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- 3rd - 5th
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Students construct an 'edible' map of the respiratory system using different foods. They follow along with the teacher and place foods on their map to symbolize the different parts (licorice to represent the trachea). They eat their maps. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students determine that carbon dioxide is a gas given off during respiration and that oxygent is the gas that is absorbed during respiration. They determine the air capacity of the lungs. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students analyze the parts of the respiratory system in this five lesson unit. Gas excahnge, finding their own breathing rater, their lung capacity, and the creation of anti-smoking literature form the basis of these lessons. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students study the parts of the human respiratory system. They examine the gas exchange process that occurs in the lungs and how engineers use this understanding to create items such as the heart-lung machine. They look at how respiration and lung capacity changes during spaceflight. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students study the parts of the human respiratory system while examining the gas exchange that takes place in the lungs. They make a model lung. They look at how the respiratory system is affected by spaceflight. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students research the affects that particulate matter has on the quality of our air and our health. Students analyze a streaming video on air pollution and complete an internet research assignment to find ways to reduce particulate matter. Groups create and film a public service announcement using their research materials. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students experiment with the alveoli by showing how nicotine, tar and carbon dioxide can affect the lungs. They role play being nicotine, carbon dioxide, tar, alveoli and cough. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students demonstrate the processes of science by posing questions and investigating phenomena through language, methods and instruments of science. They study the body features or systems of several animals. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students view a video on the basics of the respiratory system. As a class, they discuss the role of carbon dioxide and oxygen during respiration. They label and identify the organs of the system and calculate the air capacity of the lungs. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the long- and short-term effects of smoking. They create a persuasive argument against smoking. Students are each given a drinking stray. They are asked to place the straws in their mouthns and breathe only through the straw for 30 seconds. Full Review »