Body Systems

Introduction

You have been selected as part of an elite group to travel around the human body and all of its systems. Your mission is to collect lots of information that will help you to make better decisions about your health. By making better decisions about your health, you can live longer and avoid diseases like Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, and Type 2 Diabetes.

"Click" Task to continue

Task

You will need to log into our Google classroom and find the assignment Body Systems WebQuest. 

Follow the instructions attached to the assignment.

Submit your assignment on or before the due date.

If you have questions, ask for help or e-mail me from home at eschroeder@ewrsd.k12.nj.us .

The questions we will explore in this WebQuest are the following:

  1. What are the body systems?
  2. What purpose does each system serve?
  3. What are some of the parts of the body systems?

You will need to "Click" on the Process tab to move onto the next step.

 

Process

First you will be placed with a group with other explorers to study and investigate the human body.  

You will then, follow the added links to discover new and interesting things about how the human body works and what the systems do.

Each link will lead you to a Website to help you answer one of the questions in the Google assignment called Body Systems WebQuest.  Each question must be answered.  Each person will turn in their own assignment.   

Good luck! 

Day 1- Use this link to complete the Google Form "Body Systems Web Quest Quiz" . After the article please take the 10 questions quiz to test your knowledge!

https://www.livescience.com/37009-human-body.html

Day 2- Use the following links to fill in the Google Form "Body Systems Matrix"

http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/muscles.php

http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/skeletal-system.php 

http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/digestive-system.php

http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/circulatory-system.php

http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/respiratory-system.php

http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/endocrine-system.php

http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/nervous-system.php

Once you have completed the quiz and matrix, please go to this website and explore different areas of the body that you would like to learn more about. There are videos, articles, games, and quizzes to test what you've learned!

https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/?ref=k2k_tab

 

Evaluation

The rubric for this assignment will be attached to your Google assignment. Do your best to answer every question.