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Regulation and Communication

Virginia SOL AP.5

Investigate how body systems work together to regulate functions and communicate by receiving, processing, and responding to internal and external stimuli.

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What students need to be able to do

  • Identify the major components of the nervous and endocrine systems related to regulation and communication.
  • Develop and use models to illustrate how the structure and function of body systems support regulation and communication.
  • Make, support, and evaluate a claim about how the structure of cells and tissues in body systems affect regulation and communication.
  • Make, support, and evaluate a claim about how regulation and communication require body systems to work independently and together.
  • Plan and conduct investigations related to regulation and communication in body systems.
  • Explain a disorder, disease, injury, lifestyle, or component of aging that affects regulation and communication.