Easy, Cheap, & Fun: Role-play on Endocrine Regulation & Negative Feedback

Margaret L. Hudson

doi:10.1525/abt.2012.74.9.8

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Margaret L. Hudson^*

^*Margaret L. Hudson is Associate Professor of Biology at Seattle University, 901 12th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122-1090. E-mail: mhudson@seattleu.edu.

Abstract

This simple role-play exercise involves the whole class in learning about the function of hormones in promoting homeostasis and the value of negative feedback, using the example of regulation of calcium ions by parathyroid hormone.

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Margaret L. Hudson "Easy, Cheap, & Fun: Role-play on Endocrine Regulation & Negative Feedback," The American Biology Teacher 74(9), 644-646, (1 November 2012). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2012.74.9.8

Published: 1 November 2012