PLTW Human Body Systems 1,2 (P) (3313, 3314)

This course continues instruction begun in the introductory PLTW Principles of Biomedical Sciences 1,2 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. Instruction prepares students for the third year of the program, where the focus is medical intervention.