by Hilda Doris Suarez, St. Peter's Preparatory School

The webquest will guide the students to learn about the Endocrine System, its structure & function. Also about the different glands and the hormones they produce and their respective target organs. By the end they should also know about the different conditions as a result of any of the glands malfunctioning.

Introduction

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Endocrine System on Strike!

 

 

 

Created in Computers in the Curriculum Course

St. Peter's College 

Jersey City, New Jersey


Professor:  Dr. Nicole Luongo 
 

 

Hilda Doris Suarez
suarezh@spprep.org

 

Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Teacher Page


 

 

Welcome to Web quest!          


     You will be having a lot of fun doing in your quest to learn about the function of the endocrine system. As you might already suspect the endocrine and nervous system had a big fight at the last reorganization meeting of the human body. For the first time in history the endocrine system has challenge the nervous system’s right to always be the one controlling all the functions of the body and wants to be elected to run the body functions this year. As the nervous system laughs at the idea, all the members of the endocrine system decide to walk out and go on strike!

STANDARD 3

The New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards being applied are:

STANDARD 5.5

Characteristics of Life

ALL STUDENTS WILL GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE STRUCTURE,

CHARACTERISTICS, AND BASIC NEEDS OF ORGANISMS

AND WILL INVESTIGATE THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE.

 

STANDARD 5.5.12.A

Matter, Energy and Organization in Living           Systems

1. Relate the structure of molecules to their function in cellular structure and metabolism.

4. Relate disease in humans and other organisms to infections or intrinsic failures of system

 

STANDARD 5.6

Chemistry

ALL STUDENTS WILL GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING

OF THE STRUCTURE AND BEHAVIOR OF MATTER.

STANDARD 3.5

(VIEWING AND MEDIA LITERACY) ALL STUDENTS WILL ACCESS, VIEW, EVALUATE, AND RESPOND TO PRINT, NONPRINT, AND ELECTRONIC TEXTS AND RESOURCES.

 

STANDAR3.5.12.C.4

Create media presentations and written reports using multi-media resources using effective images, text, graphics, music and/or sound effects that present a distinctive point of view on a topic.

 

STANDARD 8.2  (Technology Education) All students will develop an understanding of the nature and impact of technology, engineering, technological design, and the designed world as they relate to the individual, society, and the environment.