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Transplant

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A lesson plan for grades 9–12 Science

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In this Science NetLinks lesson, students use the internet to learn about the workings and anatomy of the heart and new medical techniques that help people live longer, healthier lives. Students then use their knowledge to discuss controversial issues surrounding heart transplants. Students also perform an online heart transplant to get a more realistic idea of what is involved.

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.