Human Body Web Quest This project is a wonderful way to incorporate student choice and creativity into an area that is often considered boring by students. Curriculum/State Standards
Explain the purpose of major organ systems in the human body.
Overview
Student groups are assigned a body system that they must research. They produce a product that takes the students in the class on a “guided tour” of their system. They can do this through any media presentation (power point, video, poster, blackboard, etc.) or in front of the class. They also create a brochure advertising their system and how great it would be to visit. There are tasks for different intelligence levels and also one that is individual, so there is student choice.
Objectives
The student will select and use multiple types of print and non-print sources for information on science topics. The student will identify organs and their functions in these systems: circulatory, respiratory, reproductive, skeletal, digestive, nervous, endocrine, lymphatic, and skin. The student will explain and describe the features and functions of the various organ systems. The student will describe and investigate body functions to make inferences regarding these functions. The student will discuss and illustrate the organization of cells into tissues, organs, and systems. The student will classify groups of cells as tissues, organs, or systems using observation/descriptions.
Materials
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GRADE LEVEL
access to the Internet, computers for typing and production of final products, video and editing equipment, project board (science fair back board), poster board, paints, colored paper, etc.
Readiness Activity
We have done a few readiness activities for this project. One has been the “Pump Your Blood” song from Happy Days Episode #142, “Potsie Quits School.” This shows how they can use music as a way to tour their system. We have also used a video clip of Osmosis Jones as he visits some of the systems in the body. He describes what they are for as he talks to his companions.
Strategies/Activities
Task 1: Your first task is to research your body system. Process - 1. Create a chart of your body system. Your chart should have 3 columns: Part, Description, and Function. The number of rows is dependent upon the number of parts in your system. 2. Using your text and the Internet sites on the Resource page, fill in your chart. You might want to divide up the work, come together as a group, and exchange information. When your chart is finished, and checked by your teacher, you may move on to Task 2. Task 2: Your task is to create a poem about your body system. Include the parts and what they do. Here is an example: Process - 1. Using your chart, make a list of all the services your body system provides the body. 2. Begin to create your poem about your assigned system by jotting down a few ideas.
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Susan Cottingham and Thad Cottingham Grovetown Middle School Grovetown, GA
2.5 WEEKS
$500
TOTAL BUDGET
Human Body Web Quest ....continued.... (Pre-Writing) 3. Write a rough draft of your poem. Be sure you have included all of your parts and their functions. 4. Revise your poem. Be sure to correct grammar and spelling as well as making it sound good. 5. Create a final TYPED copy. Mount it on colored paper and decorate the borders with drawings and decorations that symbolize your body system. Task 3: You will be given some choices for Task 3. You must complete activities until they reach a total of 50 points. These activities can be found on the following Web site: http://www. ccboe.net/Teachers/cottingham_ sue/webquests.html
Culminating Activity
Task 4: Your task is to create a tour for you body system. You will then present your body system to the class as a travel agent. Don’t forget to create a name for your agent. Process: 1. A group wants to take a trip to your body system. 2. Explain what they will find there. Tell what each part does and what your tourists can see and do at each location 3. Follow the writing process to make your rough draft. 4. Your tour can be done in any way, video, power point, etc. Make sure your presentation includes all of the parts, their descriptions, and their functions. Be sure to include pictures and diagrams of how the process in your system works and how the organs work together to make the system work in your body.
Evaluation Method
Presentation Rubric http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/rub. pres.html Group Evaluation Rubric http://projects.edtech.sandi. net/morse/oceanhealth/rubrics/ collrubric.html
