Grade 2 Big Idea 14: Organization and Development of Living
Organisms Topic X The Human Body: Organs and Their Functions
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Big Idea 14- The Human Body SC.2.L.14.1 Distinguish human body
parts and their functions HE.2.C.1.6 Recognize the locations and
functions of major human organs. Department of Mathematics and
Science
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What do organs look like? Brain Heart Lungs Muscles Skeleton
Stomach Department of Mathematics and Science
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What are the functions of organs? Brain Heart Lungs Department
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What are the functions of organs? Muscles Skeleton Stomach Help
your body move. Supports your body and protects your organs. Breaks
down food so the body can use it. Department of Mathematics and
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Find the organs in the body Find the organs in the human body:
Find the brain Find the heart Find the lungs Find the stomach Find
the bones Find the muscles Department of Mathematics and
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How the body works Department of Mathematics and Science
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Activity # 1: Create your human body Materials grocery brown
bag pictures of the 6 organs glue scissors strip of construction
paper long enough to go around your head crayons or coloring
pencils Stapler and staples Directions: Color the pictures of the
organs. Cut a head and arm openings. Cut the pictures and glue
them. Glue the brain to the strip and staple it on your head.
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Activity # 2: Making a model of the lungs Materials: 2 paper
bags Colors or crayons 2 straws Scotch Tape Directions Write left
and right lung on each bag. Attach a straw to each bag using the
Scotch tape. Cross the straws on top and tape them together. Now
blow in and out through the straws. What happens to the bag?
Discuss how the model is similar to how our lungs breathe?
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Activity # 3: Place the organs where they go Color then cut the
silhouette of the child and all the organs. Paste the organs where
they belong and label all six. Paste the completed silhouette on
your journal. Write a sentence about the function of each organ.
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Discovery Education Fun-a-Mental: Building a Body
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Lets write! Explain how parts of the body are important in
helping a human function, stay alive, and grow. Department of
Mathematics and Science
