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What is homeostasis?

Objectives

Students will:

  1. Identify the processes involved in maintaining homeostasis.
  2. Investigate how homeostasis allows an organism to maintain a relatively stable internal body temperature when external temperatures change.

Skills Needed

Students must be able to:

  1. Describe the process of osmosis.
  2. Make simple scientific observations.
  3. Identify and describe the processes involved in cellular respiration.

Materials Needed

Students will need:

  1. stopwatch or timer
  2. jacket or sweatshirt
  3. thermometer (used for taking your temperature)