31 Aug Homeostasis Case Study
Overall Task: Write a case study that could be used in a Grade 12 biology class to help biology
students learn to diagnose a disease related to homeostasis.
Asessment Details:
1. Choose a disorder or disease one from list below.
2. Write a synopsis or story of the patients life in a certain time period leading up to the doctors visit.
Note: this can highlight the events in the patients past and/or a brief look at a specific moment in the patients immediate past.
3. Provide mock lab tests (blood, urine, etc.) and state the results. Also, make reference to the normal range values. This should be researched and cited from reputable Internet sources.
4. Many case studies used to educate biology students provide questions to be answered by the student. Write a minimum of ten (10) questions that would be posed to a biology student to gain understanding of the disorder or disease. Be sure to base some of the questions on the details of the synopsis or story.
5. Provide detailed answers to these questions in sentence form (e.g. an answer key for the case study questions).
6. Explain the diagnosis and treatment that a medical practitioner might make.
7. Explain the underlying causes of the disorder or disease.
8. Provide the final list of references that you used. Proper APA format must be used.
LIST OF DISEASE OR DISORDER
- heat stroke or hypothermia
- brain injury
- gestational diabetes
- diabetes mellitus (type 1 or type 2)
- growth hormone deficiency
- Graves disease (hyperthyroidism) or hypothyroidism
- pituitary disruption (example: pituitary tumor)
- nerve damage
- diabetes insipidus
