PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 

1. The learner will collect an interpret data utilizing various sources and techniques.

2. The learner will use microscopic instrumentation to observe the stricture of various animal or human cells to assist them in understanding concepts pertaining to the structure and function of human cells.

3. Using biological specimens, skeletons or models, the learner will identify various structures and functions of the skeletal and muscular systems of the human body.

4. The learner will make first hand observations of human activity or through the use of multimedia materials to gain an understanding of how an organism is controlled and regulated by the nervous and endocrine systems.

5. Through the use of different models, the learner will develop and understanding of the circulatory system, as a transport system composed of a network of closed tubes and lymph vessels.

6. The learner will research the respiratory system in order to report on various diseases associated with it.

7. The learner will evaluate a dietary plan based on their knowledge and research of the digestive system,

8. Through dissection of biological specimens, the use of multimedia models or research of written material, the learner will develop an understanding of the structure and function of the excretory system.

9. Given a set of genetic data, the learner will diagnose various abnormalities that occur in the human population.

The learner will:

A. APPLYING SCIENCE PROCESSES

1. Develop skills in observing, classifying, predicting, making inferences, measuring, communicating findings to others, and collecting, interpreting and recording data.

2. Engage in scientific experimentation including formulation of hypotheses, decision making skills, drawing conclusions and the development of models.

3. Distinguish necessary science skills that will be useful in the world of work.

4. Describe and recognize the need for a controlled experiment.

5. Analyze the behaviors in science that reflect a search for truth.

B. CELL THEORY

1. Engage in diagraming and labeling the parts of animal cells and human cells.

2. Identify the function of the different cellular organelles.

3. Investigate the structure and function of the cell membrane and its role in the movement of materials between cells.

4. Explore cell specialization through the study of the different types of cells that compose the various tissue types.

C. SKELETAL SYSTEM

1. Investigate the structure of bone on the cellular level as well as a tissue type.

2. Identify major bones of the skeletal system.

3. Formulate the different functions of the skeletal system.

4. Identify the various types of joints and the tissues that compose them then describe the movements permitted by each.

D. MUSCULAR SYSTEM

1. Identify and compare the structures and functions of skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle.

2. Define and describe the role of the different types of muscles in the movement of the body.

3. Identify the major muscles of the body.

4. Be able to explain reciprocal innervation.

E. NERVOUS SYSTEM AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

1. Describe the parts of the nervous system.

2. Investigate the human brain through diagraming, labeling and using models to identify the various parts and their functions.

3. Explain the function of the spinal coed.

4. Explain how an impulse is carried from neuron to neuron.

5. Compare and contrast sensory neurons, motor neurons and associative neurons.

6. Identify the characteristics of a nerve impulse and the rate at which a nerve impulse travels.

7. Identify the sense organs and explain what stimulus they receive.

8. Engage in activities to demonstrate a reflex act and explain how it occurs within the nervous system.

9. Compare and contrast a conditioned reflex with a natural reflex.

10. Experiment to produce a conditioned reflex.

11. Investigate the autonomic nervous system and identify its function.

12. Recognize the relationships among synapses, acetylcholine and adrenaline.

13. Investigate the functions of the endocrine system.

14. Identify the difference between a habit and a reflex.

15. Recognize various factors which influence human behavior.

F. CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

1. Formulate an understanding of the metabolic processes essential to the maintenance of body tissues.

2. Identify the parts of the human heart and trace the flow of blood through the heart to the body.

3. Recognize the differences between arteries and veins.

4. Identify the characteristics and functions of capillaries.

5. Compare and contrast systemic, renal, portal, coronary and pulmonary circulation.

6. Investigate the composition of human blood.

G. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

1. Investigate the respiratory system and explain the structure and function of each component.

2. Explain the general relationship between breathing and the functions of the larynx.

3. Investigate the process of respiration at the cellular level.

H. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

1. Investigate the digestive system and explain the function and structure of each component.

2. Describe how foods, nutrients and nutrition are transformed from solids to substances soluble in water in the digestive system.

I. EXCRETORY SYSTEM

1. Investigate the organs involved in the process of excretion and the structure and function of each organ.

J. FUNDAMENTALS OF HEREDITY

1. Describe the relationships among observed inherited traits, genes, chromosomes and cells

2. Recognize various human abnormalities that are a result of genetic factors.