C3.2 Defense Against Disease
Guiding Questions:
Guiding questions help students view the content of the syllabus through the conceptual lenses of both the themes and the levels of biological organization.
Linking Questions:
Linking questions strengthen students’ understanding by making connections between topics. The ideal outcome of the linking questions is networked knowledge.
Resources:
Guiding questions help students view the content of the syllabus through the conceptual lenses of both the themes and the levels of biological organization.
- How do body systems recognize pathogens and fight infections?
- What factors influence the incidence of disease in populations?
Linking Questions:
Linking questions strengthen students’ understanding by making connections between topics. The ideal outcome of the linking questions is networked knowledge.
- How do animals protect themselves from threats?
- How can false-positive and false-negative results be avoided in diagnostic tests?
Resources:
- At SHS, Topic C3.2 is taught in the Natural Selection, Pathogens and Innate Immunity and Adaptive Immunity units.
- Quizlet study set for this topic. Coming soon!
- View the general sequence of the SHS course
- View the SHS units mapped to the IB Biology curriculum roadmap