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    Biology

    Lesson Plan Feedback Mechanisms

    Summary:
    Organisms use positive and negative feedback mechanisms to coordinate activities within the
    body. Negative feedback helps regulate normal body functions like blood glucose, water and
    electrolyte levels and temperature regulation in the body. These feedback mechanisms primarily
    function through receptors that detect the concentration of the agent (glucose, water,
    temperature) in the body and send feedback to the brain. Positive feedback occurs in processes
    such as contractions during labor, lactation and blood clotting. The endocrine system functions
    by secreting hormones that help maintain homeostasis and coordinate processes in the body.

    Subject:
     Science:

    8.6 A) Describe interactions among systems in the human organism.

    8.6 B) Identify feedback mechanisms that maintain a system’s equilibrium.

    Grade Level:
     Target Grade: 8
     Upper Bound: 12
     Lower Bound: 8

    Time Required: One to two class periods

    Learning Objectives:
     Negative Feedback plays a key role in maintaining body homeostasis.
     Endocrine system secretes and releases hormones that reach the target organs in the body
    and regulate and maintain normal ion, glucose concentration.
     Receptors are present on the target organs and they send negative feedback signals to the
    hypothalamus in the brain. This stimulates endocrine glands to release hormones to
    maintain normal concentrations levels in the body.
     Positive feedback helps regulate certain processes in the body such as contractions during
    labor, lactation and blood clotting.

    Lesson Introduction / Motivation:


    This lesson is designed to introduce students to feedback mechanisms in biological systems.
    Positive and negative feedback mechanisms are discussed for several human organs
    systems/processes.

    Lesson Plan:
    A feedback mechanism is a cycle in which part of the output is returned to the input to regulate
    further output release. The endocrine system releases chemical messengers called hormones and

    © Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health at 1


    College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University
    Funding support from the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health
    Biology: Feedback Mechanisms

    this lesson discusses eight glands that are involved in hormone secretion and release. The
    hypothalamus receives signals from the receptors located on the target organs and stimulates the
    pituitary gland (primary endocrine gland) to release eight hormones. The hormones released by
    the pituitary gland maintain important body functions like glucose and insulin regulation,
    temperature regulation and water regulation in kidneys. Negative feedback mechanisms are
    important for maintaining homeostasis. Positive feedback mechanisms help regulate special
    processes such as contractions during labor, lactation and blood clotting. In positive feedback
    loops, the output of a system acts to enhance the changes to the input of the system.

    Prerequisites for this Lesson: (Optional)


     Endocrine system overview including the hormones of the pituitary gland,
    insulin/glucagon and anti-diuretic hormone.

    Multimedia Support and Attachments: (Optional)


     Feedback Mechanism Power point.

    Keywords:

    Feedback mechanisms, positive feedback, negative feedback, the endocrine system

    Authors:
    Graduate Fellow Name: Sunny K. Scobell
    Teacher Mentor Name: ___
    Undergraduate Fellow Name: Mayura Shinde
    Date Submitted: ___
    Date Last Edited: ___

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