Overview
In this lesson, students assume the role of diagnosticians and complete urinalysis to determine if a patient has diabetes.
Standards
Next Generation Science Standards
- Life Science
- [HS-LS2] Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
- NGSS Crosscutting Concept
- Patterns
- Causation
- Systems
- Stability and Change
- NGSS Practice
- Analyzing Data
- Asking Questions, Defining Problems
- Using Models
Computational Thinking in STEM
- Data Practices
- Analyzing Data
- Modeling and Simulation Practices
- Using Computational Models to Understand a Concept
- Systems Thinking Practices
- Investigating a Complex System as a Whole
- Understanding the Relationships within a System
Credits
Unit designed by Eleanor Kemp a teacher at Lindblom.
Acknowledgement
This lesson was adapted from the Health and Science Pipeline Initiative: Medical Biology Lab 4, Homeostasis and Feedback.
Activities
- 1. Test
Student Directions and Resources
In this lesson, you will assume the role of diagnosticians and complete urinalysis to determine if a patient has diabetes. You can download the procedure here.
This lesson was adapted from the Health and Science Pipeline Initiative: Medical Biology Lab 4, Homeostasis and Feedback.
