Most of what we understand about living organisms is derived from indirect methods of detection and measurement. We constantly collect information about how the body detects and responds to changes in the external and internal environment.
Illness occurs when the body fails to respond to changes from the normal range.
Understanding such information allows us to predict life spans, make decisions, and care for ourselves and for others appropriately. Students will know, understand, and use concepts in science and technology in personal and social perspectives. Students will use the inquiry process scientists use in discovering new knowledge. There is variation among individuals of one kind within a population. 3a Plants and animals have structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction.