1. UNTOLD STORIES OF THE ER
BONITA JOHNSON

2. Essential Standard
Students will understand the function of a major system within the body and how it enables and carries out the basic functions of life.

3. Curriculum Framing Questions
Essential Question How can a disruption in a human body system contribute to an imbalance in homeostasis? Unit Question What happens when your body is not in homeostasis? Content What is homeostasis?

4. Objective
You and your team of doctors have been presented with a mystery case in the emergency room.
Your initial task is to analyze the symptoms and determine which human body system is being disrupted.
You will then use multiple internet sites to identify the disorder that is affecting the maintenance of a stable internal environment in the body.
You will explain how this disorder affects homeostasis in this particular human body system.
You will explain the primary functions of the system affected and how it provides for the needs of the body.
Your final product will be to present your findings in an informative brochure, powerpoint, or create a video of a talk show that presents the diagnosed condition and how it affects homeostasis.

5. Pre-Assessment
Your grandmother has a friend that is constantly complaining of pains in his arms and legs. This pain is centralized around the joints. Your grandmother thinks that her friend may be suffering from arthritis. Based on your knowledge, make a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the skeletal system in homeostasis and the characteristics of the skeletal system not in homeostasis.

6. Formative Assessment Gauging Student Needs
Matching Game (Identify the Functions of the Human Body System)
Encouraging Self Direction
Scientific Literature Review (Use Think Pair Share to Analyze Human Body Systems Described)
Monitoring Progress
Project Time Line (Complete Worksheet to Ensure That Tasks are Met and Information Has Been Found)
Check for Understanding (Rubric Will Be Used to Assess Understanding)

7. Practice
Let’s watch a video from Untold Stories of the ER and create a concept map of the symptoms.
Video:

8. Practice Concept Map Symptoms Numbness in feet
Moving other extremities
Cannot sense pain in extremities
Paralysis in feet

9. Independent Practice
Now it’s your turn to determine what type of disease or disorder the person in the video was suffering from.
Useful websites are as follows:

10. Independent Practice Possible Diseases or Disorders
Guillain Barre Syndrome
Poliomyelitis ?

11. Rubric for Final Product
Criteria 4 3 2 1
Diagnosis
Determined the correct diagnosis
Determined diagnosis was very close
Determined diagnosis was not in the proper system
Did not determine a diagnosis
Functions of the Body System
All functions were correctly stated and explained
Some of the functions were stated correctly and explained
One function was stated and explained
No functions were stated and explained
Compare and Contrast Homeostasis
Explained completely with examples
Adequately explained with examples
Adequately explained with no examples
Did not explain
Cooperative Effort
All members worked together
The majority of the members worked
Some members worked
None of the members worked well
Overall Product
Met all criteria including creativity
Met most of criteria
Met some of criteria
Did not meet any of the criteria