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Human Body Kit Contents:

  • Legal Sized File Folders (pk of 25)
  • Card Stock (1 pkg of 40 sheets)
  • Envelopes (box of 100)
  • Index Cards (1 pkg of 100)
  • Mini-marshmallows (1 bag)
  • Kidney Beans (1 bag)
  • Spaghetti (uncooked) (1 bag)
  • Red Yarn (1 ball)
  • Blue Yarn (1 ball)
  • Brown paper bags (1 pkg of 50)
  • Styrofoam Plates (50+)
  • Styrofoam Bowls (50+)
  • Soda Crackers (1 box)
  • Eye droppers (1)
  • Iodine (100mL bottle)
  • Red Food Coloring
  • Stop watch (1)
  • Timer (1)
  • Blender (1)
  • Long, thin balloons (pkg of 12)
  • Round 12” pink balloons (50+)
  • Measuring Spoons (4 sets)
  • Clear Plastic Cups (50+)
  • Panty Hose (4 pairs +)
  • Cooking Oil (1 container)
  • Cornstarch (1 container)
  • Soy Sauce (1 container)
  • White Corn Syrup (1 container)
  • Construction paper (1 pkg)
  • Small plastic bags (1 box)
  • Cotton Balls (1 bag)
  • Rubber bands (1 bag)
  • Small bucket (1)
  • Wash tub (1)
  • Sharpies (pkg of 12)
  • Rubber tubing (1)
  • Shoe laces (13 pairs)
  • Flashlights (8)
  • Mirrors (15)
  • Brass paper fasteners (1 box)
  • Straws (1 bag)
  • Household twine (1 roll)
  • Magnifying glasses (8)
  • Modeling clay (1 pkg of 10)
  • Toothpicks (1 box)
  • Plastic skeleton (1)
  • Respiratory System Model and Binder (1)
  • Human Body Fabric Chart (1)
  • Laminated Cards (6 colored sets)
  • Model of the Heart (1)
  • Model of the Ear (1)
  • Model of the Eye (1)
  • Human Body Systems (for Fabric Chart)
  • Cookie bag (1)
    • 3 different cereal boxes
  • Copies of Canada’s Food Guide (8)

    Books:

  • 1. Usborne First Encyclopedia of the Human Body by Fiona Chandler
  • 2. Eat Healthy, Feel Great by William Sears, Martha Sears and Christie Watts Kelly
  • 3.The Magic School Bus, Inside the Human Body by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
  • 4. Why Don’t Haircuts Hurt by Melvin and Gilda Berger
  • 5. From Head to Toe by Barbara Seuling
  • 6. Eyewitness, Human Body by Steve Parker

    • Human Body Kit Information and Lesson Plans:

    Lesson 1: “What I Know/ want to Know”    Download
    Outcomes: Students will be expected to plan an investigation and communicate questions and ideas with others about light emitted from an object, it’s own or an external source (204-7, 207-1, 303-3)

    Lesson 2: “Building a Model of the Excretory System”    Download
    Outcomes: Students will be expected to describe the structure and function of the major organs of the excretory system (302-5).

    Lesson 3: “Tooth Detective”    Download
    Outcomes: Students will be expected to describe the structure and function of the major organs of the digestive system (302-5).

    Lesson 4: “Investigating the Effect of Simulated Saliva on Starch”    Download
    Outcomes: Students will be expected to describe the structure and function of the major organs of the digestive system (302-5)

    Lesson 5: “Moving On: Exploring Peristalsis”    Download
    Outcomes: Students will be expected to describe the structure and function of the major organs on the digestive system (302-5). And select and use tools in building models of organs or body systems (205-2).

    Lesson 6: “The Intestine Round-Up”    Download
    Outcomes: Students will be expected to describe the structure and function of the major organs of the digestive system (302-5). As well as to select and use tools in building models of organs and body systems (205-2).

    Lesson 7: “Loaded Lungs”    Download
    Outcomes: Students will be expected to describe the structure and function of the major organs of the respiratory system(303-5). And select and use told in building models of organs or body systems (205-2).

    Lesson 8: “Exploring Lung Capacity”    Download
    Outcomes: Students will be expected to describe the structure and function of the major organs of the respiratory system (302-5). Students will be expected to select and use tools in building models of organs or body systems (205-2)

    Lesson 9: “A Racin’ Heart"    Download
    Outcomes: Students will be expected to describe the structure and function of the major organs of the circulatory system (302-5). As well as propose questions about the factors that affect breathing and heartbeat rate and carry out procedures, to investigate the factors affecting breathing an heartbeat and compile and display data from these investigations in a graph (204-1, 205-1, 206-2)

    Lesson 10: “Blood and Gore"    Download
    Outcomes: Students will be expected to describe the structure and function of the major organs of the respiratory system (303-5). As well as select and use told in building models of organs or body systems (205-2).

    Lesson 11: “Piping the Blood"    Download
    Outcomes: Students will be expected to describe the structure and function of the major organs of the circulatory system (302-5).

    Lesson 12: “On the Move”    Download
    Outcomes: Students will be expected to demonstrate how the skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems work together to produce movement (302-6). As well as select and use tools in building models of organs or body systems (205-2).

    Lesson 13: “The Role of the Skin"    Download
    Outcomes: Students will be expected to describe the body’s defenses against infections and describe the role of the skin (302-7, 302-8).

    Lesson 14: “Achieving a Healthy Body”    Download
    Outcomes: Students will be expected to describe nutritional and other requirements for maintaining a healthy body and evaluate the usefulness of different information sources in answering questions about health and diet (206-4, 320-9).

    Lesson 15: “Culture and Maintaining Good Health"    Download
    Outcomes: Students will be expected to describe examples of medical techniques and technologies developed by other cultures as well as Canadians that have contributed to the knowledge of body, organisms, systems, and health issues (105-2, 106-2, 106-4, 107-12, 107-14)

    2009.