HEALTH AND ILLNESS

 Here are some educational videos where students can get extra information about the harmful effects that come from smoking and drinking alcohol.

- Smoking harms your body.




- Do you smoke? Watch this.



-Anti-smoking Ad: Smoking causes emphysema, lung cancer,...



- Smokers vs normal lungs.



-How smoking and drinking causes damage to the body.




- How alcohol affects the body long term.




- How to say no.

REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

In order to revise this lesson, we used some useful and interesting links to external websites. Some of the links deal with the main parts of the reproductive system and others with pregnancy or birth.


Human fertilisation

Pregnancy

Female reproductive system

Male reproductive system

Birth

Self-evaluation

PASTA SKELETON

This pasta skeleton is made from a few different types of pasta glued to a piece of black construction paper. The supplies necessary for this craft are a few different types of pasta, a piece of black construction paper, glue and a silver ink pen.
This is a sample of what we did in class.

URINARY SYSTEM

This time students make a model of the primary components of the urinary system. These are the materials needed in order to complete it: body diagram, marshmallows, glue, kidney beans, spaghetti pieces, cafeteria straw, scissors, 2 pieces of red yarn and 2 pieces of blue yarn.

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. FAKE LUNG MODEL.

Constructing a lung model is an excellent way to learn about the respiratory system and how the lungs and the diaphragm work. Students need a plastic bottle cut in half, balloons, a piece of plastic from a shoppping bag, rubber band, drinking straws,...

Students tape the top of the balloons to the straws. Then put the straws down into the bottle and place the bottle onto a piece of plastic bag and use a rubber band to secure it tight to the bottom.

Now students can pull the diaphragm up and down and see the lungs expand and contract.

Check out this video.

Fake lung model video

The digestive system

We usually spend two terms learning about the Human Body.We learn about seven major Body Systems: Digestive, Respiratory, Circulatory, Nervous, Skeletal, Muscular and Reproductive. We started with the Digestive System. Here are some super useful links related to this topic.

• kidshealth
• howstuffworks
• The digestive system quiz.

 

Nutrition

In this unit we begin by studying the two models for healthy eating.

The Food Pyramid is a chart that can be used to see how many servings of each food should be eaten each day.

 

This Food Pyramid is no longer in use, it has been replaced by the MyPlate model.

 

MyPlate is the current nutrition guide depicting a place setting with a plate and glass divided into five food groups.

 

 

 

We also made some murals that now hang in the school.