Tim,+Sarah,+and+Gina

All of the resources are listed in the chronological order we feel is appropriate for the unit, and each section has been color coded. Also, this unit is designed for middle school, specifically 7th grade, and should take about 1.5-2 weeks.





= __**1. HOOK--human body extremes **__ =

--- __Internet mini-research project:__  Finding current news on expanding the limits of the human body

possible topics for students: Olympic athletes, survival from extreme falls, free diving,  gallery walk: students present their information to other students in the class

Possible Research Websites:

General Site: [|__http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/human-body/human-body.html__]  - Video clips from PBS documentary “Human Body: Pushing the Limits” http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&source=hp&q=human+body:+pushing+the+limits+youtube&aq=f&aqi=g-v1&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=e4b12d60a2759bc7&biw=1152&bih=743

High Altitude: The Physiology of High-Altitude Climbing [|__http://classic.mountainzone.com/everest/2000/altitude.html__] Outdoor Action Guide to High Altitude: Acclimatization and Illnesses [|__http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/altitude.html__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mountaineering Training <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.bodyresults.com/S2mount.asp__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Going to Extremes: High Anxiety <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.pbs.org/safarchive/4_class/45_pguides/pguide_704/4574_hianx.html__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">G-Forces: <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/gravity-forces.html__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Temperature: <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://anthro.palomar.edu/adapt/adapt_2.htm__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Outer Space: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970603.html

= __**<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Reaction Time: What is it? How does it work? The science behind reaction times. **__ = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--Lesson on human reaction - stimulus, brain processes stimulus, brain sends signal to react, etc. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">a) Nervous system game <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">b) <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">__---explorelearning.com__ <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> sight reaction online lab <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">

= __**<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Reaction Time Lab **__ =



<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-students will test themselves on different reaction rates <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> a. dropping ruler - testing 3 out of 5 senses (sight, sound, touch) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> I. Come up with an intervention to improve weakest sense <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">II. Students will then pick a factor that they believe will INCREASE their reaction rate: e.g. age, gender, left/right hand, practice/no practice, fatigue, fasting, distraction, exercise, punishment <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> --groups pick 1 variable and design an experiment to test that variable

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Major assessment: Collection and analysis of data

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Misc. Resources:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(General article on reaction rates, also have some drills one can do to increase reaction rate) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.coreperformance.com/knowledge/training/reaction-time.html__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(David Blaine article) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1736834,00.html__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Action Video Games) http://edugamesresearch.com/blog/2010/01/19/study-reaction-times-lowered-via-video-games/

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.vita-learn.org/~vtcite/node/3361__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - Unit plan for a unit that is very similar to ours.