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Biomedical Science Pathway

The Biomedical Sciences Pathway is supported by Project Lead the Way and is recognized by the UC's and CSU's as meeting the "D" Science requirement. Pathway students will be exposed to career exploration in the field of Biomedical Sciences, engage in project-based curriculum and integrate core curriculum into their career classes. The Pathway class experience exposes students to "real-world" experiences including guest speakers, field trips, and internships. The Pathway teachers collaborate to support the academic success of Pathway students. The Pathway Team also collaborates to help ensure that the students are successful. 

Courses

Principles of Biomedical Sciences: (9th grade).This is the first course in the Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Biomedical Sciences Pathway. In this class, students investigate the human body systems and various health conditions including heart disease, diabetes, sickle-cell disease, hypercholesterolemia and infectious diseases. This course is designed to provide an overview of all the courses in the Biomedical Sciences program and lay the scientific foundation for subsequent courses. 

Human Body Systems: (10th grade), students examine the interactions of body systems as they explore identity, communication, power, movement, protection, and homeostasis. Students design experiments, investigate the structures and functions of the human body, and use data acquisition software to monitor body functions such as muscle movement, reflex and voluntary action, and respiration.

Medical Interventions: (11th grade) is the third course in the Project Lead The Way Biomedical Science Pathway. Students investigate the variety of interventions involved in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease as they follow the lives of a fictitious family. The course is a “How-To” manual for maintaining overall health and homeostasis in the body as students explore: how to prevent the fight infection; how to screen and evaluate the code in human DNA; how to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer; and how to prevail when the organs of the body begin to fail. Through these scenarios, students are exposed to the wide range of interventions related to immunology, surgery, genetics, pharmacology, medical devices, and diagnostics. Lifestyle choices and preventive measures are emphasized throughout the course as well as the important roles scientific thinking and engineering design play in the development of interventions of the future.

Capstone Course Biomedical innovations: (12th grade)In the final course of the PLTW Biomedical Science Sequence, students build on the knowledge and skills gained from previous courses to design innovative solution for the pressing health challenges of the 21st century. Students address topics ranging from public health and biomedical engineering to clinical medicine and physiology. Student will design a research project to present. 

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Contact

Karen Kelly 
Teacher, Room 204
Phone: (510) 723-3190 x 63824
Email: KKelly@husd.us

Susan Reneberg
Teacher
Human Body Systems, Room C2
Phone: (510) 723-3190 x 63214
Email: sreneberg@husd.us

Norma Diaz
Pathway Teacher on Special Assignment 
Email: ndiaz@husd.us

Esmeralda Marquez
CTE College & Career Tech
Email: em106@husd.k12.ca.us

Abraham O. Mendoza
Work -Based Learning Specialist
Email: amendoza@edenrop.org