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Human Body Systems.
Insights series. Developed by Education Development Center (EDC). Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 1997.
Program Overview
The Insights program, for grades K-6, consists of 17 modules, several of which are appropriate for middle school. Topics in the program reflect a balance of life, physical, and earth sciences. Insights modules integrate science with the rest of the curriculum, particularly with language arts and mathematics. The activities support cultural, racial, and linguistic diversity. Each module requires about 25 class sessions to complete. The components of an Insights module are a teacher's guide and a kit of materials.
Teacher's Guide
Recommended grade level:
6.
Human Body Systems is designed to convey to students basic concepts about how 3 systems--the human circulatory, digestive, and respiratory systems--work together. As students explore these systems, beginning with the cell and the vital role it plays as a basic component of the body, they develop a sense of the size, location, and function of some of their internal organs. Students are introduced to the ideas that the individual parts of the body are all part of one larger system and that these parts work together to take in food, process it for energy, and get rid of waste. Students engage in a variety of activities that demonstrate how the 3 systems work interdependently to provide the cells in the body with the nutrients and energy they need.
Human Body Systems consists of 13 Learning Experiences, requiring a minimum of 24 class sessions. The teacher's guide includes an overview, the 13 Learning Experiences, reproducible masters for student sheets, and annotated lists of suggested readings and audiovisual materials. Science background information, detailed instructions on planning for and conducting each activity, an extensive assessment component, and extensions for integration and enrichment are also included.
Key to Content Standards: 5-8 (see app. C)
UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES: Systems, order, and organization; form and function.
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry; understandings about scientific inquiry.
LIFE SCIENCE: Structure and function in living systems; regulation and behavior.
SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Personal health.
Prices:
Teacher's guide (ISBN 0-7872-3343-9), $68.90. Materials kit, $398.90.
Publisher/supplier:
Kendall/Hunt.
Materials:
Available locally, from commercial suppliers, or in kit.
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