The Respiratory System Phenomena-Based Lesson: Drowning in Thin Air: How Hypoxia Causes the Lungs to Flood with Their Own Blood Presentation | Anatomy & Physiology | Grades 9–12
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This is the student-facing slide presentation that introduces the phenomenon, walks the class through observations and driving questions, and frames the evidence students will use for the Phenomena-Based Lesson in the high school Anatomy & Physiology (grades 9–12) chapter The Respiratory System, built around the phenomenon Drowning in Thin Air: How Hypoxia Causes the Lungs to Flood with Their Own Blood. It is sold separately from the other two parts of the set.
Complete the set: The Respiratory System Phenomena-Based Lesson: Drowning in Thin Air: How Hypoxia Causes the Lungs to Flood with Their Own Blood Teacher Discussion Guide; The Respiratory System Phenomena-Based Lesson: Drowning in Thin Air: How Hypoxia Causes the Lungs to Flood with Their Own Blood Student Response Sheet. Scaffolded version: The Respiratory System Scaffolded Phenomena-Based Lesson: Drowning in Thin Air: How Hypoxia Causes the Lungs to Flood with Their Own Blood Presentation.
Sections: NGSS Dimension; Specific Performance Expectation & Dimensional Alignment; Slides; Segment; Focus Activity & Instructional Goal; Anchoring Driving Question (student Sensemaking):; Talk Move Category; Teacher Facilitation Prompt & Sensemaking Strategy. Sample item: “• Tier 1 (Observation): What paradoxical physical response occurs in pulmonary blood vessels exposed to hypoxia compared to systemic blood vessels in muscle or brain?”
What's inside: Student Slide Show (editable .pptx + PDF, 23 slides); answer key / model answers for the teacher.
Standards: HS-LS1-2 — Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms. HS-LS1-3 — Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis.
Resource type: Phenomena-Based Lesson – Presentation. Format: editable Microsoft PowerPoint file plus a ready-to-print PDF.
Classroom use: Open with the phenomenon slide show, let students record ideas on the response sheet, and lead the discussion with the teacher guide. Built for high school Anatomy & Physiology, grades 9–12.
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