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Human Body Systems 1,2 (6486, 6487)


Grade Range:
 10
 Prerequisites:
 PLTW Principles of Biomedical Sciences 1,2, concurrent enrollment in Biology 1,2 or Biology 1,2 Advanced and a college-prep mathematics course.
 Course duration:
 Two semesters
Subject area in which graduation credit will be given:
 Science. A version of this course that awards Practical Arts credit is also available; see zx3313/CTE.
Notes:
 This is a Project Lead the Way (PLTW) course that utilizes prescribed lesson plans and project ideas. Teachers must complete a mandatory PLTW training program in order to teach the course.
Course Description:
 

College Preparatory Course (P). This course meets the University of California’s d (laboratory science) subject-area requirement.

Human Body Systems is the second course in a four-year sequence of courses comprising the PLTW Biomedical Sciences Program. It also serves as an intermediate-level career-path course in the Health Sciences and Medical Technology industry sector.

This course continues instruction begun in the introductory Principles of Biomedical Sciences course, while narrowing its area of focus to human body systems, and how they interact to maintain homeostasis (internal balance) and good health. Students learn about the processes, structures, and connections of the human body systems through hands-on investigation: they design experiments to explore modes of communication within the human body; investigate how the human body systems obtain, distribute and processes energy; and get a close-up look at how locomotion (movement) is achieved. It also prepares students for the third year of the program, where the focus will be medical intervention.

State Course Code(s):
  State Course code not defined or retired.
Basic Texts and Teaching Guides:
 Project Lead the Way provides all course material on-line at no cost.
Ryder and Harter, Contemporary Living, Goodheart-Willcox, 2004.