Contest Standard: C. Cells
Students will understand that cells are the basic units of life.
Common Assessment(s): MAP Task I Am a Cheeseburger

Performance Indicators Students will be able to:	Essential Elements (Specific grade level learning objectives)			Suggested Performance Activities	Suggested Classroom Assessments	Vocabulary
4. Identify the causes and effects of diseases, explain their transmission, and identify prevention strategies.	Students will trace the path diseases follow through the body, organs affected, how disease is both prevented, contracted, and treated.			In the study of the body systems, specific diseases are investigated and reviewed. Teen Health Wall charts Resource officer	Written exam Visual/poster Class presentation	virus bacteria cause effect transmission prevention system
3. Describe the structure and function of major organs in human systems.	Students will show the path (5 major organs) the cheeseburger takes in its route through the body and connect the energy released to two or more connected systems.			.	Use models to compare and contract the structure and function of the circulatory system with the structure and function of the skeletal system.	.
5. Describe how body systems work together.	Students will create a product showing a system of the body, its major organs, and how the chosen system relates to one of the other body systems studies. MAP Gross Anatomy			Sketching of the different systems of the body. Written responses describing the interrelated activities of the systems.	Written response Poster/Chart Presentation	.