Body Structure and Function. Teacher Edition.

This curriculum guide contains the materials required to teach a course in body structure and function. The following topics are covered in the course's 17 instructional units: basic concepts of physical and life sciences; microbiology and bacteriology; the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, digestive, circulatory, respiratory, urinary, central and peripheral nervous, special senses, and reproductive systems; the blood; and the heart. Each unit contains some or all of the following: objective sheets, suggested activities, handouts, supplements, transparency masters, instructional supplements providing suggestions for teaching basic skills, activity sheets, assignment sheets, job sheets, practical tests, written tests, and assignment sheet and test answers. Academic skills training is combined with vocational training throughout the instructional materials. To assist teachers in identifying activities that promote basic skills development, a marking system of simple graphic symbols, or icons, is used to denote which of the following nine general basic skill categories is being emphasized: reading, science, creative thinking/problem solving, writing, oral communication, employability, math, interpersonal skills, and social studies. (MN)