During the course of the next two months, students are going to be studying six major systems in the human body. To facilitate this process, students are going to work as paired partners to research the lungs, brain, spinal cord, heart, stomach, liver, intestines, major bones, kidneys, and muscles (voluntary and involuntary).
Student Tasks:
Research: Identify your “major part’s” role within your larger body system.
Find Out: What major system is your “major part” a part of? What job (role) are you responsible for? What is your relationship to other parts of the body system of which you are part in? What would happen to the body system if you were hurt? (What are diseases that affect your body system?) How can you keep this body system healthy? What is a relative size and weight of your body part?
Research: Identify your body system’s relationship to another body system.
Find Out: How does your body system help the other system do its job? How does the other system help your body system do your job?
Following their research, students will prepare a visual by tracing around the body of one group member. They will then use this template to identify and label their "major part" along with related / interrelated other parts and systems.
The six major systems we will study are: Respiratory, Circulatory, Nervous, Digestive, Muscular, and Skeletal. The students will be required to find out how the "major part" they are researching relates to one of these main systems.
Student Research Links (CLICK ONE): How the Body Works, Kid's Health, Yucky Discovery, Biology 4 Kids
Other Helpful Places: Digestive System, Nervous System, Muscular System, Skeletal System, Respiratory, Circulatory
AskJeeves- use this search engine for kids to get answers to your specific human body questions
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