Homeostasis Project
7th Grade Science
What are we doing???
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Presentation in Google Slides
Topic: Homeostasis and the Human Body
Essentially, you are creating a presentation describing
how a body system tries to maintain homeostasis when
attacked by illness.
Google Slides Presentation
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At LEAST 1 page of individual research sheet per
student (handout)
9 slides
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1 slide with names, class period, teacher, title of project
Works cited page
Follow the RUBRIC!
Appealing visual style (fonts, colors, etc.)
Content of Presentation
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Define homeostasis
Describe your illness or disease and how it relates to
your assigned body system
Describe how your body system works and what it does
to try and maintain homeostasis when attacked by the
assigned illness or disease.
Presentation to Class
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You will share with the class what you learned!
Each member of the group must speak.
Presentation must be between 2 and 4 minutes long.
Presentation to Class
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You will share with the class what you learned!
Each member of the group must speak.
Presentation must be between 2 and 4 minutes long.
How will we get this done??
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You will be working in groups of 3 – 4. NO BIGGER
GROUPS!
We will spend time in the computer lab or use
Chromebooks to research and use Google Slides to the
prepare presentation.
You should know your MISD email to login and use
Google Slides.
You will have 4 days to complete the project.
We will present next Thursday and Friday.
When in the lab or working with
Chromebooks…
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You must use your time wisely. You should be
researching or working on your presentation.
If you play while on the computer, your group will be
assigned a poster project instead.
Did I mention, stay on task and use your time
wisely?????
Your choices….
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The flu and the respiratory system
Hypertension and the cardiovascular system
Endocrine system and diabetes
Asthma and the respiratory system
Cystic fibrosis and the respiratory system
Nervous system and Alzheimer disease
Digestive system and food poisoning
Excretory system and UTIs
Excretory system and kidney stones