Summer Health Science Institute for Spring Branch ISD Teachers

MIDDLE SCHOOL

HEALTH SCIENCE CURRICULUM

Sixth Grade

Seventh Grade

Eighth Grade

Prepared by the participants in the Summer Health Science Institute 2002

6TH Grade Human Health Science Curriculum

2-3 week unit

(Use CD rom package as an introduction to your life science unit)

(all page numbers are from Prentice Hall Science Explorer textbook)

Background:

H.E.A.D.S. U.P. CD Roms

PBS Human Systems

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/science_tech/middle_anatomy.shtm

Human Anatomy Online

http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

Required:

1. Diabetes Prevention CD Rom

a. Activity: Teacher’s Choice

b. Activity: Teacher’s Choice, or Choose from the following:

Diabetes	http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/general.htm
Diabetes Fact Sheet	http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/facts98.htm#types
Diabetes Awareness and Prevention	http://www.defeatdiabetes.org/links.htm
CDC Diabetes Fact Sheet 2002	http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/factsheet.htm
Diabetes Overview	http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/diabetes/pubs/dmover/dmover.htm
7 Principles for Controlling Your Diabetes for Life	http://ndep.nih.gov/materials/pubs/7-principles/7-english.htm

2. Genetics CD Rom

a. Activity: Teacher’s Choice

b. Activity: Teacher’s Choice, or Choose from the following:

Making a Model Cell	http://library.thinkquest.org/19037/making_a_cell.html
Making a Model Cell	http://www.school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/cello/

3. Cardiovascular Diesease CD Rom

a. Activity: Teacher’s Choice

b. Activity: Teacher’s Choice

4. Exercise/Physical Activity CD Rom

a. Activity: Teacher’s Choice

b. Activity: Teacher’s Choice, or Choose from the following:

Personal Fitness Planner

http://www.dairycouncilofca.org/activities

5. Nutrition CD Rom

a. Activity: Teacher’s Choice

b. Activity: Teacher’s Choice, or Choose from the following:

Food Pyramid Match Game (dairy council) and My Very Own Pizza	http://www.dairycouncilofca.org/activities
Food Pyramid information	http://www.brainpop.com/health/diseases/diabetes/bob.weml

Recommended Optional Activities:

1. Activity: Teacher’s Choice

2. Textbook labs

3. Textbook labs

4.Textbook reading

5.Vocabulary

Extension Activities:

a. Activity:

Public Health Resources for SBISD teachers

http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu:8054/library/SpringBranchISD.htm

7th Grade Human Health Science Curriculum

4-6 week unit

(all page numbers are from Prentice Hall Science Explorer textbook)

Background:

Graphing Skills (666-668)

Bill Nye Human Body Videos

Cell Review (6th grade information)

Body Systems (6th grade information)

Human Anatomy Online

http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

Required:

Cardiovascular System and Diseases

Cardiovascular System (402-404); Cardiovascular Health (420-424)

a. Activity: Teacher’s Choice

b. Activity: Teacher’s Choice, or Choose from the following:

Map of the Human Heart	http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/heart/heartmap.html
Cut to the Heart	http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/heart/
Amazing Heart Facts	http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eheart/facts.html
The Heart – an online exploration	http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
Cardiovascular Disease	http://www.emc.cmich.edu/products/curriculum/six/obj6V.htm
Heart Highway… games, lesson plans, etc	http://www.hearthighway.org/
Cardiovascular Disease / High Blood Pressure Lesson Plans	http://fyi.cnn.com/2001/fyi/lesson.plans/06/26/blood.pressure/
Physical Activity (reducing cardiovascular disease) Lesson Plans	http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/Physical_Education/Skill_Related/SRF0002.html

c. Pulse Activity (412 – Skills Lab)

d. Blocking the Flow (421 – Try This)

Diet and Nutrition

a. Eating Disorders / Healthy Diets (368-380)

b. Activity: Teacher’s Choice, or Choose from the following:

Dying to be Thin	http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/activities/2715_thin.html
Body Needs	http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/thin/needs.html#
Eating disorders	http://www.mirror-mirror.org/ed.htm
Eating disorders	http://www.eatingdisorder.org/
Eating disorders	http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/custom/customPages/viewPage.asp?WebPage_ID=337
A Hearty Look at Diet	http://www.pbs.org/healaheart/classroom/diet.html
Eat Right – Stay Fit	http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/eatright/
Food Under the Microscope	http://www.magma.ca/~scimat/
Nutrition Café	http://www.exhibits.pacsci.org/nutrition/
Nutrition Explorations	http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/teacher_central.html
Fat	http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fat

c. As the Stomach Churns (388 – Skills Lab)

Respiration and Respiratory Diseases

a. Balloon (430 – Discovery Activity)

b. Breath of Fresh Air (439 – Skills Lab)

c. Smoking-Related Diseases (440)

d. Activity: Teacher’s Choice, or Choose from the following:

Respiratory Diseases	http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Respiratory_Diseases/
Asthma	http://www.lungusa.org/asthma/
Tobacco	http://www.lungusa.org/tobacco/
Air Quality	http://www.lungusa.org/air/
Respiratory Diseases A-Z	http://www.lungusa.org/diseases/

Genetics

a. Review Human Cells (336-339)

b. Cloning vs. Sex/Mitosis

Genetics for Kids	http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3696/index2.htm
Genetics for Kids	http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/students.html
Ology: Genes for Kids	http://ology.amnh.org/genetics/index.html
Kids Only: Genetics	http://www.genecrc.org/site/ko/index_ko.htm

c. Biodiversity Through Mutation

…… leads to biomes, animals and plants, and the rest of the biology unit

Recommended Optional Activites:

1. A.D.A.M.

2. Probeware

3. Blood Microscope Activities (prepared slides)

4. Extension Activities

5. Field Trip(s)

6. Dissection

7. D.A.R.E.

8th Grade Human Health Science Curriculum

2-3 week unit

(all page numbers are from Prentice Hall Science Explorer textbook)

Background:

General Genetics Websites

GeneSchool99	http://library.thinkquest.org/28599/
(site created by high school students….EXCELLENT)	http://library.thinkquest.org/19037/

Fossils, Geologic Time, Bill Nye: Genes, Body Systems

Required:

Genetics/Interdependence Unit

a. Predicting Inherited Characteristics

Mendel

Biography through LD/VCR

b. Probability/Punnett Squares

c. Websites

Compare and contrast articles or websites

d. Probability-Make a Baby

e. Punnett Square Activity

Cell: DNA: Inheritance

a. Exploring meiosis p. 575

b. Rearrange sentences activity

c. REBOP

d. Activity: Teacher’s Choice, or Choose from the following:

Genetics Education Center	http://www.kumc.edu/gec/
DNA From the Beginning	http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/
The Biology Project	http://www.biology.arizona.edu/
DNA Extraction — From a variety of living materials	http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/basic/howto/index.html
Genetic Science Learning Center (Main Site for above)	http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/
Designer Genes	http://library.thinkquest.org/18258/?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0618
Genetics – Discovery School	http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/genetics/
Blazing a Genetic Trail	http://www.hhmi.org/genetictrail/

Modern Genetics

a. Human Inheritance-alleles, m/f sex linked genes, colorblindness

Color Blindness-Pipecleaner activity p. 593	http://wsrv.clas.virginia.edu/~rjh9u/xped.html
Human Inheritance-Take a class survey p. 562
Human Inheritance- Make the right call p. 570

b. Genetic Disorders

Genetic Disorders- causes	www.yourgenesyourhealth.org
Genetic Diseases	http://library.thinkquest.org/28599/links_testing.htm

c. Modern Advances (i.e. cloning, genetic fingerprinting, human genome project)

Current Events, Website Scavenger Hunt, News Research Project

Genetic Careers http://www.faseb.org/genetics/gsa/careers/bro-menu.htm

Understanding Gene Testing http://rex.nci.nih.gov/PATIENTS/INFO_TEACHER/Gene_testing/Title.html

Biology Hyperbook Chapters http://esg-www.mit.edu:8001/esgbio/chapters.html

Human Genome Education Activities www.nhgri.nih.gov/educationkit/

Change over Time

a. Darwin

voyage, observations, origin of the species

b. Fossils

vd/vcr/activity showing evolution through the fossil record

c. Evolution

MM/Candy Corn Activity

Survival of the Fittest - Plane Activity

www.Indiana.edu/~ensiweb/evol.fs.html

http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/origami.html

Interdepedence

a. Interaction among living things (symbiosis, evolutionary connections)

b. Interactions in Body (change ie. Evolution/survival of the fittest)

c. Equilibrium/Feedback (change morphology-toxicity/env. factors)

Recommended:

Extension:

Genetic Careers	http://www.faseb.org/genetics/gsa/careers/bro-menu.htm
Understanding Gene Testing	http://rex.nci.nih.gov/PATIENTS/INFO_TEACHER/Gene_testing/Title.html
Biology Hyperbook Chapters	http://esg-www.mit.edu:8001/esgbio/chapters.html
Human Genome Education Activities	www.nhgri.nih.gov/educationkit/