Lesson Plan : All Around the Body
Teacher Name: | Rebecca Casaus |
Grade: | Grade 4 |
Subject: | Science |
Topic: | Systems of the Body: Circulatory, Nervous, Digestive and Respiratory |
Content: | Circulatory, Nervous, Digestive and Respiratory System stomach lungs brain heart trachea capillary skin intestine esophagus spinal cord arteries nose |
Goals: | Students will know the parts of the body that make up each of the 4 body systems. Students will know what each system's function is within the body. |
Objectives: | Students will be able to create a life sized, internal diagram of the 4 body systems. Students will be able to write about each system:which body parts make up the syatem and their function. |
Materials: | Internet, encyclopedias and library books, Large chart paper, markers, construction paper,scissors, glue, pictures of the body parts, The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body, worksheets: Systems of the Body and All Around the Body, Research Page |
Introduction: | A.I will read aloud to the students, The Magic School Bus Inside the Body. B.Brainstorm with the class to try to name as many organs in the body as possible. |
Development: | A. We will discuss the sequence as we read. B. I will model how to do an interview. |
Practice: | B.Students will be placed in cooperative groups of 3-4. Two students will research, one will write and the other will be on the interview panel. Students will complete the Research Page. |
Accommodations: | Students will learn the basic vocabulary associated with their body system. |
Checking For Understanding: | Each student will: complete sequence sheet, produce a written summary comming from the interview process. Each team/group will create a lifesized, internal diagram of the 4 body systems. Students will be able to write a paragraph about each system:which body parts make up the syatem and their function. |
Closure: | Each group will present their life sized diagram of the body and their systems. |
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