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Human Anatomy & Physiology (Human Body Systems)

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Ohio WebXam: Human Anatomy and Physiology · 072040 (likely, pending confirmation)PLTW: Human Body Systems (HBS)
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What the WebXam tests (072040)

Your end-of-course Ohio test, Human Anatomy and Physiology, is a 40-question exam. This assessment matches this course by title and blueprint, but district confirmation is still outstanding, so treat it as likely rather than settled. Here is the published item-bank weighting for the domains on that test.

Human Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology
27.55%
Medical Terminology
15.31%
Evaluate Body Systems
23.47%
Microbiology Testing and Technology
13.27%
Molecular and Genetic Technology
8.16%
Laboratory Standard Operational Procedures
4.08%
Culturing
8.16%

Weights are WebXam's live item-bank blueprint. Where the older hosted PDF disagrees, the live blueprint is what WebXam scores against: the outcome reports WebXam returns to this school print the live percentages. The passing score is set by the state per test form and is not published here.

How our semester maps to PLTW

PLTW publishes Human Body Systems as a full-year course, 160 instructional days. We run it in one semester of 80-minute blocks, so each class day covers about two PLTW days, and the day pages name the exact PLTW activity, project, or problem each block anchors to rather than claiming the full activity was completed. A few PLTW items are folded into neighbors or left to catch-up days: Looking Inside Bone and the Skeletal Scavenger Hunt (Lesson 1.1), Makeup of a Muscle (Lesson 1.2), the optional Neuropharmacology lab and the Neurology Challenge (Lesson 2.1), A-Mazing Worms and the rest of Lesson 2.2 after The Endocrine System, Cleared to Climb (Lesson 3.1), The Expedition (Lesson 3.3), and most of Unit 4, which runs as a three-day survey. Ask Mr. Mendoza if you want to take one of these on as enrichment.

Where work goes

Which folder does each piece go to?

57 class days, folders and at-home chips

The story

What will this actually feel like?

14 weeks, a student's voice

Official PLTW Human Body Systems Course Outline

Human Body Systems, the official PLTW scope and sequence (current 2025 redesign).

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Week-by-week overview

Conference reflection & progress Friday reflection Days off & why

Semester 2 (Spring)

Single-semester Human Anatomy & Physiology (Human Body Systems): the full in-class curriculum, then the WebXam window. Some later units also carry an optional extra-credit track; see the reserve page for which ones.

1
Orientation: daily icebreakers, the daily lesson pages and website, what notes should look like (Cornell + the 6 Rs), the lab notebook, lab safety, the PLTW web portal, and a Friday WebXam pretest.This week
Jan 19–22
2
Orientation: daily icebreakers, the daily lesson pages and website, what notes should look like (Cornell + the 6 Rs), the lab notebook, lab safety, the PLTW web portal, and a Friday WebXam pretest.This week
Jan 25–29
3
Course Launch into Unit 1.1 Beginning With Bones: the body-donation debate, anatomy vs physiology, the lab notebook practical, directional terms, then imaging bioethics and body planes and cavities.
Feb 1–5
4
Unit 1.1 Beginning With Bones: tissue types, the body-organization model, your patient anatomy map, then the bone-donation debate opens Project 1.1.6.
Feb 9–11
5
Unit 1.1 Project Break a Leg: fracture analysis, bone structure and repair technologies, then Muscles and Motion opens with the performance-enhancement debate.
Feb 17–19
6
Unit 1.2 Muscles and Motion: muscle contraction, the Maniken muscle build, movement and biomechanics, then the wearable-data debate.
Feb 23–25
7
Unit 1.2 to 1.3: the Joints in Motion sensor lab, kinesiology data analysis, the Restoring ROM write-up, then Relief Within Reach and the rehabilitation-plan problem.
Mar 1–5
8
Unit 2.1 Getting Nervous: neurons and the synapse, brain anatomy, the sheep brain dissection or virtual alternative, CNS and PNS.
Mar 8–12
9
Unit 2.1 Reflexes: reflex and reaction time with the sensors, drug impacts on neuron signaling.
Mar 16–18
10
Unit 2.2 Everything Endocrine: endocrine glands, hormones, feedback loops, the blood sugar and insulin model, the glucose CER, then Challenge Accepted opens with experimental design.
Mar 22–24
12
Unit 2.2 Everything Endocrine: endocrine glands, hormones, feedback loops, the blood sugar and insulin model, the glucose CER, then Challenge Accepted opens with experimental design.
Apr 5–9
13
Unit 2.3 Challenge Accepted opens: model organisms, C. elegans, experimental design, and the research-ethics debate.
Apr 12–16
14
Unit 3.1 Cardiopulmonary Connection: the transplant-allocation debate, blood flow and vessels, the heart model and EKG, cardiovascular calculations, then the ventilator debate opens the pulmonary side.
Apr 19–23
15
Unit 3.1 Gas Exchange: lung volumes and spirometry, respiratory data analysis, then Body Guards opens with innate and adaptive immunity.
Apr 27–29
16
Unit 3.2 Body Guards: immune system modeling, the vaccine data CER, then pathogen transmission and the plaque assay with the eye dissection.
May 3–7
17
Unit 3.2 Body Guards closes into the Unit 4 Patient Perspectives survey: the antiviral CER, renal and digestive labs, PKD genetics, and the patient exhibit.
May 10–14
WebXam
WebXam testing block
May 17–21
WebXam
WebXam testing block
May 24–28

Tip: click any week to open its overview, daily lesson links, vocabulary, resources, WebXam practice, and PLTW direction. Semester 2 repeats the same learning arc on new dates.

Daily plan: every class day

One page per instructional day, on the real calendar. Open today's date for the target, agenda, PLTW work, what is due, guided notes, and what to do if you were absent.

★ Want extra credit? This track opens partway through the term.★ Power & Balance: optional extra-credit project (solo or group)The four body systems we run out of class time to build, on your schedule, for extra credit.Opens after the cardiovascular unit, due by the WebXam review. about 3 to 4 hours total, and you have several weeks to do it at your own pace.
Open any daily lessonDaily calendar
Spring (Semester 2)
Wk 1
Tue 01/19 · Welcome, expectations, and how this class worksWed 01/20 · How to use the class websiteThu 01/21 · Catch-up day & Research TrackFri 01/22 · Cornell notes and the 6 Rs
Wk 2
Mon 01/25 · Lab safety, myPLTW, and how to submitTue 01/26 · WebXam pretest and goal settingWed 01/27 · Catch-up day & Research TrackThu 01/28 · Bioethics: who owns a body?Fri 01/29 · Anatomy vs physiology, homeostasis
Wk 3
Mon 02/01 · Lab notebook and safety practicalTue 02/02 · Catch-up day & Research TrackWed 02/03 · Anatomical directional termsThu 02/04 · Bioethics: imaging and privacyFri 02/05 · Body planes and cavities
Wk 4
Mon 02/08 · Catch-up day & Research TrackTue 02/09 · Five tissue slides: record and sort each oneWed 02/10 · Describe a location. Keep the claim within the evidence.Thu 02/11 · Bioethics: bone donation and 3D parts
Wk 5
Tue 02/16 · Catch-up day & Research TrackWed 02/17 · Fracture analysis labThu 02/18 · Bone repair and repair techFri 02/19 · Bioethics: performance enhancement
Wk 6
Mon 02/22 · Catch-up day & Research TrackTue 02/23 · Maniken muscle buildWed 02/24 · Muscle action analysisThu 02/25 · Bioethics: wearable data privacyFri 02/26 · Catch-up day & Research Track
Wk 7
Mon 03/01 · Sensor and range-of-motion labTue 03/02 · Kinesiology data analysisWed 03/03 · Bioethics: access to rehabThu 03/04 · Catch-up day & Research TrackFri 03/05 · Rehabilitation plan project
Wk 8
Mon 03/08 · Neuron parts and the synapseTue 03/09 · Bioethics: brain data and consentWed 03/10 · Catch-up day & Research TrackThu 03/11 · Brain dissection or virtualFri 03/12 · CNS, PNS, and brain regions
Wk 9
Mon 03/15 · Catch-up day & Research TrackTue 03/16 · Bioethics: drugs and drivingWed 03/17 · Reaction-time labThu 03/18 · Drug effects on signalingFri 03/19 · Catch-up day & Research Track
Wk 10
Mon 03/22 · Hormone therapy bioethics debateTue 03/23 · Endocrine glands and signalingWed 03/24 · Negative feedback model buildThu 03/25 · Catch-up day & Research Track
Wk 12
Mon 04/05 · Glucose data CER analysisTue 04/06 · Animal research ethics debateWed 04/07 · Variables and controlsThu 04/08 · Catch-up day & Research TrackFri 04/09 · Research design and poster plan
Wk 13
Mon 04/12 · Literature and design analysisTue 04/13 · Heavy-metal exposure debateWed 04/14 · Catch-up day & Research TrackThu 04/15 · Run the investigationFri 04/16 · Data analysis and limitations
Wk 14
Mon 04/19 · Heart transplant allocation debateTue 04/20 · Catch-up day & Research TrackWed 04/21 · Heart model and EKGThu 04/22 · Cardiac data CER analysisFri 04/23 · Ventilator allocation ethics debate
Wk 15
Mon 04/26 · Catch-up day & Research TrackTue 04/27 · Lung volumes: calculate the model totalsWed 04/28 · Lung volumes: explain the model comparisonThu 04/29 · Innate and adaptive immunityFri 04/30 · Catch-up day & Research Track
Wk 16
Mon 05/03 · Immune system modelingTue 05/04 · Vaccine data CER analysisWed 05/05 · Pathogen transmissionThu 05/06 · Catch-up day & Research TrackFri 05/07 · Plaque assay and eye dissection
Wk 17
Mon 05/10 · Antiviral data CER analysisTue 05/11 · Nephron and filtrationWed 05/12 · Catch-up day & Research TrackThu 05/13 · Renal and digestive labsFri 05/14 · Patient exhibit synthesis

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What you'll learn

Describe how negative feedback maintains homeostasis
Trace an interaction between two body systems
Use correct anatomical terminology and directional terms

Open the daily plan above. Every class day lists what you will learn, the lab, the new words, and WebXam practice.

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