LessonPlan

ContentArea:HealthorScience
Grade:5thor6th
Multidaylesson
Topic HumanBodySystems

Objectives Studentswillbeableto:
Explainthemainfunctionsandpartsofthefollowingbody
systems:digestive,skeletal,circulatory,respiratory,muscular
andnervous
Understandhoweachsystemisinterconnectedandbeable
toexplainhoweachsystemisreliantontheother.
Useresearchskills,GoogleDocs,andpresentationskillsto
conductresearchandcreateacollaborativepresentation

State Health/P.E.Standard:
Standards 23A:Studentswhomeetthestandardcandescribeandexplainthe
(Illinois) structureandfunctionsofthehumanbodysystemsandhowthey
interrelate.(E1E10,F1F7)

Materials Chromebooks,headphones,projector,speakers
Needed

Introduction Teacherswillintroducethelessonbyhavingthestudentsloginto
theirChromebooksandontotheirGoogleClassroom.AGoogle
Slidepresentationwillbepushedouttothestudentsintroducingthe
project.Thefirstslidewillsay,Congratulations,youhavegraduated
fromfifth(orsixth)grademedicalschool.Asadoctor,youhave
noticedyourpatientshavenoinformationregardingtheirbody,and
howitworks.Youseehowdiseasesandillnessesaffectsthe
populationandyouwanttohelpyourpatientsstayhealthy.Youand
2otherdoctorswillpresentthehumanbodytoyourpatients
(classmates)byhavingeachgroupmemberexplaintheimportance
ofonesystem.Goodluckdoctors!

Task/Procedur Breakstudentsintogroupof3andhavethempickabody
es systemtoresearch(supplylinksandarticlestotheGoogle
Slidespresentationoneachbodysystem)
Studentswillusethelinksprovidedbytheteachertostart
theirresearch.Researchwilltake23period.
Studentswillhavealistofquestionsabouttheirbodysystem
thattheywillhavetoanswertogetheronaGoogleDoc.
Questionsincludefindinginformationabout:
 Wherethebodysystemislocated?
Whyisthissystemimportant?
Whataretheprimaryorgans?
Whatisthefunctionofthissystem?
Givethreewaystokeepthissystemhealthy

Assessment FormativeAssessment:Answersprovidedonstudyguide
(Note:TeacherscanviewwhoeditedtheGoogleDocs)
FormativeAssessment:Students(akadoctors)willbe
assessedontheirresearchandknowledgeduringtheir
presentation.Studentsarerequiredtocreatea78minute
presentationbyeither:
PrerecordingtheirpresentationinaGoogleSlides
presentationandthenrecordingtheirinformationusing
Screencastify.OR
UsingT hingLinktodownloadapictureandtagthe
imagewithcaptions,videosandothervisualsthatcan
bepresentedduringclass.
SummativeAssessment:Testattheendoftheunitonall
bodysystems

Technology Chromebooks,projector,GoogleSlides,GoogleDocs,Google
Used Drive,Screencastify,ThingLink