Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 127 - TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION › Subchapter I - HEALTH SCIENCE › Section 127.405 - Anatomy and Physiology (One Credit), Adopted 2015

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General requirements. This course is
				  recommended for students in Grades 10-12. Prerequisite: Biology and a second
				  science credit. Recommended prerequisite: a course from the Health Science
				  Career Cluster. Students must meet the 40% laboratory and fieldwork
				  requirement. This course satisfies a high school science graduation
				  requirement. Students shall be awarded one credit for successful completion of
				  this course.
(b) Introduction.
(1) Career and technical education
				  instruction provides content aligned with challenging academic standards and
				  relevant technical knowledge and skills for students to further their education
				  and succeed in current or emerging professions.
(2) The Health Science Career Cluster focuses
				  on planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services,
				  health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and
				  development.
(3) The Anatomy and
				  Physiology course is designed for students to conduct laboratory and field
				  investigations, use scientific methods during investigations, and make informed
				  decisions using critical thinking and scientific problem solving. Students in
				  Anatomy and Physiology will study a variety of topics, including the structure
				  and function of the human body and the interaction of body systems for
				  maintaining homeostasis.
(4)
				  Science, as defined by the National Academy of Sciences, is the "use of
				  evidence to construct testable explanations and predictions of natural
				  phenomena, as well as the knowledge generated through this process." This vast
				  body of changing and increasing knowledge is described by physical,
				  mathematical, and conceptual models. Students should know that some questions
				  are outside the realm of science because they deal with phenomena that are not
				  scientifically testable.
(5)
				  Scientific inquiry is the planned and deliberate investigation of the natural
				  world. Scientific methods of investigation are experimental, descriptive, or
				  comparative. The method chosen should be appropriate to the question being
				  asked.
(6) Scientific decision
				  making is a way of answering questions about the natural world. Students should
				  be able to distinguish between scientific decision-making methods (scientific
				  methods) and ethical and social decisions that involve science (the application
				  of scientific information).
(7) A
				  system is a collection of cycles, structures, and processes that interact. All
				  systems have basic properties that can be described in space, time, energy, and
				  matter. Change and constancy occur in systems as patterns and can be observed,
				  measured, and modeled. These patterns help to make predictions that can be
				  scientifically tested. Students should analyze a system in terms of its
				  components and how these components relate to each other, to the whole, and to
				  the external environment.
(8)
				  Students are encouraged to participate in extended learning experiences such as
				  career and technical student organizations and other leadership or
				  extracurricular organizations.
(9)
				  Statements that contain the word "including" reference content that must be
				  mastered, while those containing the phrase "such as" are intended as possible
				  illustrative examples.