Passport Travels Through the Human Body
Your Mission!
The world is in danger (again). We must save it (again). There is currently an unknown antibiotic resistant disease that is plaguing the land and killing thousands. Your job is to determine what effect it is having on the human body and make suggestions on how it can be cured.
We have developed nanotechnology which will allow us to shrink down to the size of the cell and travel through the human body. You will need to shrink down and enter the body systems to determine its effects on each level of organization in order to make recommendations.
You will need to work with a team to develop and present a proposal of a path to travel in order to develop a cure before time runs out. You proposal must include the following:
A map which includes five body systems (either circulatory, respiratory, skeletal, muscular, digestive, excretory, reproductive, integumentary, nervous, and endocrine)
An explanation of what landmarks (cells, tissues, and organs) you will pass on your way and how the disease is affecting them.
Explain how you will get from one system to the next.
You may choose the order of your travel sites.....
Make sure you get your passport stamp when you finish each of your stops!
Levels of Organization
I. What are the levels of organization of the human body?
2. Pick one system and illustrate it from cell to organisms
3. Can you have anything smaller than a cell and it still be considered an organism? Explain your reasoning!
Skeletal System
www.biology4kids.com/files/systems_skeletal.html
1. What is the main function of the skeletal system?
2. Explain the function of ligaments, tendons and cartilage.
3. How does the skeletal system work with the circulatory system?
4. How does the skeletal system work with the muscular system?
Muscular System
https://www.britannica.com/science/human-muscle-system
https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/muscles.html
biodifferences.com/difference-between-voluntary-and-involuntary-muscles.html
1. What is the function/importance of the muscular system?
2. What are the 3 types of muscles, describe each?
3. Muscle action can be voluntary or involuntary, explain what that means AND give two examples of each?
Circulatory System
1. What is the primary function of the circulatory system?
2. What are the main organs/parts involved in the circulatory system?
3. What is blood made of? Explain each
4. What is the function of the heart? How many chambers does the heart contain?
5. Why do blood vessels in our skin look blue?
6. What are the three types of blood vessels, describe each?
Respiratory System
www.ck12.org/book/CK-12-Life-Science-For-Middle-School/r7/section/19.1/
1. What is the primary function and importance of the respiratory system?
2. What are the major organs of the respiratory system?
3. How does the respiratory system work with the circulatory system?
Digestion System
http://www.webmd.com/heartburn-gerd/your-digestive-system
http://www.e-missions.net/cybersurgeons/?/dig_teacher/
How does it work with other systems?
1.What is the function and importance of the digestive system?
2. What are the main organs involved in the digestive system?
3. What are the two types of digestion, name and describe each?
4. How does the digestive system work with the circulatory system?
Reproduction System
https://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/Article?contentid=310&language=English
https://www.britannica.com/science/zygote
1. What is sexual reproduction?
2. What is an human egg and where is it produced?
3. What is a sperm and where is it produced?
4. What is a zygote?
Integumentary System
http://biology.about.com/od/organsystems/ss/integumentary_system.htm http://sciencenetlinks.com/student-teacher-sheets/integumentary-system/
1. What is the function/importance of the Integumentary System?
2. What are the parts involved in this system?
3. What is your largest organ?
4. What are sweat glands?
5. What is melanin?
6. Class Demo - Skin
Excretory System
https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/excretory_system.htm
https://easyscienceforkids.com/the-scoop-on-poop-human-excretory-system-basics/
1. What is the function of the excretory system?
2. What are the major organs for the excretory system?
3. How do we generate waste?
4. How do we get rid of our solid waste?
5. How do we get rid of our liquid waste?
6. How do we get rid of our gaseous waste?
Nervous System
http://www.livescience.com/22665-nervous-system.html
http://www.innerbody.com/image/nervov.html
askabiologist.asu.edu/parts-of-nervous-system
kidshealth.org/en/parents/brain-nervous-system.html
https://www.ck12.org/biology/nervous-system/lesson/Nervous-System-MS-LS/?referrer=concept_details
1. What is the function of the nervous system?
2. What are the main organs/parts involved with the nervous system?
3. How does your nervous system protect you?
4. What are the 3 parts of the brain and what is their job?
5. How does your nervous system communicate with the other parts of your body?
Homeostasis
1. What is homeostasis?
2. How does your body respond if it gets too hot?
3. What happens if your body gets too cold?
4. Whole class - demonstrating homeostasis
Endocrine System
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/anatomy_of_the_endocrine_system/article_em.htm
1. What is the primary function of the endocrine system?
2. What are hormones?
3. What are the main organs of the endocrine system?
4. How does the endocrine system communicate with the other parts of the body?
Fight or Flight
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-fight-or-flight-response-2795194
1. What is the “Fight-or-Flight” response?
2. What are some of the physical signs that may indicate that the fight-or-flight response has kicked in?
3. What is the fight-or-flight important?
Stimulus and Response
https://drive.google.com/open?id=11HS80D-VT_vBX9_b1jil71EvM9L5kHgU
1. What are some common response to stress?
2. When you walk out of a dark theater, how does your body respond? What is the stimulus in this situation? Is this an internal or external stimulus?
3. When you have to get up in front of the school to speak, how does your body respond? What is the stimulus in this situation? Is this an internal or external stimulus?
4. How does your body react when a bacteria enters it? What is the stimulus in this situation? Is this an internal or external stimulus?
Summing it all up!
