12
2 9.5 – pg. 2-6, 9
Gizmo – Osmosis
9.4 – Water Balance Investigation 9.5.1 – pg. 457 (Read
3 Diagnosing Kidney Dysfunction)
- Osmosis, osmoregulation, nitrogenous wastes
4 Post Lab Quiz – Kidney Dysfunction (TI, AP wt 3)
9.5 – Excretory System 10.1 – pg. 472 #1-4, 9, 10
Endocrine System Labelled
6 - Kidneys, nephrons, formation of urine, reabsorption, secretion, kidney YouTube - Great Glands - Your
disease Endocrine System: CrashCourse
Biology #33
10.1 – Hormones: Chemical Regulators 10.2 – pg. 482 #1-3, 5-7, 11, 12
10.3 – pg. 1-5, 9, 10
- Hormones, hormone mechanisms, hormones as part of feedback YouTube – Insulin, Glucose and you
mechanisms, regulation of body processes by hormones 10.4 – Biology Journal (Read:
7 10.2 – The Endocrine Glands Insulin: A Miracle Discovery)
- Hypothalamus and pituitary
- Thyroid and Parathyroid
10.3 – Regulating Blood Sugar 10.5 – pg. 493 #1-5, 7, 9, 10
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- Hormones that control blood sugar, diabetes
10.5 – Steroids: Natural and Synthetic 10.7 – pg. 503 #1, 2, 5, 6, 8-12
YouTube – The Reproductive
10 - Natural Steroid Hormones, synthetic steroids, performance enhancement in System: How the Gonads Go –
sports CrashCourse Biology #34
10.7 – The Reproductive Hormones 11.1 – pg. 521 #1-5
Gizmo – Sight vs. Sound Reactions
- The female reproductive system, the menstrual cycle, fertilization and
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pregnancy, the male reproductive system, controlling reproduction with
hormones
Reflex Lab (TI, wt 3) 11.2 – 1-3
YouTube – Neurons, Synapse and
11.1 – The Role of the Nervous System Information Transfer
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- Neural Signalling, the structure and organization of the human nervous
system, neural circuits and the reflex arc
11.2 – Nerve Signals 11.3 – pg. 536 #1-5, 7-11
14 - Neural Communication via Synapses, conduction of electrical signals by
neurons, conduction across chemical synapses
11.3 – The Central Nervous System 11.4 – pg. 541 #1-7
15 YouTube – Peripheral Nervous
- Spinal Cord, brain (all subsequent subsections) System (Author: Iken Edu)
12 Chapter 9 & 10 Quest (KU, CM, TI, AP, wt 5)
 11.4 – The Peripheral Nervous System 11.5 – pg. 1-6
16 YouTube – A Child’s View of
- Efferent System, pain and painkillers Sensory Processing
11.5 – The Senses 11.6 – pg. 553 #2-8
YouTube – Stress, Portrait of a Killer
17 - Information input, the traditional senses, thermoreceptors, thermoregulation – Full Documentary (2008)
and pain, sensory disorders
11.6 – The Body and Stress
18 - What is stress, causes of stress, how stress affects the body, reactions to
stress
19 Unit Test – (KU, CM, AP, TI, Wt. 5)

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