Students will research and assume roles as medical specialists through hands-on projects, research, reports, and presentations. Culminating activities will include working with a health specialist to dissect/observe cow eyes, sheep brains, pig lungs, pig heart, or various bones (including cow, rodent, and human bones).

National Health Standards

1. Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention.
   
2. Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid health information and health promoting products and services.
3. Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks.
4. Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health. 
5. Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.

Students will:

1. Select a body system to investigate and research.
2. Complete a hands-on project to demonstrate knowledge of a body system.
3. Students will create a fact sheet to teach students about a particular body system.
4. Students will rotate through stations to view and discuss human body projects (The Medical Artifact Museum).
5. Use appropriate Internet resources to research and investigate assigned body systems.
6. Present a research report to a group of peers.
7. Be assessed on oral presentation skills.
8. Successfully complete an MCAT assessment with a score of 85% or above (Medical Classroom Admission Test).
9. Use research notes and medical tests to help dissect and identify various body system parts.
10. Work with a medical specialist to help dissect and learn about various body system parts.
11. Present conclusive findings from medical residencies with peers.
12. Recruit and listen to health experts in their studied field.

Lesson 1: Learning How the Body Works

Lesson 2: Researching the Human Body Systems

Lesson 3: Human Body Project Residency

Culminating Activity

Lesson Three: Human Body Project Residency is the culminating activity for this unit. It includes working with a medical specialist to help dissect/observe a mammal organ.

Supporting Books

Books for Learning About the Human Body

• Ballard, Carol. Lungs: Injury, Illness and Health. Heinemann, 2003.
• Brynie, Faith Hickman. 101 Questions About Blood and Circulation. 21st Century, 2001.
• Brynie, Faith Hickman. 101 Questions About Food and Digestion. 21st Century, 2002.
• Brynie, Faith Hickman. 101 Questions About Skin That Got Under Your Skin...Until Now. 21st Century, 1999.
• Brynie, Faith Hickman. 101 Questions About Your Immune System. 21st Century, 2000.
• Cole, Joanna. The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses. Scholastic, 2001.
• Cole, Joanna. The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body. Scholastic, 1990.
• DK Publishing. Skeleton. DK Children, 2004.
• DK Publishing. The Human Body. DK Adult, 1995.
• LeMaster, Leslie Jean. Cells and Tissues. Childrens Press, c1985.
• McPhee, Andrew T. Sleep and Dreams. Franklin Watts, 2001.
• Parsons, Jayne. Encyclopedia of the Human Body. DK Children, 2002.
• Seckel, Al. The Art of Optical Illusions. Carlton Books, 2000.
• Simon, Seymour. The Brain: Our Nervous System. HarperCollins, 2006.
• Simon, Seymour. Guts: Our Digestive System. HarperCollins, 2005.
• Simon, Seymour. Lungs: Your Respiratory System. HarperCollins, 2007.