Anatomy & Physiology
Other Ohio Science - Extended Learning Standards sets
Other Ohio Science - Extended Learning Standards sets
Levels of Organization
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Hierarchy of OrganizationAP.LO.1
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Complexity a
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Describe the function of organ systems (e.g., muscular, skeletal, digestive, nervous, respiratory, reproductive, digestive).AP.LO.1.a
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Complexity b
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Recognize the hierarchy of cellular organization (i.e., cells make tissues, tissues make organs, etc.).AP.LO.1.b
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Complexity c
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Identify a cell. AP.LO.1.c
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Learning Progression
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Name either cells or organs that are a part of the various systems of the body (e.g., cardiac cells make up the heart which are part of the circulatory system).AP.LO.1.lp.a
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Identify the functions of the body and the organs/organ systems that are responsible for that function.AP.LO.1.lp.b
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Sequence cards showing cell, tissue, organ and system into order from simplest to most complex.AP.LO.1.lp.c
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Recognize that cells can work together.AP.LO.1.lp.d
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From a group of photos, select the ones that show cells.AP.LO.1.lp.e
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Identify that cells make up the human body. AP.LO.1.lp.f
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Engage with pictures or visual models of cells, organs, and organ systems. AP.LO.1.lp.g
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Types of TissuesAP.LO.2
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Complexity a
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Describe the function of a particular type of tissue (e.g., muscle tissue).AP.LO.2.a
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Complexity b
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Recognize that there are different types of tissues with different functions.AP.LO.2.b
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Complexity c
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Identify that tissues are made of cells. AP.LO.2.c
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Learning Progression
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Name either cells or organs that are a part of the various systems of the body (e.g., cardiac cells make up the heart which are part of the circulatory system).AP.LO.2.lp.a
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Look at images of various types of tissues and match them to organs where possible (e.g., cardiac and smooth tissue).AP.LO.2.lp.b
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Match types of tissues to their function. AP.LO.2.lp.c
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Match pictures of cell types to their related tissue. AP.LO.2.lp.d
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Identify that tissues are made of cells.AP.LO.2.lp.e
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Engage with visuals showing the composition of various types of tissues (e.g., many skin cells make up skin tissue).AP.LO.2.lp.f
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Engage with models of cells. AP.LO.2.lp.g
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Homeostasis AP.LO.3
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Complexity a
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Describe how the body works to maintain homeostasis (e.g., sweating when the body is hot).AP.LO.3.a
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Complexity b
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Recognize that the body’s systems interact to maintain balance.AP.LO.3.b
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Complexity c
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Identify that the body has many systems that work together.AP.LO.3.c
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Learning Progression
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Recognize that different parts of the body work together to maintain homeostasis (e.g., circulatory system works to support many systems, . Iincreased heart rate increases blood circulation which imports and exports materials as needed to maintain a healthy range).AP.LO.3.lp.a
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Recognize that if sweating increases, water will need to be replaced.AP.LO.3.lp.b
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Recognize that if more water is consumed, urination increases.AP.LO.3.lp.c
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Identify why you drink more water when consuming salty foods..AP.LO.3.lp.d
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Compare heart rate and breathing when sitting versus running. Discuss why there is a difference.AP.LO.3.lp.e
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Describe why you start to sweat or to shake, recognize these are your body trying return to its proper balance.AP.LO.3.lp.f
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Describe a time when you had a fever, use this to understand that the body needs to stay at a certain temperature range.AP.LO.3.lp.g
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Actively participate in discussion of body functions including purpose of sweating, shivering, and why heart rate may increase.AP.LO.3.lp.h
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Anatomical TerminologyAP.LO.4
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Complexity a
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Label organs on a model or image of a body.AP.LO.4.a
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Complexity b
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Match organ names to a model or image.AP.LO.4.b
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Complexity c
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Locate a body part on a model or image of a body.AP.LO.4.c
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Learning Progression
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Identify body parts and connect to anatomical terminology.AP.LO.4.lp.a
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Observe a labeled representation of a body and its organs.AP.LO.4.lp.b
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Recognize that the human body has universal terminology for orientation.AP.LO.4.lp.c
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Engage with a model of the human body (torso, internal organs).AP.LO.4.lp.d
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Support and Motion
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Integumentary SystemAP.SM.1
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Complexity a
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Identify the accessories of the skin system (e.g., nails, hair follicles, sweat glands).AP.SM.1.a
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Complexity b
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Identify the functions of skin (e.g., protection, temperature regulation).AP.SM.1.b
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Complexity c
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Identify skin as a form of protection.AP.SM.1.c
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Learning Progression
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Recognize that skin aids in homeostasis.AP.SM.1.lp.a
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Match labels to parts of the skin (e.g., hair follicles, sweat glands, nerves, blood vessels)AP.SM.1.lp.b
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View enlarged images of the skin, see that it has layers and parts which aid in protection. AP.SM.1.lp.c
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List or select ways your skin protects you (e.g., keeps germs out, shields the body from radiation, sweats to maintain temperature, eliminates waste products).AP.SM.1.lp.d
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Recognize that your skin is a barrier which is protection.AP.SM.1.lp.e
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Actively participate in discussion of characteristics of own skin. AP.SM.1.lp.f
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Engage in touching own skin. AP.SM.1.lp.g
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Skeletal SystemAP.SM.2
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Complexity a
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Describe the functions of the skeletal system (support, protection, movement). AP.SM.2.a
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Complexity b
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Complete a model of a skeleton using the major bones of the body.AP.SM.2.b
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Complexity c
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Match major bones with a diagram of a body (e.g., skull=head).AP.SM.2.c
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Learning Progression
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List or select the functions of the skeleton (helps you move, supports the body, protects organs).AP.SM.2.lp.a
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Create a model of a skeleton using the major bones of the body.AP.SM.2.lp.b
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Match body parts with the bones that are associated with them (head/skull, long bone/extremities, rib cage/chest, tiny bones/fingers and toes)AP.SM.2.lp.c
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Recognize that bones in different parts of the body look different to provide different functions (primarily support).AP.SM.2.lp.d
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Engage with a visual model of the skeletal system.AP.SM.2.lp.e
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Muscular SystemAP.SM.3
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Complexity a
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Describe how muscles are needed for movement.AP.SM.3.a
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Complexity b
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Recognize that some muscle movements are voluntary (e.g., walking) and some are involuntary (e.g., beating heart).AP.SM.3.b
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Complexity c
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Identify a muscle.AP.SM.3.c
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Learning Progression
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Bend your arm and leg in and out, notice that voluntary muscles often work in pairs. One muscle relaxes and the other contracts.AP.SM.3.lp.a
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Sort muscles as voluntary or involuntary based on function.AP.SM.3.lp.b
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Identify the location of muscles that work involuntarily (e.g., heart, blood vessels, digestive system).AP.SM.3.lp.c
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Recognize that some muscles move on their own (e.g., involuntary). AP.SM.3.lp.d
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Recognize that different muscles types provide different functions (e.g., smooth muscles for digestion, striated muscles for walking, cardiac muscle for heartbeat).AP.SM.3.lp.e
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Recognize the substance underneath the skin is muscle and t. That muscles areis attached to the bones of the skeletal system.AP.SM.3.lp.f
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Engage with pictures of the muscular system (e.g., look at pictures of different muscle types (cardiac, smooth, skeletal)).AP.SM.3.lp.g
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Engage in moving parts of the body and feeling muscular structures underneath skin.AP.SM.3.lp.h
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Integration and Coordination
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Nervous System AP.IC.1
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Complexity a
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Explain how the nervous system controls all of the functions of the body and that it is made up of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves of the body.AP.IC.1.a
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Complexity b
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Identify a function of the nervous system (e.g., muscle control, memory, sensory perception, emotions, speech, balance, and basic life functions like breathing).AP.IC.1.b
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Complexity c
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Identify that the nervous system consists of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. AP.IC.1.c
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Learning Progression
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Communicate about something that happened to you in the past, explain that your brain stored that memory.AP.IC.1.lp.a
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Sort actions into things your body does automatically (e.g., breathe, digest) and things you have to think about (e.g.,roll over, throw a ball). AP.IC.1.lp.b
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Recognize that the brain coordinates all the parts and functions of the body.AP.IC.1.lp.c
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Identify the skull as what protects your brain and describe injuries that could affect your skull/brain (e.g., concussion from sports, car accident, riding bike without a helmet, diving into shallow water).AP.IC.1.lp.d
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Identify where in the body your brain is located.AP.IC.1.lp.e
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Recognize a picture of the brain.AP.IC.1.lp.f
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Engage with a model of a brain or pictures of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.AP.IC.1.lp.g
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Special Senses (Sense of Sight, Senses of Hearing and Balance, Senses of Taste and Smell)AP.IC.2
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Complexity a
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Explain the connection between the senses and involuntary reactions.AP.IC.2.a
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Complexity b
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Match each of the five senses to descriptions or images of activities that involve the senses.AP.IC.2.b
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Complexity c
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Identify each of the 5 senses using diagrams or pictures (e.g., sight = eyes).AP.IC.2.c
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Learning Progression
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Recognize that some actions and/or events can cause involuntary reactions. (e.g., cutting onions makes your eyes water).AP.IC.2.lp.a
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Match the body organs that are responsible for what you smelled, touched, heard or saw.AP.IC.2.lp.b
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Describe how you feel or react to items when you smell, touch, listen to, look at, taste them.AP.IC.2.lp.c
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Smell, touch, listen to, look at, taste various items and compare similarities and differences for each.AP.IC.2.lp.d
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Identify the five senses.AP.IC.2.lp.e
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Match each sense with a body part. (e.g., sight = eyes).AP.IC.2.lp.f
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Smell, touch, listen to, look at, taste various items.AP.IC.2.lp.g
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Endocrine SystemAP.IC.3
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Complexity a
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Recognize that imbalances in the body can lead to diseases (e.g., high blood pressure, diabetes).AP.IC.3.a
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Complexity b
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Identify functions of hormones (maintains blood glucose levels, stable blood pressure, body temperature, reproduction).AP.IC.3.b
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Complexity c
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Identify that the body produces substances to help bodies grow and develop.AP.IC.3.c
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Learning Progression
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Recognize that imbalances in the body can lead to diseases (e.g., uUse diabetes as an example for a disease that occurs when hormones are imbalanced).AP.IC.3.lp.a
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Recognize that hormones (chemicals) help to promote growth in the body and regulate numerous body functions.AP.IC.3.lp.b
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Recognize that hormones regulate body functions from birth to death.AP.IC.3.lp.c
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Identify hormones as substances that affect growth, development, and maintenance.AP.IC.3.lp.d
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Actively participate in a discussion on growing and developing.AP.IC.3.lp.e
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Transport
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BloodAP.T.1
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Complexity a
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Describe the specific functions of red blood cells and white blood cells.AP.T.1.a
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Complexity b
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Describe the function of blood in the human body (e.g., transportation, protection, and regulation).AP.T.1.b
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Complexity c
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Identify the two types of blood cells (e.g., red and white blood cells).AP.T.1.c
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Learning Progression
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Identify that white blood cells fight infection.AP.T.1.lp.a
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Identify that red blood cells carry oxygen to the entire body and picks up carbon dioxide to transport back to the lungs.AP.T.1.lp.b
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List or select functions of blood (e.g., carry food, oxygen and wastes, fight infection, maintain balance (homeostasis)).AP.T.1.lp.c
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Observe pictures of red and white blood cells, describe differences in their shapes.AP.T.1.lp.d
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Recognize that there are three different types of blood cells (e.g., red and white, platelets).AP.T.1.lp.e
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Engage in representations of the various components of blood (e.g., red and white blood cells, platelets, plasma, etc.).AP.T.1.lp.f
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Cardiovascular System AP.T.2
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Complexity a
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Describe the structure and function of the heart.AP.T.2.a
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Complexity b
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Identify the heart as a muscle that pumps blood throughout the body.AP.T.2.b
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Complexity c
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Locate the heart on a diagram/picture.AP.T.2.c
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Learning Progression
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Label a representation of the heart including the chambers. AP.T.2.lp.a
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Relate the cardiovascular system to a delivery system, Blood picks up products and wastes and delivers it to other systems in the body.AP.T.2.lp.b
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Trace the flow of blood through the heart.AP.T.2.lp.c
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Use an ECG/EKG printout to provide a visual representation of a heartbeat. AP.T.2.lp.d
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Recognize the heart is a muscle that pumps blood throughout the body.AP.T.2.lp.e
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Identify the heart when presented with a diagram or picture. AP.T.2.lp.f
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Engage by placing your hand on your heart to feel your heartbeat.AP.T.2.lp.g
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Lymphatic and Immune SystemsAP.T.3
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Complexity a
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Describe the role of the immune system in fighting disease.AP.T.3.a
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Complexity b
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Identify white blood cells as part of the immune system.AP.T.3.b
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Complexity c
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Identify a white blood cell.AP.T.3.c
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Learning Progression
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Describe the role of the immune system in fighting disease. Relate the immune system to a security system of a house. It constantly monitors the body looking for intruders. Once an intruder is detected, it remembers the intruder and launches a defense each and every time it is encountered. AP.T.3.lp.a
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Recognize that white blood cells are part of the immune system.AP.T.3.lp.b
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Identify a white blood cell.AP.T.3.lp.c
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Recognize that your body uses certain internal structures to fight off diseases when you get sick.AP.T.3.lp.d
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Actively participate ein discussion on how the bodyyou fights illness.AP.T.3.lp.e
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Absorption and Excretion
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Digestive SystemAP.AE.1
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Complexity a
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Explain how the digestive system functions to allow humans to receive nutrients needed to survive.AP.AE.1.a
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Complexity b
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Identify structures used in digestion (e.g., mouth, teeth, tongue, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and rectum).AP.AE.1.b
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Complexity c
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Identify a digestive organ in a model or diagram of the body.AP.AE.1.c
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Learning Progression
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Recognize that as food travels, nutrients and minerals are absorbed in through the intestines back into the body.AP.AE.1.lp.a
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Recognize that the stomach breaks food down for digestion.AP.AE.1.lp.b
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Using a visual, trace what happens to food after it is consumed (e.g., from the esophagus it travels to the stomach, small and large intestine and out the rectum).AP.AE.1.lp.c
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Consume a cracker and document what the mouth does (e.g., teeth chew, saliva increases, tongue pushes food around and back into the esophagus). AP.AE.1.lp.d
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Identify the body parts in the mouth (e.g., tongue, teeth, salivary glands). AP.AE.1.lp.e
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Identify a digestive organ in a model or diagram in the body. (e.g., mouth, teeth, tongue, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and rectum). AP.AE.1.lp.f
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Recognize that specific organs are responsible for digesting food. AP.AE.1.lp.g
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Actively participate in discussion about the path your food takes as you eat.AP.AE.1.lp.h
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Respiratory SystemAP.AE.2
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Complexity a
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Describe how the respiratory system can be damaged by disease or pollutants.AP.AE.2.a
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Complexity b
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Identify that breathing is the act of taking in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide.AP.AE.2.b
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Complexity c
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Identify the lungs in a model or diagram of the body.AP.AE.2.c
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Learning Progression
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Describe how disease and damage affect the respiratory system. AP.AE.2.lp.a
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Identify things that can cause lung damage.AP.AE.2.lp.b
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Recognize that damage to your lungs can make it hard to breathe. AP.AE.2.lp.c
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Observe how breathing changes when exposed to different conditions. (e.g. breathing on a winter day v.s. a hot summer day, breathing after you spray body spray or hair spray).AP.AE.2.lp.d
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Recognize carbon dioxide as a waste product expelled by breathing.AP.AE.2.lp.e
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Recognize oxygen as the gas required for performing life functions.AP.AE.2.lp.f
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Identify the gases involved in respiration (e.g., take in oxygen, expel carbon dioxide). AP.AE.2.lp.g
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Recognize that your lungs help you to breathe. (e.g., breath in and out of a paper bag to watch it expand and contract).AP.AE.2.lp.h
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Identify the lungs in a model or diagram of the body.AP.AE.2.lp.i
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Engage in breathing exercises while using your hand to feel the movement of air from the body.AP.AE.2.lp.j
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Urinary SystemAP.AE.3
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Complexity a
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Describe the main function of the urinary system (e.g., to excrete liquid waste).AP.AE.3.a
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Complexity b
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Identify structures of the urinary system (kidneys, bladder, and urethra).AP.AE.3.b
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Complexity c
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Identify the kidneys in a model or diagram of the body.AP.AE.3.c
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Learning Progression
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Trace the path of urine through the body given a diagram.AP.AE.3.lp.a
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Identify what lets you know you have to urinate.AP.AE.3.lp.b
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Identify what organs are involved when urination occurs.AP.AE.3.lp.c
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Use pictures to identify the kidneys.AP.AE.3.lp.d
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Identify where urine originates.AP.AE.3.lp.e
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Identify what is urine is.AP.AE.3.lp.f
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Actively participate in a discussion about what happens when you drink a lot of liquids.AP.AE.3.lp.g
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Reproduction
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Reproductive SystemAP.R.1
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Complexity a
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Describe the function of the reproductive system (e.g., producing offspring).AP.R.1.a
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Complexity b
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Identify structures of the reproductive system in a model or visual representation.AP.R.1.b
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Complexity c
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Identify male and female differences.AP.R.1.c
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Learning Progression
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Identify functions of reproductive body parts as they relate to being male or female.AP.R.1.lp.a
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Sort reproductive organs as male or female.AP.R.1.lp.b
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Identify the parts of your body that relate to reproduction.AP.R.1.lp.c
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Identify what about your body makes you biologically male or female.AP.R.1.lp.d
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Recognize that you are biologically male or female.AP.R.1.lp.e
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Engage with visual representations of the male and female bodies.AP.R.1.lp.f
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Frequently asked questions
- What grade levels do these standards cover?
- Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12
- Where can I read the official document?
- Ohio’s Learning Standards – Extended with Learning Progressions Science
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