MODULE 2: TEST AND HONORS SUMMATIVE
June 27
TODAY'S MESSAGE
TODAY'S ASSIGNMENTS:
#1. Now that you have completed all the practice and assignments for module 2, you will use your knowledge and understanding of the different systems to complete the Post Assessment. You will have some multiple choice questions and a constructed response question. This should be done without notes or other resources open on your computer. The NCVPS policy on Academic Integrity is to be maintained.
#2. Now that you have completed all the practice and assignments for module 2, you will use your knowledge and understanding of the different systems to complete the Honors Summative. You are able to use notes or other resources but it must be your original work. The NCVPS policy on Academic Integrity is to be maintained.
TEACHER TALK 1
The Module 2 post-assessment is a multiple choice test with a written response section. Module 2 was vocab heavy, meaning that in order to fully absorb information about the parts and function of the nervous and endocrine systems you must know a lot of terms. Most of the multiple choice questions require term knowledge.
The written response section requires you to pick from a list of scenarios and write a fictional story. Most importantly, you will need to use 10 terms from Module 2 in your story. Each term is worth 5 points (totalling 50 points). How you use each term and apply it to the story determines how many points you will earn.
To help sum up Module 2 let's take a look at a holiday that affects the heart and brain. Feeling really nervous asking the girl to the dance, feeling a racing heartbeat giving a boy that special Valentine's Day card no one else in the class got — you probably remember those symptoms well from your middle school or now in high school. I know I did when the girl I liked said no to the prom because she was going with someone else. Ughhhh. I was in love with this girl (well, maybe love is a little too much -- I had a major crush on her but I felt physically the same).
It's not Valentine's Day but it is a day that we have a love/hate relationship with. And since we are ending our module on the nervous system, let's look at how your body responds to love. We will use many of the terms we covered in this module, as well. At the start of a relationship, a series of truly fascinating chemical reactions occur throughout your nervous system and hormones.
Falling in love is much like the sensation of people get when they are skydiving, bungee jumping and even feeling addicted to drugs because of the release of euphoria, including brain chemicals like dopamine, oxytocin, and adrenaline. These chemicals are released throughout different points of attraction and help bond you with your partner. "Like drugs, the more time you spend with this person, the more addicted you become. Many scientists have done studies to show how many body symptoms are quite the same as when someone takes drugs and alcohol: Your cheeks flush, palms sweat, and heart races."
Before a big date, you might notice your heart rate tick up and your hands get sweatier. It's not just a nervous tick that causes your anxiety to rise; it's actually the stimulation of adrenaline and norepinephrine. This can lead to having a physical sensation of craving and the desire to focus your attention on that specific person.
When you're attracted to someone—sitting across from you at lunch, on the street, at Moe's—there is a stimulation in your nervous system's sympathetic branch, which causes your eyes to dilate. "It's normal to lose your appetite or feel uneasy when you've just started seeing someone new." That's your body's way of telling you that you really like that person. "'Lovesickness'" may actually be the stress hormone cortisol contracting the blood vessels in your stomach, making you feel sick."
"There's also scientific reason why you have photos of your love set as your smartphone background or framed on your desk. The desire to literally look at your partner's face comes from the brain's release of dopamine. This is the same effect on the brain as taking drugs because it stimulates the desire/reward response related to intense pleasure, which we will look at in future modules."
Did that date go really well at the Olive Garden? Those feel-good crush-like symptoms may disrupt your sleep. According to a study of adolescents, when you're in those initial stages of euphoria, you feel more energized and positive in the early morning and evenings, causing you to not sleep as well, or have restless sleep. All of those hormones bouncing around when you're thinking about your could-be relationship can also affect your ability to focus during the day, too.
Excerpts taken from How Love Changes Your Body Chemistry. Deza, Danny. Health.com. http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20568672,00.html.
Three links to check out today:
1. Use the quizlet below to review many of the terms that will be on today's test.
2. Review Part 1 of the anatomy and functional areas of the brain
3. Helpful resources from Module 2 that will help you on the test.
Parts-of-the-brain-lobes by WP Grab It: http://healthfavo.com/parts-of-the-brain-lobes.html/parts-of-the-brain-lobes-2
TEACHER TALK 2
For your Honors Summative, you will use the Power Point template that is provided in Canvas. You will correctly label the parts of the brain we learned in this module and explain their function. You will also provide an image that accurately reflects the function. Don't just show an illustration of the brain -- I want to see that you know what it does. The illustration must show that you understand the function of that part of the brain.
You MUST give credit to the website from which you take any image. Simply put the website address in small font size underneath the image as I have done with my brains. Many students who have started this assignment have had to go back and provide the website citations so make sure to do that with all your images from online.
The PowerPoint template has already been created for you -- all you need to do is edit it. You DO NOT need to create new PowerPoint.
Instructions For slides 2 - 15
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Label each brain part (label directly on the image provided or use an arrow to identify the part). The part is identified by the title at the top of each slide.
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For each part provide an explanation of how it functions. Make sure to provide enough info so that I know you understand it’s “role” in how we function.
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Include a visual image that reflects the function of each brain part. For example, the image of a bridge would accurately reflect the function of the corpus callosum b/c it connects the right and left hemispheres of the brain. Do NOT provide a picture of the actual brain part.
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Make sure to cite your sources
Instructions For slides 16 & 17
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Describe each system (parasympathetic, sympathetic, autonomic, & somatic) and its function
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Provide a visual image that reflects the function of each system. DO NOT provide a picture of the actual system.
Instructions For slide 18
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Pick 5 of the 8 major glands in the endocrine system.
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For each glad identify its location in the human body and describe its function. You do not need to provide a visual image for this slide.
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Refer back to Lesson 3's announcement to get a comprehensive overview of the major glands of the endocrine system.
If you need a review of Module 2, The Nervous System, check out this video from Khan Academy. It is about 11 minutes, but covers what you need to know in what I think is an interesting and somewhat comical way. Check it out!!!
The nervous system: Hank begins a series of videos on organ systems with a look at the nervous system and all of the things that it is responsible for in the body.
IMPORTANT DATES THIS WEEK
6/28: Start Module 3 (Sensation and Perception)
6/30: End of Module 3; Take Module 3 Test and Honors Summative; End of Module 2 Grace Period
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E-mail: christopher.watson@ncpublicschools.gov
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