Adventures
of the Human Body
Books in
set:
First Encyclopedia of the Human Body, Flip-Flap Body Book, Going to the Dentist, Going to the Doctor Kid Kit, Science & Your Body
Overview:
Week 1: Skeletal System & Your Joints
Week 2: Muscular System & Your Skin
Week 3: Circulatory System
Week 4: Digestive System & Your Teeth
Week 5: Eating Healthy
Week 6: Respiratory System & Your Voice
Week 7: Your Senses
Week 8: Nervous System & Genes
Week 9: Being Healthy
Week 10: Exercise Olympics
Skill Set:
Basic science/biology
Health & fitness
Nutrition
Following directions
Sequencing
Process of discovery
Safety skills
Sample
Week:
Week 3: Circulatory System
Monday: Read blood, from First Encyclopedia of
the Human Body, page 26. Put your ear
on someone’s chest. Can you hear their
heartbeat?
Tuesday: Read your Heart,
from First Encyclopedia of the Human Body, page 28.
Wednesday: Pretend you are a blood cell. Make an obstacle course of your body to
travel through. Don’t forget to include
a place to enter the heart, an exit to the lungs, back into the heart and then
out to the different parts of the body.
Thursday: Do
internet-links from First Encyclopedia of the Human Body. Print out and do activity pages.
Friday: Do pumping blood, from Science & Your
Body, page 18 (blank heart rate chart included). Check and record each person’s heart rate for each category. When does your heart beat faster? Why do you think this happens? Make a chart of other activities that would
make your heart beat fast and slow (chart included). Children that can’t write can draw pictures of the activities.