Introduction
Within this learning experience we will learn about a variety of human body systems that help your body complete some of the functions you need to survive. You will work together to inquire about the roles and functions of the digestive, respiratory and circulatory systems. You will engage in a variety of digital and physical learning experiences and explore ideas and information about how your body works. Technology will help us along the way and will be used throughout the course to help us learn and show our thinking.
Learning Goals
In this course, you will:
- Identify and describe the major components of the digestive, respiratory and circulatory systems.
- Explain the function and role of each system in the human body.
- Engage in the design process to construct a model of the digestive or respiratory system.
- Describe how systems function together to accomplish tasks.
- Describe how the health of these systems can be affected by certain lifestyle choices.
- Research a body system of your choice and create a presentation/activity to teach your classmates.
- Learn to work collaboratively with your classmates to accomplish tasks.
My job as your teacher throughout the course will be to help guide your thinking. I will ask you questions, give you feedback on your learning and help you when you need it. Feel free to ask me any questions you might have and we will solve all problems together. Most of the time we are going to learn together. We will be learning as partners, small groups, and as a whole class. We will progress through the topics at the same pace. Your job, like always, is to work together with your classmates to learn! Remember to be respectful, share your ideas, and help each other learn.
The online portion of the course will help us to guide and share our learning. Whether we learn with physical or digital objects, we will share our learning on this site to celebrate and reflect on it. We will be using a variety of very cool technologies. Some will require you to do things you have probably never done before. You might not know exactly what to do some of the time. Stay calm, learn with your friends and figure out problems together. You will have a lot of choice over how you engage in learning Figure out what interests you and take ownership over your experience.
Learning Goals
In this course, you will:
- Identify and describe the major components of the digestive, respiratory and circulatory systems.
- Explain the function and role of each system in the human body.
- Engage in the design process to construct a model of the digestive or respiratory system.
- Describe how systems function together to accomplish tasks.
- Describe how the health of these systems can be affected by certain lifestyle choices.
- Research a body system of your choice and create a presentation/activity to teach your classmates.
- Learn to work collaboratively with your classmates to accomplish tasks.
My job as your teacher throughout the course will be to help guide your thinking. I will ask you questions, give you feedback on your learning and help you when you need it. Feel free to ask me any questions you might have and we will solve all problems together. Most of the time we are going to learn together. We will be learning as partners, small groups, and as a whole class. We will progress through the topics at the same pace. Your job, like always, is to work together with your classmates to learn! Remember to be respectful, share your ideas, and help each other learn.
The online portion of the course will help us to guide and share our learning. Whether we learn with physical or digital objects, we will share our learning on this site to celebrate and reflect on it. We will be using a variety of very cool technologies. Some will require you to do things you have probably never done before. You might not know exactly what to do some of the time. Stay calm, learn with your friends and figure out problems together. You will have a lot of choice over how you engage in learning Figure out what interests you and take ownership over your experience.
What do you already know?
Before we start learning new information, we need to stop and consider what we already know. First let’s think about the human body in general. What does your body have to do to do to keep you healthy? The 360 video below will help us start thinking. If you want the 360° experience (which you do!!!!) use a student iPad and search "What Happens Inside Your Body? - VR 360°". You could also use a Google Cardboard if one is available. You will see many new images and hear many new words. Don't expect to understand everything you see and hear. Think about what you do understand and what you want to learn more about.
Were you able to connect with any of the images or descriptions? Did you recognize anything you think you know about? After you watch the video, follow the link below. Fill in the K and the W in the K-W-L chart about the human body. Try to write 5 thing you know and 5 questions you want to learn more about. You could write words that came to your mind, the names of body parts, ideas about what they do, etc. Anything that comes to your mind! Make sure to read over the work of your friends.
Your body is busy accomplishing many tasks all of the time! Do you know what it is doing and why it is doing it? What happens to all of that food after you eat it? What about the air that you breathe in? Your job is to think specifically about eating and breathing. Think about the following questions...
1) Why do we need food? What happens to food after you eat it?
2) Why do we breathe? What happens to air after we breathe it in?
Use Explain Everything and create a recording that tries to answer one of the questions above. Don't worry about being right! Just tell everyone what you think happens and why? You can do this activity by yourself or with a group (3 max). You can draw or use any pictures you can find to help you show your thinking in Explain Everything. Once your recording is done, upload it to YouTube and add it to the Padlet below.
Body System Investigations
Follow the links below, in order from left to right, to learn more about the digestive, respiratory and circulatory systems.