Human Body Week 8: Blood & the Circulatory System

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Go Back: Week 7: The Five Senses

Read:

Human Body Encyclopedia pg. 26-27 (“Blood”)

Additional Reading:

Watch:

All About Blood Kid’s Health Video

Vocabulary/ Copywork:

Blood carries food and oxygen through the body to all my cells.

Activity 1:

What’s Inside a Drop of Blood? Kitchen Science

 

Read:

Human Body Encyclopedia pg. 28-29 (“Your Heart”)

My Body pg. 9 (“My Heart”)

Additional Reading:

  

Watch:

Exploring the Heart—The Circulatory System

Schoolhouse Rock: Do the Circulation

Vocabulary/ Copywork:

My heart is made of muscle that relaxes to let blood in and then tightens to squeeze the blood out again.

Activity 2:

Human Heart Printable Craft to color or paint

 

Activity 3:

Inflatable Heart Craft

 

Activity 4:

Make your own homemade stethoscope. Listen to your friend’s heartbeat.

Activity 5:

Learn about how we get bruises with this simple demonstration.

Activity 5:

My Body pg. 10—Add “My Heart” to wall model as per directions in the book