All About Me
Description
The anatomy and physiology of the human body, and nutrition and exercise, are the topics of this competition.
The Competition
A series of stations will be set up with questions relating to the digestive and circulatory systems, and exercise.
Other Information
Questions will include all six levels of Bloom’s taxonomy: knowledge, comprehension, comparison and contrast, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Questions higher on the taxonomy will count for more points. Points will be awarded based on the quality of the response as well as the accuracy of the answer for higher-order questions.Each team will be provided with access to a set of chapters from a
middle grades life science text on the topics of the digestive and
circulatory systems and exercise. This resource shall serve as a basis
for
the content of the competition.
Please note: only studying the information provided in the text will not be sufficient preparation for this event. Topics should be investigated further and in greater depth with other resources.
Scoring
The winning team will be determined by the greatest number of points
earned.