If you've done a human body study in early elementary

[plain jane]

would you mind posting here and sharing either blog links to what you did or a list of your favorite books/websites/activities that you have done. We love hands-on projects here so the more ideas, the better. :)

 

I have quite a few ideas but I'm still trying to finish off my plans as we get going with our study and would love to hear/see what others have done.

 

I am using RSO Bio but I really want to add to the human body portion of the study as I find it's pretty light. Their supplemental reading list is the pits and my library is too so any and all book recs would be very appreciated.

 

Thanks.

[jenn&charles]

would you mind posting here and sharing either blog links to what you did or a list of your favorite books/websites/activities that you have done. We love hands-on projects here so the more ideas, the better. :)

 

I have quite a few ideas but I'm still trying to finish off my plans as we get going with our study and would love to hear/see what others have done.

 

I am using RSO Bio but I really want to add to the human body portion of the study as I find it's pretty light. Their supplemental reading list is the pits and my library is too so any and all book recs would be very appreciated.

 

Thanks.

 

I made an entire study for my son with lots of hands-on activities, etc. It was a great year! You can see what we did here:

http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/science/otters_science/otters_science_main.html

[mmasmommy]

I made an entire study for my son with lots of hands-on activities, etc. It was a great year! You can see what we did here:

http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/science/otters_science/otters_science_main.html

 

I cannot thank you enough for posting this!!! I am looking through it now and will continue to througout my boring evening here at work tonight but I believe it will fit exactly what I've been looking for. I purchsed Expolration Education this year at DH's urging and it's just not what I wanted. I think it's above the kids heads in places and touches on a lot of topics very superficially. I'm so excited :)

[Embassy]

would you mind posting here and sharing either blog links to what you did or a list of your favorite books/websites/activities that you have done. We love hands-on projects here so the more ideas, the better. :)

 

I have quite a few ideas but I'm still trying to finish off my plans as we get going with our study and would love to hear/see what others have done.

 

I am using RSO Bio but I really want to add to the human body portion of the study as I find it's pretty light. Their supplemental reading list is the pits and my library is too so any and all book recs would be very appreciated.

 

Thanks.

 

Here is what I am doing this year for my boys. The "younger student" list would probably work well for most 1st-3rd graders. I am using lots of hands-on activities and DVDs.

[SailorMom]

we liked the Evan Moor "Human Body" science book.

[Karen in CO]

Here's my human body lesson plan. It is terrific, btw.

Edited September 16, 2010 by Karen in CO

[Farrar]

We did a bunch of things for K, but maybe not so organized. The kids especially liked the book called The Quest to Digest. Also, when our co-op came over and we pretended to be food and get digested. There was a mosh pit of pillows for the stomach and a bunch of play tunnels for the intestines.

 

I feel like I've seen a bunch of human body things on the blog Satori Smiles recently...

[Satori]

We're doing RSO Life right now, just click my sig to see what stuff we've been up to lately.

 

As for supplementary books, last month I compiled a list of easy to find books to go along with RSO Life.

[Excelsior! Academy]

We used the MFW recommendations. The Body Book which is a really neat cut and paste book about each part of the body. Janice Vancleave's The Human Body for Everykid. It had simple experiments like stringing several spools of thread and disks of cardboard on a string to see how the spine moves. The third book we used was the Usborne book on the human body. I can't remember the name, but it had great photos and illustrations. We did all three books by lining up the topics. For a 3 day a week schedule we did something like this: Day 1 we might read the Usborne book and the Janice Vancleave book. On day 2 and 3 we would do the cut and paste activity book. I am NOT normally a cut and paste type person, but this book was worth it for the layered visuals. Other than having copies and supplies ready, it was really simple for me. It took us less than a year to complete so we did the Apologia Astronomy book for the other part of the year.

[Tonia]

We had fun with our human body study. Pretty much did it the way it's laid out in WTM. Here's what we did.

[MissKNG]

Magic School Bus books have quite a few human body books that we've read through.

[Jonibee]

I made an entire study for my son with lots of hands-on activities, etc. It was a great year! You can see what we did here:

http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/science/otters_science/otters_science_main.html

 

I used this last year with my son and he LOVED it! He is pulling those books off the shelf all the time. Loved it, loved it. Thank you Jenn!!

[heritageofthelord]

We just started a study of the human body this year and I am using a combination of the human body portion of Elemental Science and then we are doing some lapbooking along with it. There are some great resources on this person's blog here. http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/search/label/Human%20Body

I am also using these other sites for resources and ideas.

http://www.homeschoolshare.com/my_body.php

http://eclectic-homeschool.blogspot.com/

[heritageofthelord]

I made an entire study for my son with lots of hands-on activities, etc. It was a great year! You can see what we did here:

http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/science/otters_science/otters_science_main.html

 

Wow, this is awesome. It will fit in great with our study!

[JayneJ]

We did homeschoolshare's unit/lapbook and it was great! A nice overview. I have a teacherfilebox (EvanMoor)subscription and used some of the printables along with it. Our library had the magic tree house inside the human body book & dvd; it's a great addition to any human body study. Good Luck!

[jenn&charles]

I used this last year with my son and he LOVED it! He is pulling those books off the shelf all the time. Loved it, loved it. Thank you Jenn!!

 

:D

 

Otter still loves the books we used that year too. It makes my day to read the comment about your son!

[Lynnette in WA]

Last year 4 other mothers and I did a weekly science "co-op" focusing on human anatomy with our 12 kids ranging in age from 5 to 12. I think that if you asked the kids what they really remember and enjoyed about it, they would be unanimous -- dissecting!! One mother got parts every couple of weeks from a local butcher (brain, lymph nodes, etc.), one mother got pig feet and large beef bones so we could look at tendons and bone structure, we used a cow eyeball for the eye lesson (they really enjoyed handling and inspecting the lens!). We would frequently go online to get a good idea of how to do the dissection and what we were looking at.

I wasn't too keen on it (not my style of learning -- I like books), but the kids really liked it and the younger ones were especially into it -- particularly when they got to do the cutting.

As a "spine" we used Great Science Adventures Discovering the Human Body And Senses and did activities or experiments every week, then added in other books and pictures. Each of the kids also did a presentation at some point during the year. Also, here's a link to a website with some fun anatomy games: http://www.anatomyarcade.com/index.html

[CourtneyChn]

We had a lot of fun last year making life-sized paper bodies from My Body. We also made these brain hats and they colored organ t-shirts with fabric markers from a pattern I found at the same website, I think. We did it over a year ago and they still put on their "thinking caps" when they come across a difficult math problem.

 

[ClassicalTwins]

We are doing the My Body book and Usborne's 10 weeks Human Body lesson plan. They are really enjoying the My Body poster I don't blog so I have no idea how to get pictures on here....

[JadeOrchidSong]

Thanks for sharing your resources. Ds is studying human body at co-op this year and we need to find some books to supplement.

J