Subject
Grade
Curricular Competency Group
Curricular Competency
Processing and analyzing data and information
Elaboration
- Sample opportunities to support student inquiry:
- Consult with local Elders and knowledge keepers to determine some health conditions that may be treated with First Peoples traditional medicines. Which body systems might be affected?
- Analyze data showing the interrelationship between two different organ systems.
- Plot graphs to show respiratory and cardiovascular variables (e.g., heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate) before and after exercise. Identify patterns in these variables. Compare blood pressure changes during exercise to high resting blood pressure (hypertension).
- Explain why a diet of foods with a high glycemic index causes insulin resistance and Type II diabetes.
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Processing and analyzing data and information