Intro to Homeostasis - Keisha Stephen | Library

For this assignment, you will be visiting a variety of online resources to learn more about homeostasis and how it impacts the body.

Part 1:  What is a Fever?
Watch the video clip on what a fever response by the body is, then answer questions 1, 2 and 3 that follow.

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What sets your body temperature?

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How does stress affect your body temperature?

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How might a fever help your body fight off an infection?

Part 2:  Body Control Center
Go to the interactive:  Body Control Center Interactive PBS
Click Launch
In this activity, it’s up to you, not the body, to maintain homeostasis in a virtual person. Monitor the displays and use the controls to keep the indicators centered. But don‘t become complacent when you achieve a balance. Our subject will randomly change states—from standing, to running, to resting—and throw off your settings
Complete the chart below.  The first row is done as an example for you.

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After you have launced the interactive, click on each of the 5 body functions to learn more about how these work. Complete the chart below

Part 3:  Body Breakdowns
Watch the video:  Trying to breathe on Mount Everest Trying to Breathe on Mt Everest Video
Go to the PBS simulation:  Body breakdowns PBS Interactive
Click Launch.
Introduction to Interactive:
Climbing at high altitude can be nauseating, dizzying, and it can kill you. It's cold up there, and let's face it, humans have evolved to live in relatively warm climates. If had we had evolved to live in constant cold, our bodies might have grow thick hair all over, we might store more fat, and our body shape might be rounder and shorter to prevent heat loss. In addition, Denali is one of the highest mountains on Earth. And the higher you climb, the thinner the air is and the harder it is to breathe.
Click on different parts of this climber's body and check out just SOME of the things he could be experiencing. How would you like to be in his (cold, damp) shoes?

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After you have launced the interactive, click on THREE (3) parts of the body and complete the chart below to describe how this body part is impacted by high altitude.