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Curriculum link: Health and Physical Education
Part One - File size 1.23MB
How to Use this Kit
Links with the New Zealand Curriculum
Starter Activities and ongoing Activities
- Personal Profiles
- Names of Body Parts
- Building a Body
- Body Glossary
Part Two - File Size 871kb
The Respiratory System - Teacher Notes
Respiration Activities
- Creating a model lung
- Building a spirometer
- Ordering the air passages
- Breathing and exercise
- Breathing in and out
- A closer look at pollen
- Dust in the air
- Building a respiratory system
The Digestive System
Digestion Activities
- Compare the nutrient content
- How our intestines work
- Surface area
- The story of food
- Cardboard tube stethoscopes
- Test your knowledge
- Building a digestive system
The Circulatory System
Circulation Activities
- Cardboard tube stethoscopes
- How to exercise effects our heart rates
- The volume of blood in our bodies
- How many times does your heart pump?
- It's hard work being a heart
- The blood train
The Skin System - Teacher Notes
Skin Activities
- How much skin do you have
- Fingerprinting
- A closer look at skin
The Immune system - Teacher Notes
Immunity Activities
Part Seven Glossary of Terms File size 49.9kb
Bibliography
- Books
- Websites
- National Library School's Service
Appendix
- Personal Profile Worksheet
- Vitamins and Minerals
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Body Odyssey was created by the children's Museum of Manhattan with the generous support of Merck & Co.