As part of the Type 2 Diabetes Lesson Collection, GSEO is creating lessons that explore:
- How sugar is detected in the body
- How our sense of taste can adapt to change (sensory desensitization)
- Cell communication pathways
- What happens if our detection systems are disrupted
- The history of sugar consumption in the United States
We are currently piloting two lessons
The Sugar Sensation
and
Gymnema tea: Disrupting Taste
Both lessons and their accompanying slide sets can be found here.
Interested in field testing? Please let us know.
Both lessons are phenomenon-driven and fully incorporate the 3 dimensions outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS, Lead States, 2013).
NGSS
HS-LS1-2: Performance Expectation
Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms.
Science and Engineering Practices:
Developing and Using Models, Constructing Explanations, Planning and Carrying Out Investigations, Engaging in Argumentation from Evidence
Crosscutting Concepts:
Systems and System Models, Patterns, Cause and effect: Mechanism and Explanation, Influence of Science, Engineering, and Technology on Society.
Connecting to National Family and Consumer Sciences Education Standards
9.3.6 Evaluate nutrition principles, food plans, preparation techniques, and specialized dietary plans.
9.5.6 Demonstrate use of current technology in food product developing and marketing
Connecting to AP Biology
4.1 Cell Communication
4.2 Introduction to Signal Transduction
4.3 Signal Transduction
4.4 Changes in Signal Transduction Pathways
4.5 Feedback