Biomedical Science STEAM Pathway

Whether discovering new cancer treatments or teaching healthy lifestyle choices to their communities, today’s biomedical science professionals are tackling big challenges to make the world a better place.

Biomedical Science students take on these same real-world challenges before they even graduate from high school. Working with the same tools used by professionals in hospitals and labs, students engage in compelling, hands-on activities and work together to find solutions to problems. Students gain knowledge and skills they will use in high school and for the rest of their lives, on any career path they take.

MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES FOCUS

Principles of Biomedical Science

Students explore concepts of biology and medicine as they take on roles of different medical professionals to solve real-world problems. Students are challenged in scenarios including investigating a crime scene, diagnosing and proposing treatment to patients in a family medical practice, to tracking down and containing a medical outbreak, stabilizing a patient during an emergency, and collaborating with others to design solutions to local and global problems.

Human Body Systems

Students examine the interactions of human body systems as they explore identity, power, movement, protection, and homeostasis in the body. Exploring science in action, students build organs and tissues; use data acquisition software to monitor body functions such as muscle movement, reflex and voluntary action, and respiration; and take on the roles of biomedical professionals to solve real-world medical cases.

Medical Interventions

Students follow the life of a fictitious family as they investigate how to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease. Students explore how to detect and fight infection; screen and evaluate the code in human DNA; evaluate cancer treatment options; and prevail when the organs of the body begin to fail. Through real-world cases, students are exposed to a range of interventions related to immunology, surgery, genetics, pharmacology, medical devices, and diagnostics.

ATC: HEALTH SCIENCE & NURSING FOCUS

Health Science courses are taken at the Applied Technology Center. South Pointe students have full access to courses at ATC and the advantages of that program for career readiness.

Health Science 1

Students examine the interactions of human body systems as they explore identity, power, movement, protection, and homeostasis in the body. Exploring science in action, students build organs and tissues; use data acquisition software to monitor body functions such as muscle movement, reflex and voluntary action, and respiration; and take on the roles of biomedical professionals to solve real-world medical cases.

Health Science 2

Students explore concepts of biology and medicine as they take on roles of different medical professionals to solve real-world problems. Students are challenged in scenarios including investigating a crime scene, diagnosing and proposing treatment to patients in a family medical practice, to tracking down and containing a medical outbreak, stabilizing a patient during an emergency, and collaborating with others to design solutions to local and global problems.

Health Science 3

Students examine the interactions of human body systems as they explore identity, power, movement, protection, and homeostasis in the body. Exploring science in action, students build organs and tissues; use data acquisition software to monitor body functions such as muscle movement, reflex and voluntary action, and respiration; and take on the roles of biomedical professionals to solve real-world medical cases.

Health Science Clinical Studies

Students make connections from the classroom to the healthcare industry through clinical experiences/activities. Skills include vital signs, activities of daily living, transfers, personal hygiene, nutrition, and safety.