Little SCIENCE Thinkers {Human Body Unit} Grades 1-2
$18.95
*NEW!* This is a standalone unit and not included in any bundles.
This 1st and 2nd grade HUMAN BODY UNIT introduces your students to the systems that make our bodies work. It includes many kid-friendly, engaging activities and investigations for your class. The unit features lessons on the following topics:
- How our senses work together
- Skeletal System, including bones and joints
- Muscular System, including what muscles do
- Circulatory System, including our heart, blood, and pulse
- Digestive System, including our stomach and intestines and how our bodies get nutrients from food
- Respiratory System, including our lungs and how you breathe
- Nervous System, including our brain, spinal cord, and nerves and how the brain makes all our body systems work
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD.
——————–WHAT’S INCLUDED?———————
COMPONENTS OF THE UNIT:
-A complete Teacher Guide
–7 printable/projectable Books for Read Alouds
–10 Step-by-step, Scripted Lesson Plans
–10 Lesson PowerPoints
-Essential Question and Learning Target Posters
-Anchor Charts
-Investigations and Activities
-6 Science Stations
-Whole group Activities
-Vocabulary Cards
-Student Workbook
-Quick Checks
-Primary-appropriate Assessment and Rubric for scoring
-Parent Letter
The Lesson PowerPoints will guide your teaching (all books, targets, activity and workbook pages are included in the PowerPoints) You can upload each lesson PowerPoint to your Google Drive, open it in Google Slides, and save as a Google Slide document.
OUTLINE OF THE HUMAN BODY UNIT:
Lesson 1: OUR SENSES
Lesson 2: THE SKELETAL SYSTEM
Lesson 3: THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM
Lesson 4: THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
Lesson 5: THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Lesson 6: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Lesson 7: THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Lesson 8: HANDS-ON SCIENCE STATIONS
Lesson 9: REVIEW
Lesson 10: ASSESSMENT
———-MATERIALS REQUIRED:————–
Students will need a paper lunch bag, straws, brass paper fasteners, and a timer
———-USING GOOGLE?———-
Each unit in this series contains Lesson PowerPoints that guide each lesson and contains the learning targets, read aloud books, activities, and student workbook pages. You can upload the PowerPoint to your Google Drive, open it in Google Slides, and save as a Google Slide document. (Please note, slides will not contain movable pieces.)
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LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal, or district interested in transferable licenses to accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a quote at karen@mrsjonessclass.com
