BBIO206
Animal and Plant Physiology 2: Excretion and Homeostasis
This module is the second of three modules tackling animal (mostly human) and plant (exclusively angiosperm) anatomy and the relationship with physiology, mode of life and habitat. This module will focus on understanding life mechanisms pertaining to digestion, autotrophic nutrition and excretion in plants, the human excretory system and homeostasis in humans. Apart from covering a fundamental, comprehensive and in-depth body of knowledge about the above-mentioned topics, this module will seek to make links with everyday-life biology as well as the context of the Maltese Islands wherever applicable.
The depth of knowledge, concepts, competencies and processes cover and assessed by this module, will be more than adequate so as to ensure that participants are not only ready to plan lessons covering content and processes about these topics with their prospective students at secondary and post-secondary level, but also to be able to answer impromptu higher-order questions about biological phenomena as they may arise in class.
Sub-topics to be tackled will include:
a. Nutritional requirements and health.
b. An introduction to evolutionary adaptations of digestion.
c. Major features and functions of the human digestive system.
d. Comparing digestive systems of herbivorous and carnivorous mammals.
e. Autotrophic nutrition in plants and the need for inorganic nutrients.
f. An introduction to evolutionary adaptations of excretory systems.
g. Major features and functions of the human excretory system.
h. Homeostasis, thermoregulation and regulation of metabolism in humans.
i. Excretory functions of plants.
By the end of this programme, participants should be able to:
This module adopts a blended approach to teaching and learning. Information related to the structure and delivery of the module may be accessed through the IfE Portal. For further details, kindly refer to the Teaching, Learning and Assessment Policy and Procedures found on the Institute for Education’s website.
This programme adopts continuous and summative methods of assessment including assignments, online tasks, reflective journals, projects and video presentations. For further details, kindly refer to the Teaching, Learning and Assessment Policy and Procedures.
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