• High Priority Standards (CCSS, State, National, TILS, CREDE, etc.)
    9-12-LS1-2. (was HS­LS1­2) Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms. 

    Learning Goal
    Students will be able to distinguish the principal functions of each body system: nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, urinary, digestive, respiratory and reproductive. 

    Proficiency Scales
    4: The student demonstrates an in­depth inference or advanced application, or innovates with the learning goal.

    3: The student demonstrates mastery of the learning goal as evidenced by 

    • deducing the functions of each body system.
    • recognizing disorders and diseases, including causes, effects and treatments of of each body system.
    • describing the path of action throughout each body system.
    • diagraming and describing the gross anatomy of each body system.
    • describing the lifespan changes that occur within of each body system.


    2: The student demonstrates he/she is nearing proficiency by

    • recognizing or recalling specific vocabulary, such as systemic, cardiac, pulmonary, steroid, hyposecretion, hypersecretion, negative feedback, positive feedback, hypothalamus, neuron, somatic, autonomic, sympathetic, parasympathetic, and nephron. 
    • performing specific processes, such as
      • identifying the major anatomy and organs of the nervous,
      • endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, urinary, digestive,
      • respiratory and reproductive systems.
      • matching nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic,
      • urinary, digestive, respiratory and reproductive system disorders with general descriptions.


    1: The student demonstrates limited understanding or skill with the learning goal.