LABORATORY ACTIVITIES IN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Compiled by:
Samantha Dolen

Dept. of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4120

These resources were compiled as part of an Independent Study project in science education conducted under the supervision of Prof. J. E. Armstrong.

Project Completion: July 1993


INTRODUCTION
This file is presented as a supplimentary resource to Biology and Chemistry teachers in Secondary Education. With the increased emphasis on improving the problem solving abilities of today's students, laboratory activities have become more and more important in the science curriculum. Unfortunately, many teachers are not equipped with the resources (e.g. money, time, facilities) to conduct full-scale investigative laboratories. However, many science teachers have developed, through years of teaching and testing, methods by which students can become familiar with laboratory work and increase their ability to solve problems.

The following entries are from books, journals, and microfiche and provide many ways in which simple, inexpensive laboratories may be run. Using the information provided below, you may locate the article and prepare an activity that has been shown to provide useful learning in the secondary classroom. It is the intention of this project to provide only resource and helpful citations to teachers interested in performing successful laboratories. These resources were compiled in preparation for student teaching, and having done the work, these citations are made available to teachers without access to ERIC and other educational databases, and to save others from having to make similar searches.


What is ERIC?
The following lists of resources are largely from the ERIC database (Educational Resources Information Center), a national information system designed and supported by the U.S. Department of Education to provide ready access to exemplary programs, research and development efforts, and related information that can be used in developing more effective educational programs. ERIC gives listings of both educational journals and microfiche. ERIC uses systematic keyword searches to refernces of innovative programs, conference proceedings, bibliographies, professional papers, curriculum-related materials, and reports of educational reasearch. "Descriptors" are assigned to each report so that they may be found through a subject index. The descriptors used to locate the following citations are listed so that similar articles may be located if the user desires to conduct a future search. Two other resources that correspond to ERIC are Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education.


TOPIC: Objectives of Courses in Anatomy & Physiology

AUTHOR: Dept. of Education, State of Tennessee In a 1987 publication the Department of Education from the State of Tennesseee listed the following as Objectives for the Courses of Anatomy and Physiology:

    1. To understand the nature of physiology and anatomy 2. To understand the basic arrangement of the human body 3. To understand the chamical basis of life 4. To describe the various levels of structural organization within the human body 5. To recognize the importance of homeostasis in maintaining the human body

AUTHOR: Glenn,-David-D.

TITLE: High School Pathology. Bring this Course to Life. 1990 Science-Teacher; v57 n9 p20-23 Dec 1990

DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal Articles (080); Guides - Classroom - Teacher (052)

DESCRIPTORS: Anatomy-; Diseases-; Experiential-Learning; High- Schools; Laboratories-; Laboratory-Experiments; Medicine-; Microscopes-; Science-Activities; Science-Education DESCRIPTORS: *Health-Education; *Pathology-; *Science-Curriculum; *Secondary-School-Science; *Student-Projects

ABSTRACT: Described is a curriculum for a pathology class offered to eleventh and twelfth graders. Included are suggestions for laboratory activities and student projects. These activities can be incorporated into other science classes. (KR)


TOPIC: How-to-Do-it: A Personalized Diet Evaluation for High School Students.

AUTHORS: Bernard L. Frye and Robert L. Neill.

American Biology Teacher, Vol 53 n6 p354-8 Sept 1991. ABSTRACT: This article presents an suggestion for the use of student dietary intake as a way to study nutrition and/or digestion. Students keep track of their eating habits for three days and arrange foods into categories specified by the authors. This plan does not use the four basic food groups, but the newer use of protein, vegetables, cerials, fruits, milk, and miscellaneous. Each of the food groups is broken-down into point values--maximum, per serving and extra credit. This allows students to analyze their own eating and learn about the food groups, too. Students are then able to make suggestions to improve their scores in each category.


TITLE: Vitamins and Health. Science and Technology Education in Philippine Society.

CORPORATE SOURCE: Philippines Univ., Quezon City. Inst. for Science and Mathematics Education Development.

SPONSORING AGENCY: Educational Development Projects Implementing Task Force (Philippines). 1985

AVAILABILITY: University of the Philippines, Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development, Pardo de Tavera St., Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines ($3.00).

DESCRIPTIVE NOTE: 30 p.; For other documents in this series see SE 046 255-274.

DOCUMENT TYPE: Guides - Classroom - Learner (051)

DESCRIPTORS: Food-; Foreign-Countries; Health-Activities; Health- Education; High-Schools; Science-Activities; Science-Education

DESCRIPTORS: *Diseases-; *Nutrition-; *Physical-Health; *Secondary-School-Science

ABSTRACT: This module provides information on: (1) the nature of health and nutrition; (2) the nature of vitamins; (3) general characteristics of fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins; (4) the source and major role of several vitamins (vitamins C, B, D, E, and K) as well as deficiences that arise from their oversupply, or insufficiency; and (5) ways of preserving the vitamin content in raw food. Also included are several laboratory activities (listing materials needed and procedures used), questions to answer, a glossary, and a short list of references.


TITLE: Health Occupations. Body Structure and Function. [500 Series.]

CORPORATE SOURCE: State Fair Community Coll., Sedalia, Mo.

SPONSORING AGENCY: Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. 1983

DESCRIPTIVE NOTE: 174 p.

DOCUMENT TYPE: Guides - Classroom - Teacher (052)

DESCRIPTORS: Behavioral-Objectives; Guidelines-; Instructional- Materials; Learning-Activities; Lesson-Plans; Program- Implementation; Secondary-Education; State-Curriculum-Guides

DESCRIPTORS: *Allied-Health-Occupations-Education; *Anatomy-; *Human-Body; *Physiology-

ABSTRACT: This curriculum guide consists of seven packets of material for use in teaching a course on body structure and function. Addressed in the individual sections are the following topics: the digestive system; the buccal cavity; the gastrointestinal system; the intestines; the liver, gall bladder, and pancreas; the digestion of food, and the absorption of nutrients. Each section contains an introduction; a list of objectives; a list of procedures for students to follow when completing the lesson; an informational assignment; one or more information sheets; one or more activity sheets; a student evaluation; and a detailed lesson plan that includes lesson objectives, a list of supplementary teaching and learning items needed, references, an introduction to the lesson, a detailed outline of information to be covered during the lesson, interaction items, classroom and laboratory activities, evaluation items, and answer keys to the student evaluation and activities. (MN)


TOPIC: A SIMPLE MODEL OF BLOOD

AUTHORS: Catrina Ludlow and Roger Lock School of Education University of Burmingham Article available in: School Science Review, Science Notes December 1990, 72, (259)

ABSTRACT: This article gives a suggestion for a model of the blood. Some students have a difficult time with the notion that blood is not a red liquid, but a straw colored liquid with red cells in it. In this model cells and platelets were made from colored modeling clay and suspended in plasma made of lemon flavored jelly. The author also suggests using the cells, which are made in sizes relative to the other blood components, for such topics as osmosis and selective permiability.


AU: Wiebe,-Arthur, Ed.; And-Others

TI: From Head to Toe: Respiratory, Circulatory, and Skeletal Systems. Book 3.

CS: AIMS Education Foundation, Fresno, CA.; Fresno Pacific Coll., CA.

PY: 1986

AV: AIMS Education Foundation, P.O. Box 7766, Fresno, CA 93747 ($10.95).

NT: 80 p.; A product of Project AIMS. For other documents in the Project AIMS Series, see SE 048 224-231 and SE 048 235-243.

DT: Guides - Classroom - Teacher (052)

DE: Anatomy-; Biology-; Elementary-Education; Experiential- Learning; Instructional-Improvement; Integrated-Activities; Interdisciplinary-Approach; Learning-Activities; Mathematics- Education; Mathematics-Skills; Middle-Schools; Process-Education; Science-Education; Skill-Development

DE: *Elementary-School-Mathematics; *Elementary-School-Science; *Human-Body; *Mathematics-Instruction; *Physiology-; *Science- Instruction

AB: Designed to supplement curricular programs dealing with the human body, this booklet offers an activity-based, student- oriented approach for middle school teachers and students. Twelve activities focus on principles and skills related to the respiratory, circulatory, and skeletal systems. Each activity consists of student sheets and a teacher's guide. The teacher's guide contains information on the activities including: (1) topic area; (2) introductory statement; (3) math and science skills; (4) required materials; (5) key questions; (6) background information; (7) management details; (8) instructional procedures; (9) student procedures; (10) discussion questions; (11) activity extensions; and (12) curriculum coordinates. (ML)


AU: Schwartz,-Marjorie-F.

TI: Anxiety-free Urinalysis.

PY: 1989

JN: Science-Teacher; v56 n7 p31-32 Oct 1989

DT: Journal Articles (080); Guides - Classroom - Teacher (052)

DE: Biochemistry-; Science-Materials; Scientific-Methodology; Secondary-Education

DE: *Biology-; *Human-Body; *Laboratory-Experiments; *Laboratory- Procedures; *Science-Activities; *Secondary-School-Science

AB: Discusses simple analysis of urine in the classroom. Describes the materials and procedures for the analysis. Provides a laboratory report giving characteristics of: (1) odor, color, and clarity; (2) specific gravity; (3) sediment; (4) test strips; and (5) albumin and phosphates. (YP)