Triage Tango: Talk to the patients in the Caterpillar Clinic to see what their symptoms are and refer them to the specialist that can best address their symptoms. Match the ailments to the body system it seems most connected to and experience the fact that some problems are not easily identified as relating to one specific system.

Standards Covered in Quest line:

Disciplinary Core Ideas:

• LS1.A: Structure and Function

Practices:

• Developing and Using Models
• Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
• Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

Cross Cutting Concepts:

• Systems and System Models
• Structure and Function
• Stability and Change

HS-LS1-2. Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on functions at the organism system level such as nutrient uptake, water delivery, and organism movement in response to neural stimuli. An example of an interacting system could be an artery depending on the proper function of elastic tissue and smooth muscle to regulate and deliver the proper amount of blood within the circulatory system.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include interactions and functions at the molecular or chemical reaction level.]