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Activity 2: Grades 5-8
Watch Your Pressure


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 Life Science :
Blood pressure
Effect of stress on blood pressure
Effect of stress on digestive system
Effect of stress on nervous system
 Technology :
Use of a digital tool that monitors blood pressures

NATIONAL SCIENCE STANDARDS    (Grades 5-8)

 Science as Inquiry- Content Standard A

Students will design and conduct a scientific investigation.

Students will use digital tools to collect data.

Students will explore cause and effect relationships by analyzing data.

 Life Science - Content Standard C

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

Students will investigate interactions between the nervous and immune systems.

Students will study the structure and function of the circulatory system.

Students will discuss an organisms behavioral response to external stimuli.

 

 
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