Sunday, August 19, 2012

Summer School: Body Systems

Every week this summer we chose a body system to draw and discuss.  I would draw a body outline on each poster and give them to the kids.  I drew on and labeled a poster along with them.

Systems
external parts
skeletal
digestive & urinary
muscle
circulatory & respiratory
nervous
immune
auditory & vocal
review

Reasons
The writing was good for writing practice of course.
The drawing was good for spacial awareness.
The content was interesting, educational and fun.  The kids have enjoyed know what is going on in their bodies.  Some of the simplest things I told them, amazed them!

Week 1- External Parts

Labeled
head, nose, mouth, hands, knees, legs, etc

Week 2- Skeletal System

Labeled
skull, scapula, humorus, radius, ulna, phalanges, ribs, sternum, clavicle, pelvis, femur, patella, tibia, fiblula, phalanges


Week 3- Digestive & Urinary Systems

Labeled
Digestive:  esophogus, stomach, small intestine, large intenstine
Urinary: kidneys, pancreas, ureter, bladder, urethra

Week 4- Muscle System

I drew a front and back
Labeled
Front:  bicep, deltoid, quadricep, abdominals
Back:  tricep, trapezius, lats, gluteus maximus, hamstring, gastrocnemius

Week 5- Circulatory & Respiratory Systems

Labeled
Circulatory:  heart, veins, arteries
Respiratory:  trachea, nose mouth, trachea, lungs

Week 6- Nervous System

Labeled
CNS- brain spinal cord
PNS- extremeties
ANS- organs
Week 7- Immune System


Uncle Ross taught this.  They drew diagrams instead of a body.
Labeled
skin, sleep, exercise, H2O, virus protection, b-cell, macrophage, t-cell, memory cells


Week 8- Auditory & Vocal Systems

Labeled
Vocal:  vocal cords, windpipe, foodpipe, hyoid bone, sound vibrations, tongue, lips
Auditory:  outer ear, inner eat, eardrum, cochlea, sound waves  

Week 9- Review


I drew eight boxes on each poster.  We wrote a few things in each box to review.

External- protection, beauty
Skeletal- strength, protection, structure
Digestive & Urinary- a place for food to go, use our food & water, gets rid of waste
Muscle- movement, strength
Nervous- feel things, movement, response
Circulatory- delivery of nutrients & oxygen, gets rid of waste
Immune- attacks germs, health
Auditory & Vocal- communicate, enjoyment









Thursday, February 16, 2012

Building Houses

What we did

Song
The Wise Man and the Foolish Man
http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=281&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=281&searchsubseqend=ZZZ

Noah taught today.  He drew pictures for the song and taught us the hand motions.

Building a House
-The kids dumped out and sorted the blocks
-they drew a plan for constructing a house
-we talked about building a solid foundation
-they worked together to build the house, they ran into a few unexpected problems, but solved them
-the house looked great!  They were proud of it.  I was proud of them.


Boats

What we did

Song
A sailor went to sea, sea, sea
To see what he could see, see, see
But all that he could see, see, see
Was the bottom of the big blue sea, sea, sea

We did a hand-clap along with the song

Math & Science
Float or Sink?
-we made charts to record our data
-each of the kids chose 2 objects, we took them to the bathtub and tested what could float or sink
-they recorded their findings in one of three categories:  float, neither float nor sink, & sink

Made Sailboats
-they followed instructions to make paper sailboats.  They were kind of tricky, but they did a good job.  Ezra wanted to make one on his own and made several more after we finished.

Monday, January 16, 2012

Please and Thank You

What we did

Poem

Learning
Judith Viorst
I'm learning to say thank you
I'm learning to say please
I'm learning to use Kleenex
Not my sweater when I sneeze
I'm learning not to dribble
I'm learning not to slurp
I'm learning, though it sometimes hurts me
Not to burp
I'm learning to chew softer
When I eat corn on the cob
I'm learning that it's much
Much easier to be a slob
http://www.brownielocks.com/childrenspoems.html

Writing
-write times when you say please and thank you

Game
-please and thank you game- Simon Says but when you say thank you, they stop

Story
"Please Please" Alicia Aspinwall
-if they forget to say please, they have to say it twice