OpenSciEd Unit 7.3: How do things inside our bodies work together to make us feel the way we do? Spanish Student Edition

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ISBN 10: 179246536X / ISBN 13: 9781792465369

Published by Kendall Hunt, 2020

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• Title: OpenSciEd Unit 7.3: How do things inside our bodies work together to make us feel the way we do? Spanish Student Edition
• Publisher: Kendall Hunt
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN 10: 179246536X
• ISBN 13: 9781792465369
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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This unit on metabolic reactions in the human body starts out with students exploring a real case study of a middle-school girl named M’Kenna, who reported some alarming symptoms to her doctor. Her symptoms included an inability to concentrate, headaches, stomach issues when she eats, and a lack of energy for everyday activities and sports that she used to play regularly. She also reported noticeable weight loss over the past few months, in spite of consuming what appeared to be a healthy diet. Her case sparks questions and ideas for investigations around trying to figure out which pathways and processes in M’Kenna’s body might be functioning differently than a healthy system and why. Students investigate data specific to M’Kenna’s case in the form of doctor’s notes, endoscopy images and reports, growth charts, and micrographs. They also draw from their results from laboratory experiments on the chemical changes involving the processing of food and from digital interactives to explore how food is transported, transformed, stored, and used across different body systems in all people. Through this work of figuring out what is causing M’Kenna’s symptoms, the class discovers what happens to the food we eat after it enters our bodies and how M’Kenna’s different symptoms are connected.