"I found a great resource from Scholastic Books called The Body Book which has 'Easy to make hands-on models that teach.' They say these models are meant for 5-6th grades but I have used them with 4th graders in the past and they work really well. There is a lesson plan and pages that you can run off on regular paper to build each of the models. For the eye model you need to have a piece of clear plastic or plastic wrap for each student. For those of you who are doing other human systems, there are models of many of them all in this book. For example: the sense organs, the joints, bones, brain, digestive system, respiratory system, heart, how muscles move bones, all the body parts for senses, the skeleton. The one I have has a copyright from 1993 so it has been out awhile. It is written by Donald M. Silver and Patricia J. Wynne." Mary Acord, 4th grade, Manor School
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John Flanagan
11/27/2016 10:52:29 pm
Great activity reference - thanks!!! I'm going to be able to use this with my ELD Science class. We have a full skeleton and some great body models to use, but these will be great for small group projects (which allow the students to work on their language skills in a lower stress setting).
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Colin Johnson
12/5/2016 09:31:49 pm
What a great resource. I like using paper or cardboard models because they are easy to reproduce, and my fourth graders can work together in small teams. Perhaps I will have expert groups for different body functions.
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