NINE WEEKS & CHAPTER

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY PACING GUIDE

UPDATED JULY 2014

2014-2015 Anatomy & Physiology Pacing Guide

NINE WEEKS

First Nine Weeks

Lab Safety and Scientific Method

Organization of Life

Biochemistry

Cells

Histology

Second Nine Weeks

Integumentary System

Skeletal System

Muscular System

Third Nine Weeks

Nervous System

Special Senses

Endocrine System

Blood

Fourth Nine Weeks

Cardiovascular circulation

Lymphatic circulation

Respiratory System

Digestive System

Urinary System

Reproductive system

Time

Frame

Chapter/Lesson

Science Activities

Vocabulary

NGSSS Benchmark

First Nine Weeks

3ds

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1.5 ds

Lab Safety and Scientific Method

1. Safety Quiz and Contract

2. Scientific Method and Measurements Lab *

Bar graph

Chart

Circle graph

Investigation

Line graph

Model

Observation

Rate

SC.912.N.1.1 Define a problem based on a specific body of knowledge, for example: biology, chemistry, physics, and earth/space science, and do the following:

1. pose questions about the natural world,

1. conduct systematic observations,

1. examine books and other sources of information to see what is already known,

1. review what is known in light of empirical evidence,

1. plan investigations,

1. use tools to gather, analyze, and interpret data (this includes the use of measurement in metric and other systems, and also the generation and interpretation of graphical representations of data, including data tables and graphs),

1. pose answers, explanations, or descriptions of events,

1. generate explanations that explicate or describe natural phenomena (inferences),

1. use appropriate evidence and reasoning to justify these explanations communicate results of scientific investigations, and

1. evaluate the merits of the explanations produced by others.

SC.912.N.1.2 Describe and explain what characterizes science and its methods.

7 ds

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4 ds

Chapter 1: Organization of Life

1. Labeling the body

2. Make a model of the human body out of clay to apply body planes

3. Directions/regions lab *

4. Homeostasis Lab *

Anatomy

Cell

Environment

Organ

Physiology

Tissue

Vertebrate

(directional terms and common landmark terms)

HE.912.C.1.3 Evaluate how environment and personal health are interrelated.

SC.912.L.14 Organization and development of living organisms.

Anatomical Terms, Regions, and Planes

8 ds

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4 ds

Chapter 2: Biochemistry

1. Enzyme Lab *

2. Organic Compounds Lab *

Acids

Bases

Carbohydrates

Catalyst

Electrolytes

Energy

Enzyme

Ions

Lipids

Nucleic acids

pH

Proteins

SC.912.L.18.1 Describe the basic molecular structures and primary functions of the four major categories of biological macromolecules.

SC.912.L.18.2 Describe the important structural characteristics of monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides and explain the functions of carbohydrates in living things.

SC.912.L.18.3 Describe the structures of fatty acids, triglycerides, phospholipids, and steroids. Explain the functions of lipids in living organisms. Identify some reactions that fatty acids undergo. Relate the structure and function of cell membranes.

SC.912.L.18.4 Describe the structures of proteins and amino acids. Explain the functions of proteins in living organisms.

SC.912.L.18.6 Discuss the role of anaerobic respiration in living things and in human society.

SC.912.L.18.8 Identify the reactants, products, and basic functions of aerobic and anaerobic cellular respiration.

SC.912.L.18.11 Explain the role of enzymes as catalysts that lower the activation energy of biochemical reactions. Identify factors, such as pH and temperature, and their effect on enzyme activity.

3 ds

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1.5 ds

Chapter 3: Cells

p. 64 - 88

1. Microscope Lab *

2. Tonicity Lab : Diffusion/ Osmosis *

3. Cell shape and function lab *

Active transport

Cancer

Diffusion

Membrane

Mutation

Osmosis

SC.912.L.14.2 Relate structure to function for the components of plant and animal cells. Explain the role of cell membranes as a highly selective barrier (passive and active transport).

SC.912.L.16.8 Explain the relationship between mutation, cell cycle, and uncontrolled cell growth potentially resulting in cancer.

HE.912.C.1.3 Evaluate how environment and personal health are interrelated.

8 ds

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5 ds

Chapter 3: Tissues

p. 88 - 104

1. Tissue Lab

2. Labeling tissue samples

Collagen

Connective

Epithelial

Extracellular matrix

Glandular

Histology

Muscular

Nervous

SC.912.L.14.11 Classify and state the defining characteristics of epithelial tissue, connective tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue.

Second Nine Weeks

7 ds

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4 ds

Chapter 4: Integumentary System

1. Skin disorder project *

2. Label the skin

3. UV lab *

4. UV beads lab *

Dermis

Epidermis

Hair

Integument

Melanin

Nail

Sebaceous

Subcutaneous

Sudoriferous

SC.912.L.14.51 Describe the function of the vertebrate integumentary system.

15 ds

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8 ds

Chapter 5: Skeletal System

1. Bone Identification Lab *

2. Chicken wing lab (muscle, bone, and joints) *

3. Inquiry lab on bone structure *

Articulation

Appendicular

Axial

Diaphysis

Epiphysis

Osteoblast

Osteoclast

Osteocyte

Osteon

Skeleton

SC.912.L.14.12 Describe the anatomy and histology of bone tissue.

SC.912.L.14.13 Distinguish between bones of the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton.

SC.912.L.14.14 Identify the major bones of the axial and appendicular skeleton.

13 ds

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8 ds

Chapter 7: Muscular System

1. Mammalian Dissection

2. Pattern Puzzle on Myoneural junction

3. Labeling muscles

4. Muscle fatigue lab *

5. Muscle model

6. Muscle size lab *

Actin

Insertion

Myosin

Origin

Sarcomere

(major muscle movement, ie. abduction, pronation, etc.)

SC.912.L.14.16 Describe the anatomy and histology, including ultrastructure, of muscle tissue.

SC.912.L.14.17 List the steps involved in the sliding filament of muscle contraction.

SC.912.L.14.18 Describe signal transmission across a myoneural junction.

SC.912.L.14.20 Identify the major muscles of the human on a model or diagram.

Third Nine Weeks

15 ds

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8 ds

Chapter 7: Nervous System

1. Brain Dissection *

2. Reflex Lab *

3. Reaction time *

Autonomic

Axon

Central NS

Dendrite

Interneuron

Meninges

Motor neuron

Myelin

Neuron

Reflex arc

Sensory neuron

Somatic

Synapse

SC.912.L.14.21 Describe the anatomy, histology, and physiology of the central and peripheral nervous systems and name the major divisions of the nervous system.

SC.912.L.14.23 Identify the parts of a reflex arc.

SC.912.L.14.24 Identify the general parts of a synapse and describe the physiology of signal transmission across a synapse.

SC.912.L.14.25 Identify the major parts of a cross section through the spinal cord.

SC.912.L.14.26 Identify the major parts of the brain on diagrams or models.

SC.912.L.14.28 Identify the major functions of the spinal cord.

SC.912.L.14.49 Identify the major functions associated with the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.

8 ds

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4 ds

Chapter 8: Special Senses

1. Eye Dissection *

2. Eye tests

3. Sensory Labs *

Auditory

Gustatory

Optic

Olfactory

SC.912.L.14.50 Describe the structure of vertebrate sensory organs. Relate structure to function in vertebrate sensory systems.

6 ds

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3 ds

Chapter 9: Endocrine System

1. Power point on a hormone

2. Chart the hormones *

3. Pattern puzzles on hormones

4. Negative feedback lab *

Endocrine

Hormone

Hypersecretion

Hyposecretion

Negative feedback

Target cells

SC.912.L.14.29 Define the terms endocrine and exocrine.

SC.912.L.14.30 Compare endocrine and neural controls of physiology.

SC.912.L.14.32 Describe the anatomy and physiology of the endocrine system.

5 ds

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3 ds

Chapter 10: Blood

1. Blood typing simulation *

2. Blood typing kit lab

Antibody

Antigen

Coagulation

Erythrocytes

Hematopoeisis

Hemostasis

Leukocytes

Plasma

Thrombocytes

SC.912.L.14.34 Describe the composition and physiology of blood, includi