TABLE OF CONTENTS - Lindbergh School District

Strand 14: Muscular System
Major Objectives IS Suggested Activities Suggested Assessments
The student will recognize the functions of the muscular
system including the characteristics of skeletal muscle.
Classroom discussion of muscular
system.
List the purposes of skeletal muscle in
short answer test question.
The student will list the structural components of muscle tissue. Examine skeletal muscle in lab Describe and identify the structures in
skeletal muscle in lab report.
The student will explain the various types of muscle and their
general characteristics.
Experiment with muscle contractions
in the lab.
The student will recognize the way muscles are described and
named using proper nomen clature.
Identify muscles on a model.
The student will describe how a
muscle undergoes contraction and the
types of muscle contractions in essay
test questions.
List muscles found in each region of
the body and the actions they create in
short answer test question.
Strand 15: Respiratory System
Major Objectives IS Suggested Activities Suggested Assessments
The student will identify the anatomy of the respiratory
passages, beginning at the nose and ending at the alveoli.
The student will explain how contraction of the muscles of
respiration causes changes in thoracic volume during quite and
labored breathing.
The student will describe how oxygen and carbon dioxide are
transported in the blood.
The student will explain how changes in blood chemistry effect
rates of breathing.
The student will describe the causes of changes in normal
patterns of ventilation.
Identify the organ in the respiratory
system in a model in lab.
Classroom discussion of muscles in
respiratory system.
Classroom discussion of the use of O2
and CO2 in blood.
Describe the relationship between the
level of carbon dioxide in the blood
and the respiratory center in the
medulla.
Research problem of the respiratory
system.
List the structures of the respiratory
system in short answer test question.
Describe the interaction of the rib
cage, diaphragm, and lungs in
constructed response test question.
List the various ways that oxygen and
carbon dioxide are carried in the
blood in short answer test question.
Answer multiple choice questions
about the respiratory system.
List various respiratory health
problems, giving causes and
treatments in written report.
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