Rough draft.This research track is under review with Dr. Atit's lab. Content and sequence may still change.
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Curriculum and WebXam connections

Why a cleft affects hearing

How this session lines up with the PLTW curriculum and the WebXam for each class it touches, including the vocabulary, concepts, and skills you share.

The classes below may be taught in different terms. This research track runs all year with HOSA, so a connection means the ideas line up, not that the class meets this week.

HBSHuman Body Systems Spring
PLTW alignment

HBS studies body systems and how structure affects function, including the ear.

WebXam

072040 Human Anatomy and Physiology

Domain: Human Body Form, Function, and Pathophysiology

How it connects

HBS's body-systems work explains why a palate change affects the middle ear.

Shared concepts
Ear and Eustachian tube anatomyConductive hearing loss
Shared skills
Trace structure to symptom
GenDGenetics of Disease Fall and Spring
PLTW alignment

GenD (Medical Interventions) includes a hearing-loss lesson on interventions like cochlear implants.

WebXam

072130 Genetics of Disease

Domain: Biotechnology Research and Experiments

How it connects

MI's hearing-loss lesson is the interventions side of the hearing story this session opens.

Shared concepts
Hearing lossMedical intervention
Shared skills
Connect a cause to an intervention