Clairemont High – Human Body Systems 1, 2 Honors*

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

Human Body Systems is one course in a sequence of courses comprising the PLTW Biomedical Sciences Program. It also serves as an intermediate-level career-path course in the Health Sciences and Medical Technology industry sector. This course continues instruction begun in the introductory Principles of Biomedical Sciences course, while narrowing its area of focus to human body systems, and how they interact to maintain homeostasis (internal balance) and good health. Students learn about the processes, structures, and connections of the human body systems through hands-on investigation: they design experiments to explore modes of communication within the human body; investigate how the human body systems obtain, distribute and process energy; and get a close-up look at how locomotion (movement) is achieved. It also prepares students for the third year of the program, where the focus will be medical intervention.