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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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- 4th - 6th
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Students label parts of the human respiratory system on a diagram. They explain the function of diaphragm. 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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- 3rd
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Students explain how a model is different from the real thing but can be used to investigate something about the real thing. They define the term model and give examples of different models, such as toy trains or play kitchens. Pupils are shown a model of the respiratory system, which can be used to help relate to how we breathe. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students research the different aspects of the respiratory system. They identify the key elements and create a T-shirt. Students describe in writing the functions of the respiratory system. They obtain images in order to create a collage as a project. Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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students identify and characterize major life forms according to their placement in existing classification groups They examine and describe stationary physical patterns. They recognize bird habitat, behaviors, field marks on birds and identify songbirds in the wild. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students examine body systems from the cellular level to the specific body system. They look at the components of the various body systems. They trace the reactions of the nerve cells as they carry messages. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students describe the levels of organization in multicellular organisms and explain what a system is. They describe interactions among systems in the human organism and define the key terms of system, tissue, organ, organ system, trachea, alveolus, diaphragm and villus. Full Review »