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Regulation and Behavior
advances understanding and effective teaching about how organisms get what they need in order to survive and thrive.
Course Objectives
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Examine the importance of homeostasis for living things
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Identify how in animals physical traits and behaviors
work together to promote homeostasis
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Use prediction as a learning tool
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Explore ways to use the classroom environment to
enhance student learning
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Examine the learning model used in this course
Course Syllabus
Session 1:
Regulation
Explore how various types of organisms provide
the conditions their cells require to survive
and function properly. Teaching and learning
strategies focus on the use of prediction as a
learning tool and on ways to integrate a range
of resources into classroom activities.
Session 2:
Behavior
Examine animal behavior for survival, including
its ability to respond to other organisms and to
changing environmental conditions and internal
states. Teaching and learning strategies focus
on environments for learning.
Additional Course Information
- 15 contact hours
- Second in a series of four courses for teachers of
middle school life science
- Other courses in the series:
- A full survey course (45 contact hours),
Teaching Middle School Life Science, is also available.
We recommend course modules be taken in order. If this is not possible,
it's important to have a basic knowledge of the content and methodology
described in the preceding courses.
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