Only The Strong Will Survive!

7th Grade Science Unit

Developed by:  MOKABESH (Jennifer Monk, Rikki Karraker, Laura Bennett, and Kristen Shreffler)

                                             
             		                  Muscular  Endocrine Digestive Lymphatic Nervous Reproductive Excretory Skeletal Circulatory Integumentary
Respiratory

                                                                            
LEARNING CHALLENGE
~ The Human Body Corporation is a fine-tuned machine made up of eleven divisions that has specialties within its respective departments.  Unfortunately, due to recent economic factors the Human Body Corporation has been forced to make cutbacks.  All departments are eligible to be laid off.  Your job, as respected physiologists, is to evaluate the role and effectiveness of each Body System department and determine the one department which the Human Body Corporation cannot live without.  Before you complete the analysis, you must consult with a physician or other expert in the field of anatomy and physiology.  Once your expert group has come to a consensus, you must write a formal analysis acting as an advocate of that system and turn it into the Corporate CEO, Ms. Shreffler.

PROBLEM STATEMENT
~ Due to the hardships our economy is facing, the Human Body Corporation is forced to make cutbacks on employees.  It is up to you, as physiologists, to decide which "employee" should be saved from termination based on its overall role to company survival.
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