http://www.teachengineering.org/view_lesson.php?url=collection/cub_/lessons/cub_human/cub_human_lesson07.xmllessontext/xmlIntegrated Teaching and Learning Program, endocrinebodyhormonereceptororganastronautspacecommunicationbloodstreamendocrine glandEndocrine GlandReceptorHormonePituitary GlandThyroidThymusAdrenal GlandOvaryTestisPancreatic isletsPineal gland

Students learn how the endocrine system works and compare it to the mail delivery system. Students discuss the importance of communication in human body systems and relate that to engineering and astronauts.

The endocrine system helps us learn the importance of communication in the body. Good communication skills are also an important part of engineering. Astronauts have to communicate well with each other both on Earth and in outer space. Engineers also design the technologies that make communication in space and on Earth possible, including cell phones, digital video equipment and satellites. List several parts of the endocrine system.Compare the endocrine system to a mail delivery system.Explain why communication is important for engineers and astronauts. 20TeachEngineering.orgAbigail WatrousMalinda Schaefer ZarskeJanet YowellFox, Stuart Ira. Human Physiology. Seventh Edition. New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 2002.http://www.space.edu/aerospace/home.phphttp://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/endocrine_prt.htmhttp://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/body_basics/endocrine.htmlhttp://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/science/hls/sc-hls-endo.htmhttp://www.4girls.gov/body/body_tool2.htmhttp://www.greenfacts.org/en/endocrine-disruptors/l-2/endocrine-disruptors-1.htmhttp://www.epa.gov/endo/pubs/edspoverview/primer.htmhttp://training.seer.cancer.gov/module_anatomy/unit6_1_endo_intro.htmlhttp://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ghr/picture/ghS11416E7International_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyF. A subsystem is a system that operates as a part of another system. 35S11417F6International_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyE. Technological advances have made it possible to create new devices, to repair or replace certain parts of the body, and to provide a means for mobility. 35S1142559ColoradoScienceb. Analyze and interpret data to generate evidence that human systems are interdependent 55S114255AColoradoSciencec. Assess further scientific explanations regarding basic human body system functions 55United StatesCopyright 2012 - Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulderhttp://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2011-03-305Teacher