Human Body System for 5th graders

Introduction

                    

  Since muscular contractions are usually more or less regularly alternated with relaxations, the system of valves makes of the veins of every muscle a very effective pump, capable of maintaining a low pressure in the muscle capillaries.

                                     -August Krogh       After you complete this web quest, you will be graded on how you did during    the time spent on the activity sheets, and the research. Let's see how you do during this exciting, and educational journey of the Muscular and Nervous System.  Let's Begin, 

Task

      "We hope you have a great journey through the human body system"

 Your job in this webquest is to research about the muscular and nervous system, so it can help you find the answers to the fill in the blank questions. But, for the word search it is very tricky so get ready to LOOK closely with your eyes to try to find hard words that you don't here every day. On the next page you will find many helpful websites to help you through your journey of this webquest. Get ready for some very fun, but educational activity sheets!

    "Good luck through this awesome journey"

                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                         

     

Process

                    Muscular System

http://www.innerbody.com/image/musfov.html#full-description

http://www.livescience.com/26854-muscular-system-facts-functions-diseases.html

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/muscles.html

[video:http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/movies/MSmovie.html] 

                                Nervous System

http://www.innerbody.com/image/nervov.html

https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/nsdivide.html

http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=152&id=2612

http://www.ducksters.com/science/nervous_system.php

http://discoverykids.com/articles/your-nervous-system/

http://www.biology4kids.com/files/systems_nervous.html

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/humanbody/nervoussystem.html

                                      How They  Interact

https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/organ.html

http://www.livestrong.com/article/359490-how-are-the-muscular-nervous-systems-connected/

http://www.rsd.edu/schools/carmichael/masters/pdf/hwsystmswrky.pdf

http://www.kidport.com/reflib/science/humanbody/muscularsystem/MuscleNervousSystem.htm

http://www.livestrong.com/article/170400-how-skeletal-system-works-with-nervous-system/

http://www.livestrong.com/article/179482-body-systems-how-they-work-together/

Evaluation

  We will be grading how you answer the questions in the activity sheets.

  1. Question 1, 2, & 3 for the fill in the blank: Muscular System = 5 points
  2. The questions 4 ,5 , & 6, fill in the blank:  Muscular System = 5 points
  3. Only the questions for 1, 2, & 3 fill in the blank: Nervous System = 8 points
  4. Questions 4, 5, & 6 for thefill in the blank: Nervous System = 5 points

                                                 Word Search

                                                                                                                                             

Brain = 1 point

Cardiac = 2 points

Cerebellum = 2 points

Cerebrum = 2 points

Skeletal = 1 point

Smooth = 1 point

Stem = 1 point

 Heart = 1 point

Joint = 1 point