THE HUMAN BODY
This year focuses on a study of the human body and the history of medicine.
Time Requirement: Two weekly lessons of approximately 40 minutes (30 minutes for the history of science reading)
Teacher Involvement: Reading and written narration can be done independently by most children. Some direction likely to be needed for activities.
Key
Resources
| * | Blood and Guts by Linda Allison |
| * | The Body Book (Easy to Make Hands-On Models That Teach) by Donald M.Silver and Patricia J.Wynne |
| * | Galen and the Gateway to Medicine by Jeanne Bendick |
Recommended Additional
Reading
Exploring the History of Medicine by John Hudson Tiner
General
Notes
Blood
and Guts contains a large number of experiments and activities.
Do not feel that you have to do them all - pick and choose according to
interest and the time available.
Cutting
out the various models suggested in the The Body Book can be
time-consuming. You can save lesson time by cutting things out in
advance and just having the child assemble them; if the child cuts them
out the lessons will take longer, but he will have a greater
appreciation of shape and relative sizes. The further ideas in The Body
Book overlap with Blood and Guts. Only use these if you find an
activity particularly appealing.
| Lessons 1 to 4: The Skin | |
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(1) Blood
and Guts: Skin – The Bag You Live In (pp.11-20) – read and narrate
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| Lessons 5 to 8: Bones and the Skeleton | |
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(5) Blood and Guts: Bones and Body Plan – The Shape You’re In (pp.21-30) – read and narrate
Note: Please preview
the picture of primitive man on page 28
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| Lessons 9 to 11: Teeth | |
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(9) Blood
and Guts: Teeth - Nippers, Chompers, Grinders (pp.31-36) - read and
narrate
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| Lessons 12 to 16: Muscles | |
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(12) Blood
and Guts: Muscles - Your Mighty Movers (pp.37-48) - read and narrate
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| Lessons 17 to 23: Heart and Lungs | |
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(17) Blood
and Guts: Heart - the Double-Barreled Pumper (pp.49-58) - read and
narrate Note:
You
may wish to point out to your child that although this gives a good
idea of how the lungs and diaphragm work, lungs are not hollow bags
like balloons; they are spongy but solid, with tiny air pockets.
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| Lessons 24 to 25: Cells | |
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(24) Blood
and Guts: Cells - Basic Body Bits (pp.71-74) - read and narrate
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| Lessons 26 to 29: Digestion | |
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(26)
Blood and Guts: Digestion - Down the Food Trupe
(pp.75-82) - read and narrate
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| Lessons 30 to 32: Kidneys | |
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(30) Blood
and Guts: Kidneys - Washing Machines for the Blood (pp.83-86) -
read and narrate
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| Lessons 33 to 36: Eyes | |
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(33) Blood
and Guts: Eyes - Windows on the World (pp.87-96) - read and narrate
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| Lessons 37 to 42: Ears and Balance | |
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(37)
Blood and
Guts: Ears - Receivers for Vibes from the Outside (pp.99-104) -
read and narrate
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| Lessons 43 to 45: Brain | |
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(43) Blood
and Guts: Brain and Nervous System - Mission Control (pp.111-122) -
read and narrate
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| Optional: Blood and Guts: Reproduction - Life Goes On | |
| History of Medicine | |
| Lessons
can be alternated with human body lessons, or this book could be read
as a unit at the end of the year.
Galen and the Gateway to Medicine by Jeanne Bendick |
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| (1)
Ch.1: Who was Galen (2) Ch.2: Galen's World, 1st half (3) Ch.2: Galen's World, 2nd half (4) Ch.3: Galen Goes to School (5) Ch.4: Galen Begins to Study Medicine, 1st half (6) Ch.4: Galen Begins to Study Medicine, 2nd half (7) Ch.5: About Hippocrates (8) Ch.6: Galen's Travels (9) Ch.7: Alexandria (10) Ch.8: Galen and the Gladiators (11) Ch.9: Galen Goes to Rome, 1st half (12) Ch.9: Galen Goes to Rome, 2nd half (13) Ch.10: Dr.Galen's Medicine, 1st half (14) Ch.10: Dr.Galen's Medicine, 2nd half (15) Ch.11: Galen's Pharmacy (16) Ch.12: Galen serves the Emperors (17) Ch.13: After Galen, 1st half (18) Ch.13: After Galen, 2nd half |
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