Mississippi Science HAP.7.5
The Standard
- HAP.7
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of the major organs of the endocrine system and the associated hormonal production and regulation.
Enrichment: Use an engineering design process to develop effective treatments for endocrine disorders (e.g., methods to regulate hormonal imbalance). *
2026 Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Science · Endocrine System
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify how a hormone imbalance changes a body process, then design a model treatment. They set a target and safety limits, test the design with fictional data, and revise it.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain how their design addresses a specific problem, such as low insulin production. They can use test results to improve its safety and explain a tradeoff, such as response speed versus low blood sugar.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think a glucose sensor measures insulin, or that more insulin always fixes high blood sugar. They may forget that a treatment can overshoot and cause low blood sugar.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A mock pump releases insulin whenever glucose rises. Name one unsafe case, rewrite its rule, and choose one fictional glucose trend to test your fix.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Build a paper glucose sensor and insulin pump model with a rule card, then test it against three fictional glucose trend cards.
Ask, "Why might a pump that lowers high blood sugar still be unsafe?" Have students write two safety limits.
Give pairs four glucose trend cards and three pump rules; have them select a rule for each trend and defend one revision.
Show a photo of a glucose sensor and insulin pump; students label what each does and one limit a wearer faces.
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