1. Today’s Objectives:
Define homeostasis and its importance in our bodies.
Demonstrate homeostasis.
Essential Question: Explain how homeostasis manages our bodies and keeps us alive.

2. What Is homeostasis?? (inquiry questions)
With you groups, read through the question I have provided.
Discuss the questions and any possible answers.
As a group, you must come up with one detailed answer for the entire group.
Roles: Look at which table your sitting at, follow your role in the group.
1 = Question Leader
2 = Discussion Leader
3 = Response Leader
4 = Organization Leader
You will have 6 minutes to discuss and respond!

3. Why is it important for living things to maintain a relatively stable internal environment?
Group 1
Needed to maintain balance within organism
If one organ system is off from normal, it will affect all other organ systems in the body.
Deviations from “set point” can cause diseases

4. What are 3 ways ones internal environment may be unstable?
Group 2
Injuries
Temperature Changes
Illness due to viruses and bacteria

5. What is homeostasis? Group 3 Biological balance within living things
Maintaining of the physiological body.

6. How does insulin help regulate the body
How does insulin help regulate the body? What happens when it cannot be produced in body?
Group 4
When you eat, sugars levels in your blood rise.
Insulin is a hormone that brings the levels back down to the “set point”
If not produced, can lead to diabetes

7. What is high blood pressure, how is it caused?
Group 5
The blood pressure in body is working hard to move through system.
Caused by obesity, high sodium diet, heredity.

8. How does insulin help regulate the body
How does insulin help regulate the body? What happens when it cannot be produced in body?
Group 6
Insulin is a hormone that brings the levels back down to the “set point”
If not produced, can lead to diabetes