Performance 3.

Homeostasis: It’s All a Matter of Balance

I.Objectives:

1. Describe how the nervous system maintain homeostasis

2. Recognize how positive and negative feedback influence homeostasis in the human
body
3. Demonstrate an example of homeostasis in the human body.

II.Procedure ( Note: A good example of the body maintaining homeostasis happens when we
exercise.)

1. Do the following activities

a. Take your pulse for 15 seconds. Multiply this number by 4 to get their resting pulse
rate at 1 minute.

b. Next, do jumping jacks for 1 minute.

c. Immediately after the exercise, again take your pulse for 15 seconds and multiply it by
4 to get their pulse rate at 1 minute.

III. Guide questions

1. What is your resting pulse? 72

What is your pulse after the exercise? 120

2. Describe/compare the obtained pulse before and after the exercise.

The pulse before the exercise is low, and the pulse after exercise increase.

3. What might happen to a person who’s nervous systems and endocrine system fail to
maintain homeostasis?

The cells will not get everything they need and some toxic waste will build up in the
body.
4. Suppose a boy skipped his lunch for the day. How will the hormones (glucagon) from his
pancreas help his body to cope when his blood sugar level drops below normal?

The pancreas will produce insulin to fix the imbalance of blood sugar level and it will
return to normal.

5. How do the nervous and endocrine systems respond to an increase in environmental

temperature to achieve homeostasis?
Nervous system and endocrine system are the communication network that allow us
to respond to change the environmental countless times everyday.

6. What other processes happen in your body that helps maintain homeostasis in your body?

The body maintains homeostasis by eliminating these substances through the urinary and
digestive systems.

REFLECTION:

I understand that

I understand that the nervous system controls the thoughts and movements of
the body while the endocrine system therly are the disconnected organs that
helps to control growth, development and response to our body temperature.