Body Systems and Homeostasis
Virginia SOL AP.2
Investigate how body systems work together to maintain homeostasis through feedback mechanisms and system interactions.
What students need to be able to do
- Develop and use models to explain how feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis.
- Plan and conduct investigations related to feedback mechanisms and homeostasis.
- Develop and use models to explain how various body systems help maintain homeostasis.
- Make, support, and evaluate a claim about how the structure and function of various body systems help maintain homeostasis.
- Explain a disorder, disease, injury, lifestyle, or component of aging that affects homeostasis.