Process
Body System 1 - The Digestive System
TASK 1: Each student in the group will choose a different job that investigates the "points of interest" within the digestive system. The role of each group member is very important because the information gathered and recorded will help "visitors" enjoy all that the digestive system has to offer, and help to recreate The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body!
- Job #1: Map Your Journey! Your job is to use the following website to make a map of your journey through the digestive system. You are a piece of food, and have just entered your mouth. Now, where do you travel to? Find out here!
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/body_basics/digestive_system.html#
- Job #2: Photographer! Your job is to use the following websites and locate three pictures that capture your trip through the digestive system! Make sure that one picture is a diagram of the digestive system. This will help your group in Task 2.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/digestive_system.html
http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/digestivesystem.html
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Job #3: Fact Finder! Your job is to use the following website and choose three fun facts to include in your travel brochure about the digestive system http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000126.html
TASK 2: Take a Picture of the Parts of your Journey!
- Your task, as a group, is to use the diagram found by the Photographer in Task 1, and create your own illustration of the Digestive system. Make sure to include all the parts of your journey and label them correctly so that tourists are able to visit the digestive system and not miss anything! You may use Microsoft Paint, but it is not required.
TASK 3: Create a travel brochure using the template I provided for you in Microsoft Publisher of your adventure through the digestive system and advertise to the other two groups the main attractions and points of interest within your body system. We will be using Microsoft Publisher on our school computers. The PDF file brochure_template.pdf is just an example of what the brochure template will look like. Be creative!
Body System 2: Respiratory System
TASK 1: Each student in the group will choose a different job that investigates the "points of interest" within the respiratory system. The role of each group member is very important because the information gathered and recorded will help "visitors" enjoy all that the respiratory system has to offer and help to recreate The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body!
- Job #1: Map Your Journey! Your job is to use the following website to make a map of your journey through the respiratory system. You are a breath of air, and you have just inhaled. Now, where do you travel to before you exhale? Find out here!
http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000138.html
- Job #2: Photographer! Your job is to use the following websites and locate three pictures that capture your trip through the respiratory system! Make sure that one picture is a diagram of the respiratory system. This will help your group in Task 2.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/cancer_center/HTBW/lungs.html#
http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/respiratorysystem.html
- Job #3: Fact Finder! Your task is to use the following website and choose three fun facts to include in your travel brochure about the respiratory system http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000138.html
TASK 2: Take a Picture of Your Journey!
- Your task, as a group, is to use the diagram found by the Photographer in Task 1, and create your own illustration of the Respiratory system. Make sure to include all the parts of your journey and label them correctly so that tourists are able to visit the respiratory system and not miss anything! You may use Microsoft Paint, but it is not required.
TASK 3: Create a travel brochure using the template I provided for you in Microsoft Publisher of your adventure through the respiratory system and advertise to the other two groups the main attractions and points of interest within your body system. We will be using Microsoft Publisher on our school computers. The PDF file brochure_template.pdf is just an example of what the brochure template will look like. Be creative!
Body System 3: The Circulatory System
TASK 1: Each student in the group will choose a different job that investigates the points of interest within the circulatory system. The role of each group member is very important because the information gathered and recorded will help "visitors" enjoy all that the circulatory system has to offer and help to recreate The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body!
- Job #1: Map Your Journey! Your job is to use the following website to make a map of your journey through the circulatory system. You are a blood cell, and are traveling through your heart. Where do you go? Find out here by watching the slide show! Make sure to write down your traveling route!
http://www.childrensheartinstitute.org/educate/heartwrk/blodflw2.htm
- Job #2: Photographer! Your job is to use the following websites and locate three pictures that capture your trip through the circulatory system! Make sure that one picture is a diagram of the circulatory system. This will help your group in Task 2.
http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/circulatorysystem.html
http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/vessels/arteries.html
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Job #3: Fact Finder! Your task is to use the following website and choose three fun facts to include in your travel brochure about the circulatory system http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000131.html
TASK 2: Take a Picture of Your Journey!
- Your task, as a group, is to use the diagram found by the Photographer in Task 1, and create your own illustration of the Circulatory system. Make sure to include all the parts of your journey and label them correctly so that tourists are able to visit the circulatory system and not miss anything! You may use Microsoft Paint, but it is not required.
TASK 3: Create a travel brochure using the template I provided for you in Microsoft Publisher of your adventure through the ciculatory system and advertise to the other two groups the main attractions and points of interest within your body system. We will be using Microsoft Publisher on our school computers. The PDF file brochure_template.pdf is just an example of what the brochure template will look like. Be creative!