A workbook prepared for use in second semester life science on the tenth grade level

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by  Hanson, Katherine Hope

A WORKBOOK PREPARED FOR USE IN SECOND SEMESTER
LIFE SCIENCE ON THE TENTH GRADE LEVEL
A Project
Presented to
the Faculty of the School of Education
The University of Southern California
In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Master of Science in Education
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Katherine Hope Hanson
August 1950
UMI Number: EP46344
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This project report, written under the direction
of the candidate’s adviser and approved by him,
has been presented to and accepted by the Faculty
of the School of Education in partial fulfillment of
the requirements for the degree of Master of
Science in Education.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section A
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE PROBLEM .................................. 1
Statement of the problem • • . ........... 1
Setting of the problem . ................. 1
Organization of the project • . . ......... bi­
section B
YOU AND YOUR LIFE
1. HOW MAN BECOMES AWARE OF HIS ENVIRONMENT . • . 8
Part 1 Structure and Function of the Nervous
S y s t e m .................................. 8
Preview .................................... 8
References ................................ 9
Problem 1 What are tropisms............. 9
Problem 2 What are reflexes • ........ 11
Problem 3 What are instincts.......... . 11
Problem b What are h a b i t s ............... 12
Problem 5 What is the unit of structure of
the nervous s y s t e m ..................... 12
Problem 6 What are the parts of the
central nervous system ................. lb
Problem 7 What are the parts of the
sympathetic nervous system ............. 16
Part 2 Structure and Function of the Sense
Organs 16
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CHAPTER PAGE
Preview...................• • ... 16
References.......... 17
Problem 1 How we see • • • • • • . • • • • 18
Problem 2 How we h e a r ................... 20
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Problem 3 How closely related are the
senses of taste and smell • • • • • • • • 22
Problem b What is the sense of toiich . ♦ . 2b
Part 3 Manfs Mind . • • . 25
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Preview . . . . . . ............. 25
References................................ 26
Problem 1 What is intelligence • • • • • • 26
Problem 2 What is mental h e a l t h ........ 28
Problem 3 What is mental illness * . . . • 30
Part b Work of the Endocrine System • • • . 30
Preview . . . . ............ . . ............ 30
References • .............................. 31
Problem 1 What is an endocrine gland . . . 32
Problem 2 What are the functions of
endocrine glands . . . . . . 32
II. CONSERVATION OF HUMAN L I F E ......... 35
Part 1 Disease and Its Cause . . . . . . . . 35
Preview.........*........................ 35
References...................... 38
V
CHAPTER PAGE
Problem 1 What is disease •• • • • • • • 36
Problem 2 What are the characteristics of
microbes * • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 37
Problem 3 What are the characteristics of
other pathogenic organisms • • ......... *+3
Part 2 Prevention and Control of Disease • • b5
Preview ................... *+5
References ....................... *+6
Problem 1 How does your body defend itself
against invasion ........ • • • • • • • • b6
Problem 2 What are the characteristics of
certain infectious diseases............. *+8
III. CONTINUATION OF LIFE............................ 58
Part 1 Spontaneous Generation............... 53
Preview.............. . 53
References ................ 58
Problem 1 Can life start from dead organic
substances • ................. . . . . . . 58
Part 2 Asexual Reproduction . . . • • • • • • 61
Problem 1 What is reproduction by fission . 61
Problem 2 What is reproduction by budding . 6l
Problem 3 What is reproduction by spores . 62
Problem b What is vegetative reproduction . 62
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CHAPTER PAGE
Part 3 Methods of Sexual Reproduction
in Plants.................................. 63
Preview . • ............................... 63
References.............. • • • 6h
Problem 1 Whatsis conjugation . ......... 6^
Problem 2 What are sex cells............. 65
Part Reproduction in Higher Animals • • . 67
Preview • • . . .......... . . ............ 67
References . . . . . . . ................. 68
Problem 1 Where to look for information . 68
Problem 2 How does a boy become a man . . 72
Problem 3 How does a girl become a woman • 73
Problem b What are the characteristics of
human development....................... 75
Problem 5 Why are people like their
ancestors................................ 77
BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . .......................... 80
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE PAGE
1. Total Reading Grade Placements for the 19*+75
19*+8, and 19*+9 Freshman Classes • • • • • 3
II. Learning Capacity of the Freshman Class of
- 19^9...................................... 5
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE PAGE
1. A Typical Neuron............. 13
2. The Human B r a i n ............... 15
3. The Human E y e ...................-........... . 19
k-. The Human E a r ..................... 21
CHAPTER I
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
A large amount of published material has been made
available for use in Life Science on the tenth grade level.
There are numerous Workbooks1, or laboratory guides, and
certainly as many texts, which deal adequately with the
subject-matter. Even in view of this mass of published
material, there remained a need for a student 1workbook1 of
a still different type for Life Science. The need was for
a 'workbook1 devoted to problems of daily living; one
that would make the student acquainted with himself, his
physical, mental, and emotional urges and needs. At the
same time this 'workbook' must appeal both to students who
are college preparatory, and to a majority of students who
may never have any other exposure to a science course,
some of them barely finishing high school. Thus the ’work­
book* has of necessity omitted much of the basic material
on lower forms of life, and has mentioned their place in
the total picture only briefly.
SETTING OF THE PROBLEM
The geographic area in which this 'workbook* will
be used has numeTous diversities. The total population of
the school district is sixty-five thousand, with a high