Introduction
Have you ever thought about whats making your body work? How you see, How you breathe, or how you smell?
What about fingernails, what are those things for?
Well in this lesson that's exactly what we are about to do! In a fun way too! We are going to learn about an organ and write a tale about it!
Task
Students after you listen to the story I made about one of the organs. You will take notes about what this organ does from what I am telling in the story I will guide you through this.
After you will go to www.kidshealth.org/kid/htbw. From there you will pick a organ of your choice on the website. Then after going through your organ you will then take a quiz on that organ and print it off and turn it in. After wards we will right a story or a tale about the organ you learned about.
Process
Note Time!
Question 1
What is the brain protected by? What in The Tale of the Brain told you that?
Question 2
How Much does the brain weigh? What in The Tale of the Brain told you that?
Question 3
What is the fluid that the brain is floating around in? And what does it do? What in The Tale of the Brain Told you that?
Time to Pick Your Own Organ!
Now that I'm done telling you The Tale of the Brain now it's time for you to do some research
Pick from the list of organs what ever organ you chose you will do some research on.
Go to kidshealth.org/kid/htbw and chose your organ from the top.
You may do the activities after your research, but you must read the articles and take the quiz. The quiz must be finished before class finished and your grade from the quiz, and your notes from the articles must be turned it.
The Tale of Your Organ
Time to write your own story after you finish your rough draft we will share with a partner and work on it. Don't forget to have fun!
Evaluation
| CATEGORY | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
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| INTERNET USE | Successfully uses suggested internet link to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance | Usually able to use suggested internet link to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance. | Occasionally able to use suggested internet link to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance |
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| FIRST DRAFT | Detailed draft is neatly presented and includes all required information. | Draft includes all required information and is legible. | Draft includes most required information and is legible | Draft is missing required information and is difficult to read. | |
| STORY | Story is creative and student shows complete understanding of the given organ | Student shows complete understanding of the given organ, with a somewhat creative story | Student shows some understanding of given organ, with a story | Student shows no understanding of the given organ | |
| NOTES | Notes are recorded and organized in an extremely neat and orderly fashion. | Notes are recorded legibly and are somewhat organized. | Notes are recorded. | Notes are recorded only with peer/teacher assistance and reminders. | |
| MECHANICS | No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. | Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors | A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors. | Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. |
Conclusion
Now that you are done it's time to read your tale.
While we are taking turns presenting our tales you will be responsible for taking notes from what you learned about each organ I will be collecting them from you at the end of class.
GOOD JOB!
Anna