Indiana Science HS-AP7-1
The Standard
Investigate the structure and function of the endocrine system and develop models showing how changes in prominent hormone levels impact homeostasis throughout the body systems.
Indiana Academic Standards for Science (2023) · Integration and Coordination, the Endocrine System
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students locate major endocrine glands and trace hormones through the blood to target organs. They make models showing how changes in hormone levels affect blood sugar, water balance, or energy use, and how feedback helps restore balance.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can label the pancreas, pituitary, and thyroid and name a hormone each releases. They can predict how changing insulin or ADH levels affects other organs and show when hormone release adjusts.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think hormones travel through nerves or that every cell responds to every hormone. They may think insulin raises blood sugar or that ADH makes the kidneys release more water.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: After a sugary snack, draw arrows linking blood glucose, the pancreas, insulin, and liver or muscle cells. Show what changes when blood glucose returns to its usual range.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Pass colored beads from a pancreas card to liver and muscle cards, then move paper glucose tokens from a blood cup into organ cups.
Ask students to explain why someone with too little ADH might produce more urine despite drinking the same amount of water.
Give pairs high-insulin and low-ADH cards; have them match each card to a blood glucose or urine output change.
Compare a runner's water intake and urine log before and after practice; predict how sweating changes ADH levels and urine output.
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