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Lesson Plan: Hormones and Disease Science • Third Year of Preparatory School
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to describe examples of diseases caused by the malfunction of endocrine glands and outline how these diseases can be treated.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- state that some diseases are caused by a malfunction of endocrine glands,
- state that, in diabetes, the pancreas stops secreting insulin,
- outline that a lack of iodine in diet can decrease thyroxine levels and cause a simple goitre and that excessive thyroxine secretion can produce an exophthalmic goitre, anxiety, and weight loss,
- state that the lack of GH causes dwarfism and its excess causes gigantism,
- state that children with dwarfism are treated with injections of growth hormone and outline the source of growth hormone,
- state the role of genetic engineering in producing a sufficient amount of microbe-free human growth hormone for treating dwarfism.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- the principles of hormone action and the components of the endocrine system,
- the hormones secreted from the pituitary, thyroid, and pancreas and their functions in the body (previous lessons: Hormones in Action and Hormones and the Body).
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- the terms hyper- or hypothyroidism and acromegaly and the different types of diabetes,
- how GM bacteria that make GH are created.
