Diabetes Research & Bloom's Taxonomy

Today (or tomorrow for C period), you will be learning about diabetes by creating questions for your peers at each level of Bloom's Taxonomy.

 You and a partner will create two google docs: one with the questions and space to answer each question below and one document that is an answer key.  You will then share the questions with another team in the class, who will need to answer the questions (for homework).  You will share your questions and answer key with me.

When titling the google doc, please use this format "Diabetes_(class period)_(your first names)_(Q or A).  For example "Diabetes_C_ilana and kaila_Q"

You must also include a resources table in your answer key. 

Question	Websites
Remembering

For the analyzing question, you may choose to provide a graph or link to a graph and ask a question about the data presented in the graph.

Keep in mind that diabetes relates to the endocrine system so you should tie in the endocrine system to at least one of your questions. 

The Endocrine System According to Hank

C period:

After acknowledging that it was challenging to go back to reading the modules, we used Crash Course's  Endocrine System video to help elucidate what you read in Module 22.


You spent the second half of the lab period working with a partner to make a concept map of the key components and mechanism of the endocrine system that you've learned so far.

Tonight: Read module 140.  Tomorrow we will be expanding on the concept map you created in class today.

D period:

We watched and discussed the concepts in the video above, as well as discussed other ways in which the endocrine system plays a role in our bodies.

Homework: Read the packet for lab tomorrow.  You only need to read through the procedure for week You will have a short quiz on the major concepts in the reading prior to the lab (instead of answering prelab questions).

Cell Signaling and Endocrine System Objectievs

Objectives: Endocrine System & Cell Signaling

Modules: 22, 140, 142, 150

BIG IDEA: External signals are converted into responses within the cell

ES.1 Outline a basic signal transduction pathway (including reception, transduction and response). 
Basic overview, more complex example: epinephrine. 

ES. 2 State that cells must manage multiple simultaneous signals.

ES. 3 Describe cellular responses to signal transduction.

ES. 4 Explain how a phosphorylation cascade can result in signal amplification and transmission of signals to other parts of the signal transduction network.

ES. 5 Compare and contrast five types of chemical signal pathway mechanisms.

ES. 6 Explain how pheromones function between individuals.

ES. 7 Compare and contrast water-soluble hormones and lipid-soluble hormone signal mechanisms.

ES. 8 State that the endocrine system consists of glands that release hormones that are transported in the blood.

ES. 9 Identify major structures and hormones of the endocrine system.

ES. 10 Give a specific example of how the endocrine system regulates homeostasis.

ES. 11 Describe how sex steroids govern development of sex characteristics, reproductive readiness, and reproductive behavior.

ES. 12. Explain the control of blood glucose concentration, including the roles of glucagon, insulin and α and β cells in the pancreatic islets.

ES. 13. Distinguish between type I and type II diabetes.

REMEMBER: YOU CAN’T ESCAPE THE THEMES OF THE COURSE!  HOW DOES WHAT YOU ARE LEARNING RELATE: TO UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE / EMERGENT PROPERTIES / STRUCTURE & FUNCTION.

Additional Links
Outline of cell signaling and vocabulary.

Welcome back...to cell signaling and the endocrine system

Today we read the article: Brain Image Study: Fructose May Spur Overeating as well as the abstracts of the studies that were mentioned in the article.  We used our discussion of the studies to transition from the nervous system to the endocrine system and cell signaling.

Today in class you received a copy of the objectives for the next two weeks and this weekend I'll post the online version with hyperlinks on the blog.

Your homework tonight is to read Module 22, with the following substitutions: 

When you get to the sentence "One important second messenger, cyclic adenosine monophosphate or cAMP, derives from ATP (Figures 2a and 2b)" stop reading and instead   watch this animation of how cAMP works. It's much less confusing than the explanation provided in the book. 

Resume reading at the section "How can a small signal lead to a big response?"  Actually take the time to click through Fig. 4.  

Do not panic when you see Fig. 5. 

And because at some point you will want to take a study break, here's the link to the BBC interactive graphic where you can see which Olympic athlete you are.