Lesson 4: Muscle Homeostasis and Fatigue
Duration of Days: 4
Lesson Objective
Students design an investigation on muscle homeostasis.
How muscles regulate stress
How body maintains balance
Feedback, thermoregulation, fatigue
HS-LS1-3
Experimental design
Investigate feedback
Collect data
DOK 4
Athletics
Shivering is illness
Tiered roles
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Formal lab report on muscular homeostasis and fatigue
Skills Assessed
- Experimental design
- Identifying variables and controls
- Data collection and organization
- Scientific writing
- Evidence-based conclusions
Content Assessed
- Homeostasis
- Negative feedback
- Muscle fatigue
- Thermoregulation
- Hypertrophy and atrophy
- Physiological responses to stress