Cell communication
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A lesson plan for Grades 9–12 Biology and AP Biology
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- Appropriate grades
- 9–12
- Subjects
- science (biology and life science)
- Provider
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
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This Science NetLinks lesson focuses on cell communication. Students will examine two types of cell communication — hormone and nerve signaling. In order to better understand the importance of effective cell-to-cell communication, students will examine various diseases in which faulty cell communication negatively impacts the entire community of cells and in effect, normal total body functioning.
On the Diseases of Faulty Cell Communication student sheet, the third link is should be http://www.msfocus.org/info/info_faq.html.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grades 9–12 — Advanced Placement 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.
- Objective 6.05: Examine the structure and function of plants and animals.
Grades 9–12 — Biology
- Goal 2: The learner will develop an understanding of the physical, chemical and cellular basis of life.
- Objective 2.02: Investigate and describe the structure and functions of cells including:
- Cell organelles.
- Cell specialization.
- Communication among cells within an organism.
- Objective 2.02: Investigate and describe the structure and functions of cells including:
