Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.1B Grade 6 CPI 1

 

Standard: 2.1 - Wellness

 

Strand: B - Growth and Development

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 - The student will compare and contrast body systems, their parts and functions, and explain that body systems must work together to ensure wellness.

 

Grade: 6

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        WHO'S IN CHARGE? - Ask students to describe the organization of a major corporation. Explain to the class that the human body is much like a major corporation: the chief executive officer is rarely seen but has a great deal of influence on how well the company functions. The chairperson or CEO of the human body is the pituitary gland. Since this gland is frequently called the master gland, this organ becomes the chairperson for what we call “adolescent restructuring.” Divide the class into teams. Each team designs a company, with the pituitary in charge that shows how hormones regulate many bodily functions. Team members define their tasks during puberty, determine what body systems must work together to accomplish these tasks, and describe what adaptations can be made to ease the adolescent restructuring. Teams present their ideas to the class.

Variation: Use CD-ROM and interactive computer technology (e.g., A.D.A.M., 3-D Human Body) to allow more advanced students to study the intricacies of body systems.

Variation: Use models of organs and body systems, (e.g., he brain, heart, skeletal system) to reinforce information found in books and videos. Take students on a field trip to a science center or health education center (e.g., Liberty Science Center, Franklin Institute, CentraState Medical Center’s
Health Awareness Center) to experience interactive displays.