Subject ScienceGrade LevelFive
Theme/Topic for Time-frame/UnitHuman BodyDates/Number of ClassesFour Weeks
Developed ByCarmel Frape 

Human Body Project with Free Printables (123homeschool4me.com)

Human Body Booklet 

Outcomes:

HB5.1: Analyze personal and societal requirements for, and the impact of, maintaining a healthy human body.

HB5.2: Investigate the structure, function, and major organs of one or more human body systems such as the digestive, excretory, respiratory, circulatory, nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems.

HB5.3: Assess how multiple human body systems function together to enable people to move, grow, and react to stimuli.

“I Can” Statements

HB5.1

  • I can contribute to the conversation about living a healthy lifestyle.
  • I can learn about how the body can act as self defense.
  • I can learn about the First Nation and Metis lifestyle. 

HB5.2

  • I can learn how food travels throughout my body. 
  • I can talk about the different functions within the human body systems.
  • I can list all six human body sytems.
  • I can represent the real life size of the human body.

HB5.3

  • I can make connections with at least two human body systems.
  • I can predict what would happen if there was a failure of a specific organ. 
Outcomes and IndicatorsInstructional Strategies/Process   Learning Tasks/ExperiencesPossible Adaptations
HB5.1b.   Identify local knowledge, including the effects of traditional lifestyles, that contributes to human understanding of maintaining a healthy body.i. Assess the benefits of lifestyle choices (e.g., daily physical activity, proper nutrition, adequate sleep, appropriate hygiene practices, regular medical check-ups, and using safety equipment) that contribute to maintaining a healthy body.

Brainstorm what you already know about human bodyBrainstorm together and add to what we already know. Who (keeps our body healthy) What (can we do to keep our body healthy), When, Where, Why & HowTrace bodies     Tracing may not be necessary if the skeletal system is completed first. May have students cut and label all organs.Students may decide to draw their own organs. 
HB5.1D. Research how the body’s defences, such as tears, saliva, skin, certain blood cells, and stomach secretions, work to fight against infections.Extend on how our bodies keep us healthy by reading in the textbook.9 Amazing Self-Defense Mechanisms of the human body – YouTube read subtitlesRead together, watch together, research together.Have stations for students to learn at. 
HB 5.1a.       Examine methods and perspectives of various cultures, including First Nations and Métis, which have contributed to knowledge about maintaining a healthy body (e.g., balance inherent in the Medicine Wheel).
b.  Identify local knowledge, including the effects of traditional lifestyles, that contributes to human understanding of maintaining a healthy body.		Expand how we can stay healthy in different ways. Including indigenous ways of knowing. Why it is important to learn about plants.Create class expectations. Have students pick a plant from a given list. Discuss how we research and how to respectfully use computers and wait our turn if we need help with computers.ResearchStudents may work alone or in partners. Students may need background information on western and traditional medicine. Have rubric ideas prepared. 
FOR ALL SYSTEMS:(a) Explain at least two functions of the human digestive, excretory, respiratory, circulatory, nervous, muscular, or skeletal systems.(b) Create a written and/or visual representation of the location of the major organs of at least two human body systems within the entire body.
System 1System 2System 3System 4System 5System 6Indicators for all systems:(c) Model the structure and/or function of one or more organs from the human digestive, excretory, respiratory, circulatory, nervous, muscular, or skeletal system.(d) Assess, in collaboration with other students, a model of an organ from a human body system to refine the model.
Skeletal SystemWorkbookFill in the blankCut/Paste onto bodyQuizComplete workbook together for the first time to set expectations. 
Muscular SystemWorkbookDraw on Body Graphic Organizer:  Muscular System Graphic Organizer Worksheets (worksheetplace.com)Quiz Read a workbook together or alone. Use highlighting as a strategy. Discuss why and how we highlight important information. 
HB 5.2 (f) Suggest the processes that scientists might follow to investigate questions related to the structure and/or function of human body systems (e.g., Which factors affect breathing and heartbeat rate? How does the digestion process work? How much air do lungs hold? Why is blood red? Where does my food go?).Respiratory SystemWorkbookCut/PasteGraphic Organizer: Respiratory System Activity Worksheets (worksheetplace.com) Breathing Exercise QuizGive CLEAR directions and small instructions at a time. I do, you do. Students will be in partners and then students will compare their results with another pair or another peer. (Group of four if pair or in a new partnership.)Prepare a worksheet for students to use. May want to have only one student participate or finish one person’s results and if time do the other person. 
HB 5.2 (f) Suggest the processes that scientists might follow to investigate questions related to the structure and/or function of human body systems (e.g., Which factors affect breathing and heartbeat rate? How does the digestion process work? How much air do lungs hold? Why is blood red? Where does my food go?).Circulatory System WorkbookDrawHB 5.2 Lab: Part1_Human-Body.pub (worksheetplace.com)QuizPoster: Part1_Human-Body.pub (worksheetplace.com)Workbook alone, together or in partners.Lab in partner or small group. 
Digestive SystemWorkbookCut/PasteGraphic Organizer:Digestive System Worksheet Worksheets (worksheetplace.com)QuizCut and paste alone or with a partner.Complete graphic organizer alone then share with a friend to get more ideas and details down. Students may also watch video about how food travels through the body.  
Nervous SystemWorkbookCut/PasteGraphic Organizer:Nervous System Graphic Organizer Worksheets (worksheetplace.com)QuizWorkbook alone or partners. Nervous system is the brain and how the brain tells us to move. *great opportunity to talk about how body systems are connected.
Whole Body AssessmentHuman Body Assessment Worksheets (worksheetplace.com)Human Body Assessment Worksheets (worksheetplace.com)*Include students in what are some good questions to ask. What are some things we learnt that are more difficult?Mid-Test  
HB5.3: A: Pose questions to investigate or suggest practical problems to solve in relation to human body systems (e.g., How are the various systems connected to each other? Could one system live without the other systems? If not, why not? Why do we need to eat? Could we breathe without a diaphragm? Which organs work hard during exercise? Why do people sometimes become paralyzed due to an injury?).Create a Poster based on asthma, kidney stones, gallstones, mental health, heart attack, epilepsy, bronchitis, diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis, muscular dystrophy.  Create assessments checklist together and create challenges for students. Website for students to use to help them within their research. 
HB5.1g. Predict how the failure or removal of a specific organ in the human body system would affect an individual’s health.Predict how the failure or removal of a specific organ in the human body system would affect an individual’s health. Journal entry, video podcast, or can be a conversation with flipgrid. Give students a choice and opportunity to show their knowledge based on their strengths. 
HB5.3(d) Research how the respiratory, digestive, and circulatory systems work together to move oxygen and nutrients throughout the human body. Learn about how the respiratory, digestive, and circulatory systems work together to move oxygen and nutrients throughout the human body. Students may work in small groups to extend their learning or to take a step back of what nutrients.What does a good journal response look like? 
Cross Curricular ConnectionsELA Comprehension, Representing (our human body), may decide to incorporate a speaking or writing piece and magic school bus with questions for viewing.Health: Analyzing our eating practices, our decision making and we may create an action plan based on what we consume everyday.