Homeostasis II begins here

Making connections to biology principles:

Consider how text-and-task analyses and working through the investigation support how you’d like to build connections across the two phenomenon explored in this module: salt/water balance and sugar balance in the body, and the principle of homeostasis in the body. This could mean, for example, highlighting opportunities to engage in metacognitive conversations about what these phenomena tell us about biological systems. The graphic on the first page of the investigation, or other systems that are kept in homeostasis could be explored or discussed. The specific cases in this module simply foreground a fundamental aspect of biological systems – both on the micro and macro level.

Preparation for model building and revision

It may be especially important to do these tasks with an eye towards building and revising an explanatory model of how the body maintains blood glucose levels (see page 27).