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Adventures
of the Human Body
(Preschool/Lower Elem)
Complete Unit with Book Set and Curriculum $50
Curriculum
packet without books $6.95
Books in set:
First Encyclopedia of the
Human Body, Flip-Flap Body Book, Going to the Dentist, Going
to the Doctor Kid Kit, Science & Your Body
Overview:
Week 1:
Skeletal System & Your Joints
Week 2:
Muscular System & Your Skin
Week 3:
Circulatory System
Week 4:
Digestive System & Your Teeth
Week 5:
Eating Healthy
Week 6:
Respiratory System & Your Voice
Week 7:
Your Senses
Week 8:
Nervous System & Genes
Week 9:
Being Healthy
Week 10:
Exercise Olympics
Skill Set:
Sample Week:
Week 3:
Circulatory System
Monday:
Read blood, from First Encyclopedia of the Human Body, page 26.
Put your ear on someone’s chest. Can
you hear their heartbeat?
Tuesday:
Read your Heart, from First Encyclopedia of the Human Body, page 28.
Wednesday:
Pretend you are a blood cell. Make
an obstacle course of your body to travel through.
Don’t forget to include a place to enter the heart, an exit to the
lungs, back into the heart and then out to the different parts of the body.
Thursday:
Do internet-links from First Encyclopedia of the Human Body.
Print out and do activity pages.
Friday:
Do pumping blood, from Science & Your Body, page 18 (blank heart rate
chart included). Check and record
each person’s heart rate for each category.
When does your heart beat faster? Why
do you think this happens? Make a
chart of other activities that would make your heart beat fast and slow (chart
included). Children that can’t
write can draw pictures of the activities.
