BIOLOGY 513- COLLEGE PREP

UNIT TWELVE: HEALTH ISSUES: DRUGS AND HUMAN DISEASE

UNIT OBJECTIVES

UPON COMPLETION OF THIS UNIT, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:

¨ DEFINE CORE TERMINOLOGY.

¨ DESCRIBE HOW DISEASES ARE SPREAD.

¨ LIST THE NAMES OF THE TYPES OF ORGANISMS THAT CAUSE DISEASE AND EXPLAIN ONE DISEASE.

¨ LIST THE MAJOR CAUSES OF CANCER.

¨ EXPLAIN HOW CANCER DIFFERS FROM OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

¨ EXAMINE THE DIFFERENCES IN THE EFFECTS OF DRUGS.

¨ DISCUSS THE WAY THAT DRUGS WORK.

¨ IDENTIFY THE MAJOR CATEGORIES OF ILLEGAL DRUGS.

¨ DESCRIBE SOME OF THE SOCIAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL PROBLEMS THAT ARE CAUSED BY DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.

¨ EXPERIENCE THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL THROUGH A LABORATORY SIMULATION.

TEXT RESOURCES: CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE