This is a lesson to really get kids excited about the human body!
Materials:
- I pack of plasticine (* divided vertically in three will give you enough for a small skeleton)
- skeleton (optional) *I found a pack of 4 for $1.50 at the dollar store in the Halloween section!
- anatomy diagrams/ placemat
- App (optional)
LESSON 1: HANDS-ON EXPLORATORY
- Jump right into the deep end by handing students a skeleton or by having them create their own.
- Ask students to give the skeleton organs using the guide.
- Now add blue and red veins.
- Now add pink muscle.
- Finally, add skin.
* If it’s possible, take a picture of students as they complete each step (delegate a classroom photographer if you have a student who words quickly)
LESSON 2: VOCAB
- Have students either play the App to test their knowledge and vocabulary or use flashcards.
- Students can work in pairs, playing “Memory Stack.” Students stack the flashcards in front of them and turn over one at a time. Whoever calls out the answer correctly gets to keep the card. The player with the most cards at the end of the stack wins.
LESSON 3: SELF CONTEXT
- Students will either create a life size body using long paper which they trace themselves on, or use blank white t-shirts (second hand ones are great for this!)
- Have students draw and label the organs on the t-shirt or body trace to demonstrate their understanding of where things go relative to their own bodies.
STEP 3: REAL LIFE CONNECTIONS
- Not everyone can dissect a baby pig or a rat. Luckily there are lots of Apps out there that do it for us!
- Dissect a frog: very lifelike, and uses medical “tools” to open and pull back layers .
- DK Human body: vivid images and games.
- Build a body
FOLLOW UP LESSONS:
Multiple Intelligences in the Everyday Classroom 