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The allergy chronicles

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A lesson plan for grades 9–12 Science

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The purpose of this lesson is to use the internet to explore how the immune system functions in a variety of allergic reactions.

In middle school, students should have had experiences studying the healthy functioning of the human body. In high school, students should relate their knowledge of normal body functioning to situations in which functioning is impaired due to environmental or hereditary causes. Also at this level, students should try to find explanations for diseases in physiological, molecular, or system terms. Since the primary purpose of this lesson is to explore the role of immune responses in allergic reactions, students should already have a working knowledge of body systems, and the immune system in particular.

The learning goals in the Physical Health section of the Benchmarks are closely related to of 8F: Health Technology. The ideas in this investigation also relate to 5C: Cells, as well as to 12E Critical-Response Skills.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Science (2005)

Grade 9–12 — AP Biology

  • Goal 6: The learner will develop an understanding of the unity and diversity of life.
    • Objective 6.05: Examine the structure and function of plants and animals.
      • Analyze reproduction, growth, and development.
        • Patterns
        • Adaptations (e.g. alternation of generations).
        • Regulation as by hormones.
      • Recommended laboratory - Transpiration
      • Analyze structural, physiological, and behavioral adaptations.
        • Cell level.
        • Tissue level.
        • Organ level.
        • Interactions between levels of organization.
      • Recommended laboratories - Physiology of the Circulatory System, Animal Behavior
      • Identify responses to the environment.