Evaluate competing design solutions for developing, managing, and utilizing energy and mineral resources based on cost-benefit ratios.
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Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.
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Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms.... more
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Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis. Clarification Statement: Examples of inv estigations could... more
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Evaluate the evidence for the role of group behavior on individual and species’ chances to survive and reproduce.
Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on... more
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Evaluate the evidence supporting claims that changes in environmental conditions may result in: (1) increases in the number of individuals of some species, (2)... more
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Asking questions, recognizing limits, and applying logic to solve puzzles are key scientific, inquiry, and life skills.
Students practice observation and... more
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Students gain an in-depth understanding of structure-function relationships through discussion, model building, and dissection of invertebrate and vertebrate... more
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Dr. Janet M Dubinsky, Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota (UMN), directs the BrainU professional development program for secondary... more
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Under stress the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system is activated. Body temperature rises and, in an effort to maintain normal body temperature,... more
Students construct a wax model of the nervous system of the caterpillar, Manduca sexta. Changes in the nervous... more
The Carolina Sphinx Moth, Manduca sexta, spends its youth or larval phase as a Tobacco Hornworm. Students observe and dissect a Manduca sexta... more
Two students work together - one opens a box and looks at the contents for 10 seconds then, with the box closed, tells the other student all the items remembered... more
Do you remember an item better if you discussed it or held it in your hand as opposed to simply seeing it? In this activity, students learn about memory capacity... more
Students use the Mindflex™ game to explore and measure different homeostatic autonomic nervous system functions while trying to figure out how the game works.... more
Procedural memory is the type of memory called upon when performing skills, learned behaviors, or procedures such as tying a shoelace or riding a bicycle.... more
The ability to identify with and understand another person's situation, feelings, or motives is called empathy. Recent developments in neuroscience have focused... more
Los estudiantes confeccionan neuronas de cuentas (mostacillas) y las usan como modelos para entender su estructura especializada, su función y la forma en qué se... more
This lesson was adapted from "Neuroscience Laboratory and Classroom Activities" created by the National Association of Biology Teachers and the Society for... more
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Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific... more
Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be... more
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