Introduce the skeleton. Discuss what the function of the skeleton is for the human body. Trace each student’s body onto butcher paper. to make a Human Body map. Make a KWL chart of the skeleton.
Introduce the spine. Have students bend over and feel their spine. Practice bending from side to side. Add small squares of white paper to the middle of the Human Body map for the spine, including a label.
Introduce the arm and leg bones. Have students move their bodies around to feel their bones moving. Add leg and arm bones to the Human Body map, including labels.
Introduce the fingers and the toes. Discuss what the knuckles do and the joints in the finger. Add Q-Tips to the fingers and toes of the Human Body map, including labels. VIDEO: Skeleton Kid’s Health
Complete the “All About the Skeletal System” booklet by adding facts and pictures about the skeletal system. Summarizing activity for the Skeletal System.
Digestive System
Introduce the digestive system. Discuss what happens to food when it enters our body and what we use it for. Begin discussing what occurs in the mouth; teeth chew the food, saliva breaks down the food and the tongue pushes it to the back of the throat.
Introduce the esophagus. Discuss what the function of the esophagus is and have students locate it with their hands. Give each student a cracker and have them describe what happens to the cracker in their mouth. Record answers on chart paper. Have students feel their throat as they swallow the cracker. Add the esophagus to the Human Body map. including a label. VIDEO: The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten
Introduce the stomach and stomach acid. Explain that the stomach has two entries, one that takes food into the stomach, and one that pushes the food out of the stomach. The stomach is like a bag that expands to take in food. Stomach acid is a strong liquid that breaks down food even more which is the main part of digestion. Give each student a ziplock bag and a cracker. Have students pour a small amount of water into the bag and close the bag tight. Students tape the “stomach bag” to the Human Body map, and add label.
Introduce the intestines. Explain that the intestines transport the food from the stomach out of the body. This is the last part of the digestive system. Students get a strip of crepe paper and glue it into the Human Body map, and add a label. The esophagus, stomach, and the intestines should all be touching as the Digestive System is one continuous tract. VIDEO: Digestive System Kid’s Health
Complete the “All About the Digestive System” booklet by adding facts and pictures. This book should depict the process of the Digestive System. Summarizing activity for the Digestive System.
Circulatory System
Introduce the circulatory system. Explain that circulation is the process of moving blood from the heart to the body. Have students exercise to music for 5-10 minutes to get their heart rate going.
Introduce the heart. Explain that the heart is the muscle that forces blood into the body. The heart has 4 chambers and students need to know what each chamber’s function is. VIDEO: Circulatory System Kid’s Health
Students color a real heart (printable) and add it to their Human Body map and label. Discuss the terms veins and arteries and their function in the circulatory system. Add blue and red yarn to the Human Body map to show arteries. Glue the yarn from the heart to the arms, then from the heart to the legs.
Discuss ways to stay heart healthy. Display different foods and talk about which are good and which are bad for the heart. Complete the Heart Healthy worksheet.
Complete the “All About the Circulatory System” booklet by adding facts and pictures. This book should depict the process of the Circulatory System. Summarizing activity for the Circulatory System.
Respiratory System
Introduce the respiratory system. Explain that this system helps our body take in oxygen to live. Have students take big breaths.
Introduce the lungs. Explain that the lungs take in oxygen to the body and put it into the blood from the heart.
Students make paper lungs and add them to the Human Body map.
Complete the “All About the Respiratory System” booklet by adding facts and pictures. This book should depict the process of the Respiratory System.
Finish the Human Body map!
This is a lose outline of how my unit went but you can always add more or less depending on your students. This is definitely a spring unit due to the amount of writing and labeling.
Human Body Unit Outline 4 Week Unit
Print Resources/Materials
Web Resources
The Digestive System Booklet (printable) The Respiratory System Booklet (printable) The Skeletal System Booklet (printable) The Circulatory System Booklet (printable) Heart Healthy Food Worksheet (printable)
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/DSmovie.html
The Magic School Bus Gets Swallowed (book and DVD)
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/CSmovie.html I also collected a variety of Human Body books from our school library. I also have some easy reader books, a http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/RSmovie.html collection from Scholastic that contained great facts about the Skeletal System, Heart, Lungs, Muscles, etc... http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/SSmovie.html
Ziplock Bags, crackers, water, paper, crepe paper, cling film, blue and red yarn, glue (lots)
Human Body Unit Outline 4 Week Unit
Heart Healthy Food and Activity Worksheet Name: ___________________________ Date: ___________________ Draw 3 foods that make your heart strong and Draw 3 foods that can make your heart and healthy. Draw one physical activity that gets arteries sick. Draw one activity that does not your heart pumping faster. make your heart strong.
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