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Activity 1: Grades 5-8
Temperature and Stress


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CURRICULUM LINKS

 Life Science:
Effect of stress on human body
Effect of emotion on body temperature
Effect of relaxation on body temperature
Effect of emotion on Galvanic skin response
 Technology and Design:
Design and build a thermistor to collect data on relative changes in temperature

NATIONAL SCIENCE STANDARDS    (Grades 5-8)

 Science as Inquiry- Content Standard A

Students will design and conduct a scientific investigation.

Students will use technological tools and develop techniques to collect data.

Students will explore cause and effect relationships by analyzing data.

 Physical Science - Content Standard B

Students will investigate the transfer of electrical energy.

Students will observe the predictable movement of heat energy.

 Life Science - Content Standard C

Students will learn about interactions between the nervous and circulatory systems.

Students will discuss an organisms behavioral response to internal stimuli.

 

 
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