BIOLOGY 511- HONORS

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 HOW THEY CAUSE THE DISEASE.

¨ DISCUSS THE MAJOR CAUSES OF CANCER.

¨ COMPARE AND CONTRAST CANCER AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

¨ EXAMINE THE DIFFERENCES IN THE EFFECTS OF DRUGS.

¨ DISCUSS THE MECHANISM THAT MAKE DRUGS WORK.

¨ IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE THE MAJOR CATEGORIES OF ILLEGAL DRUGS.

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

¨ EXPERIENCE AND QUANTIFY THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL THROUGH A LABORATORY SIMULATION.

TEXT RESOURCES: CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE