Feedback Mechanisms of the Ovarian Cycle Tidbit: Follicular Development & Ovulation

1. Feedback Mechanisms of the Ovarian CycleTidbit: Follicular Development & Ovulation Physiology Group Adedayo Ariyibi, Lisa Brown, Kaitlin Maditz, Brandon Moore, Reyna VanGilder Facilitator: Kasi Jackson

2. Target Audience • 200 level physiology course comparative, animal, general, anatomy & physiology • A with a varying numbers of students

3. Background Knowledge Class preparation includes reading and an online quiz covering: • Positive and negative feedback mechanisms • Hormone regulation of the ovarian cycle

4. Learning Goals • Students will be able to characterize homeostasis in relationship to feedback mechanisms. • Students will understand how positive and negative feedback mechanisms function. • Students will understand how feedback mechanisms regulate the ovarian cycle.

5. Learning Outcomes Students will be able to: • Explain the differences and similarities between positive and negative feedback mechanisms. • Apply the feedback mechanism concept to the female ovarian cycle.

6. Tidbit 1 The thermostat in your dorm is set at 70 degrees. However, because it is so cold outside, the thermostat activates the furnace to keep the temperature of your dorm room at 70 degrees. Is this an example of: • Positive Feedback • Negative Feedback

7. Tidbit 1 Can you put these parts into a functioning feedback mechanism diagram?

8. Tidbit 1 The thermostat in your dorm is set at 70 degrees. However, because it is so cold outside, the thermostat activates the furnace to keep the temperature of your dorm room at 70 degrees. Is this an example of: • Positive Feedback • Negative Feedback

9. Teachable Tidbit Themes • Diversity- “Buy In” with explaining birth control • Active Learning clicker question, open ended discussion and collaborative activity • Assessment pre-class: readings and online quiz in class: clicker question