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Inside My BodyLapbook with Study Guide

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An Overview of the 17th CenturyAn Overview of the 18th CenturyAn Overview of the 19th CenturyAn Overview of the 20th CenturyAutumnAmerican Government and Election ProcessIf You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620If You Lived at the Time of the American RevolutionIf You Were at the First ThanksgivingIf You Traveled West on a Covered WagonThe Life and Times of Johnny AppleseedAmerica’s PresidentsMy StateMother’s Memories (A heirloom keepsake lapbook about me for my child)ChristmasThe DesertAmerica’s Greatest Documents and SpeechesThe Birth of JesusLouisianaState History from a Christian PerspectiveThanksgivingThe Greatest InventionsAmphibiansMartin Luther KingWonderful Winter

Unit Studies

An Overview of the 17th CenturyAn Overview of the 18th CenturyAn Overview of the 19th CenturyAn Overview of the 20th CenturyWars of America (1600-1899)Wars of America (1900-now)America’s Greatest Documents and SpeechesAmerican Government and the Election ProcessThe Greatest InventionsAmerica’s Historical LandmarksNorth American IndiansVarious Copy Work and Notebooking Pages


So where do the mini-booklets go?

A color coded and labeled KEY is included. This key shows you where all of the mini-booklets go ineach folder. Keep this page handy! You’ll also see at the top of the mini-booklet pages anothergraphic that shows once again where to place the booklet in each folder. So there are TWO ways tosee where to place the booklet. We made it easy!! You won’t get lost.

How do I use the study guide and mini-booklets?

Read the study guide page to your child or if your child is reading, let him/her read it to you. Aftereach study guide page, you will find the mini-booklet pattern that goes with that study guide page(Occasionally, a study guide page might have more than one mini-booklet).Cut out, construct andglue the mini-booklet into the lapbook (The directions for cut out, assembly and placement will befound on the same page as the mini-book pattern). Then fill in the answers. Most of the answers forthe mini-booklets can be found within the study guide. Further research on the study guide topic canbe done if desired.

Things to Know

Hamburger Fold-Fold short-ways

Hotdog Fold- Fold long-ways

Folds- Labeled with a small line to show where the fold is and the words hamburger fold or hotdog fold.

Dotted Lines-These are the cutting lines

Cover Labels- Most of the booklets that are folded look nicer with a label on top instead of just a blank space. They willbe labeled “covered page” or “cover label.”


Lapbook Assembly Choices

Choice #1 -Do not glue your folders together until you have completely finishedall three folders. It is easier to work with one folder instead of two or three gluedtogether. You can keep the waiting folders in your binder that we will bementioning later.

Choice #2 -Glue all of your folders together before beginning. Some children liketo see the entire project as it is being done. Plus, it helps with keeping up withwhich folder you are supposed to be working in. The choices are completely upto you and your child!

Study Choices

Choice #1- Read the first page of the study guide. Then use the internet and funchildren’s books to learn more about the topic that is covered in that study guide.For instance-our American Indians lapbook has a study guide page aboutGeronimo. Dig into Geronimo. There are probably lots of interesting things tolearn about him that the study guide does not cover. Spend a day on Geronimoor spend a week! The pace you take for the lapbook is completely up to you.When your child has completed studying that particular topic, it will be time to dothe mini-booklet for that topic. The mini-booklet patterns are found right after thestudy guide page that it goes with. Or, your child might want to do the mini-booklet before he/she delves deeper into the subject. Once again, the order iscompletely up to you and your child.

Choice #2- Read only the study guide page and do the mini-booklet that goeswith it. The mini-booklet patterns are found right after the study guide page that itgoes with. You may choose to do one study guide/mini-booklet per day, two perday, two per week, three per week, etc. It doesn’t matter. The pace is completelyup to you. At one per day, it will take about a month to complete a 3 folderlapbook.

How Long Does it Take to Complete the Lapbook?

Doing a study guide page and mini-booklet a day, a 3-folder lapbook takesabout one month to complete. However, you can expand the study portion andmake it last as long as you like! That’s the beauty of homeschooling! Do itYOUR way!


1. Label your tabs: Study Guide/Mini Booklets, Book Log, NICK Notes(easier) orOutline Form (harder), Biography Reports, What I Learned Pages (Copywork andNotebooking, if using these).

2. You will find a master copy of all of these special pages at the back of thelapbook packet. Make copies of the NICK Notes or Outline Form, BiographyReport (if included), and What I Learned Pages and put them behind the tabs.Make more copied of the Book Log if your child reads a lot and needs more roomto log books. We will explain how your child can use all of these enrichmentpages later.

3. Hole punch your study guide and mini-booklets sheets and place behind theStudy Guide tab. You will read a page of a study guide. Behind the study guide isthe booklet(s) that goes with that study guide.

4. Keeping your office supplies handy-Measure the bottom of a quart size zip-lock bag. Then measure out a strip of duct tape that length. Lay the zip-lock bagon the lower edge of the tape. Fold the other end of the tape down on the zip-lockbag. Your duct tape should be sticking out from the bag. Now, you can holepunch the duct tape strip. DO NOT HOLE PUNCH INTO THE BAG! Then put itinto your 3-ring binder. Use this bag to store items you will be using for yourlapbook. Glue, scissors, hole puncher, stapler and extra staples, crayons,pencils, brads, ribbon, and any unfinished work. Doing this one step keeps youfrom having to constantly gather supplies every time you want to work on yourlapbook!

Supplies Need:

½ inch three-ring binder

5 tabs (if you are using our copywork and/or notebooking pages,you will need to have 7 tabs. Label with copywork and notebooking)

Quart size baggies

Duct tape

Your study guide and mini-booklets pages and copies of the enrichment pages atthe end

Office supplies-glue, scissors, brads, stapler, pencils, crayons,and ribbon (if needed)

Tips and tricks to go the extra mile! (optional)


1. Gather the number of foldersrequired for your particularlapbook

2. Open up each folder andflatten it out.

3. Take the right side and fold itall the way over until the tab isjust before the middle crease inthe folder. Do not overlap thiscrease with the tab.

4. Fold the left hand side overjust to the crease but notoverlapping it. Your folder nowhas two flaps. We like to run aruler down each fold to makethe fold neater and flatter. Dosteps 3 and 4 to the remainingfolders.

5. Take two of the folders andapply a generous amount of glueto their flaps.

6. Bring the flapstogether and press sothey stick together.

7. Do steps 5 and 6 to yourremaining folders (if any).

8. We provide the patterns for all the mini-booklets. Just cut out, construct and glue theminto your lapbook. Refer to the color-codedplacement page or the actual mini-booklet pagefor placement of each mini-booklet.

How to fold and connect the folders for yourlapbook.


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Brain

Skull

Digestion

Heart

Respiratory system

Excretory System

Urinarysystem

Nervous System

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Genesis1:27

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boneClassificationof Bones

How MusclesWork

MusclesJoints

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The SkeletalSystem

Human BodyWord Search


What Does the Bible say?We are All Created in the Image of God

The Skeletal SystemOur Bones

Classification of BonesMuscles and Joints

What is the Purpose of your Joints?Definition Cards for Skeleton, Bones,

Muscles, and JointsThe SkullThe Brain

Fun Brain FactsThe Digestive System

Let’s Follow Our Food and See Where it GoesThe Heart

Label the HeartThe Respiratory SystemThe Excretory System

How Do You Know When it is Time to Go?Human Body Word Search

The SkinThe Nervous System

Definition Cards for Brain, Digestive System, Heart,Respiration, Excretory System, Skin and Nervous

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Table of Contents


Cut out around the dotted lines. Glue onto cover of closed lapbook. As youstudy the different bodily organs, draw them on the model. A male model isalso provided.

TheHumanBody


Cut out around the dotted lines. Glue onto cover of closed lapbook. As youstudy the different bodily organs, draw them on the model. A female model isalso provided.

TheHumanBody


Cut out and glue to the back of the closedlapbook. Color the body organs.


The Bible tells us in Genesis 1:27 that God created man in Hisown image, in the image of God He created him; male andfemale He created them. This means that with His own handsHe careful designed us.

According to scientists, human beings are the most complexorganisms on this planet. Our bodies are a single structure, butthey are made up of billions of smaller structures.

If we take the time to explore our bodies, we will come toappreciate just how important we are to God and how muchlove and care He put into us.


27 So God created man in His image; inthe image of God He created him; male and

female He created them.

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Folder 1Cut out the booklet as one piece. Fold in half. Cut out cover label andglue on the outside of the booklet. Glue booklet into folder. Use with“What Does the Bible Say?” study guide. Inside the booklet, copy theBible verse in your best handwriting. Then using a mirror, draw a pictureof yourself just the way that God made you! PERFECT!


Have you ever wondered what would happen to your body if you did nothave bones? Without these bones (your skeletal system), you would justflop around. You would not be able to stand, walk, or run! Your bonesserve many purposes.

Your skeletal system consists of .It makes up about 20 percent of the weight of your body. The mainstructure is your backbone. It is what allows you to stand upright. Yourother bones help protect the delicate, soft parts of your insides. Yoursoft brain, like the rest of your body, is protected by bones. It is calledthe , or cranial bones. Your skull is a series of fused bones and actslike a hard, protective helmet for your brain. There are six parts to thecranial bones: one frontal, two parietal, 2 temporal, and 1 occipital.

Your (inside your backbone) is surrounded by hundreds ofnerves and is protected by smaller bones, linked together, called

. You also have built-in protective armor called the .Your rib cage protects the heart and lungs of the thorax. The bones inour body contain more calcium than any other organ.

Bones are composed of thousands of living cells. The cells rely on bloodto help them grow and repair themselves. Blood serves as the lifeline bybringing the bone cells food and oxygen and taking away waste. Withoutthese living cells, broken fingers and toes would never heal.

Most bones are hollow. This hollowness makes bones strong but light.The center of many bones contain the bone marrow. Bone marrow isresponsible for making new red and white blood cells. Red blood cellshelp ensure that oxygen is distributed to all of your body parts. Whiteblood cells fight off diseases and kill germs.

Scientists divide the human skeleton into two parts. The first is calledthe . It is made up of the bones that form the support andprotection of your head, neck, and trunk. The axial part includes theskull, sternum, ribs, and vertebral column. The second is called the

skeleton. It is made up of the bones that hold together theparts of the axial skeleton. This section includes the upper and lowerextremities, shoulder girdle, and pelvic girdle.


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Skull

Ribs

Vertebral Column

Upper extremities

Lower extremities

Pelvic girdle

Sternum

The Skeletal System

Cut out the booklet. Glue into lapbook.Use with “The Skeletal System”study guide. Cut out the labels andglue onto the skeleton in the correctlocation.


Bones are the solid structure that forms your skeleton. Bones servemultiple purposes for your body. They help to support and protect your

, they help us to move, and they help to produce blood cells. Bonescome in all shapes and sizes. Even though they are light in weight, they areextremely strong. An adult has 206 bones in their body, while a child has300. As children grow, many of their bones fuse together, forming onebone. This is the reason for the difference in the number of bonesbetween adults and children.

Each bone of your body is made up of three types of bony tissue:. The first kind of tissue is the bone you see.

It is known as “compact” bony tissue or “skin” of the bone. This layercontains nerves and blood vessels, which help in the feeding of the bones.This layer is formed from calcium and other minerals. On the inside of thecompact layer is the middle of the bone, called the “spongy” bone. It lookslike a honeycomb. Of all the layers, the spongy layer is the lightest andmost flexible. In the very center of your bones is a jelly-like tissue called“marrow.” This is where new blood cells are constantly being produced.

The bones in your body are classified into five kinds: long, short, flat,irregular and sesamoid. are hard, dense bones that providestrength and mobility. These bones are found in your fingers, toes, armsand legs. They have a shaft and two ends, and contain yellow and red bonemarrow. are wrist and ankle bones. They are cube-shaped andhave a thin layer of compact bone that surround a spongy interior.

are the bones of your skull and sternum and are usually thin andcurved. are your hips and spine bones. arethose bones that are embedded into tendons.

The most important thing you can dofor your bones is to give them calcium.This mineral is essential for maintainingstrong bones. Milk, cheese, and yogurtare all great ways to get the calciumyou need!


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Cut out the two booklets. Connect at the topwith a brad. Glue into lapbook. Use with“OUR BONES” study guide. Cut out thelabels and glue on the bone in the correctlocation.


Cut out all boxes on dark lines. Fold thelarge box in half on the dotted line. Twoboxes with be stapled on the right sideand two boxes on the left side inside thebooklet. Place staples where the twodashes are on each side. Have thepages where they will open left, right, left,right. Glue cover sheet on top of closedbooklet. Use with “OUR BONES” studyguide. On each strip, list the bones thatare found in that area.

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We know that our skeleton is what keeps our bodies from just being a bigblob of "goo." But what makes those bones move? How do our legs bendand our fingers wiggle? For all of these actions to take place, your bonehas to have a muscle pulling it. are attached to bones. When themuscles contract, the bones to which they are attached act as levers andcause that body part to move.

The main function of muscle is to produce the motion of your bones.There are two types of muscles: . Cardiac muscleswork without you having to think about it. Your heart and digestivesystem are cardiac muscles. Your eyes and gross motor skills—like thosethat move your arms and legs—are voluntary muscles.

are the flexible connections between your bones. Your body hasdifferent kinds of joints. Those found in your knees move up and down,while the ones in your neck allow you to move your head back and forth.Still others, like those in your shoulders, enable you to rotate your arm 360degrees. Without muscles and joints, you would not be able to wave, snap,bend, or jump!

About 40% of your total body weight is composed of muscles. You haveover 630 muscles that move! Muscles have to work in pairs. One does thepulling, while the other does the pushing. For muscles to move, the cellsthat make up the muscles contract and then relax back to their originalsize.


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HowMuscles

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Cut out booklets. Staple in order oftabs with cover page on top. Glueinto lapbook. Use with “MUSCLESAND JOINTS” study guide. Answerthe question on each booklet.

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Muscles


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What is thepurpose ofyour joints?

Cut out booklet as one piece. Fold inhalf and glue into lapbook. Use with“MUSCLE AND JOINTS” study guide.Inside, answer the question.


Flap Flap

Hamburger Fold

Cut out booklet as one piece. Fold the backsection up and then glue down the flaps toform a pocket. Glue into lapbook. Fill out theinformation on each card (see next page).Place the cards in the pocket.

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Definition Cardsfor

~Skeleton~~Bones~

~Muscles~~Joints~


On each card is a word from a part of the body. These cards can be used in a number of differentways. You can use them for spelling, vocabulary, matching etc. On each card define the word. Ifyou would like, use the internet to find a picture of each word and glue onto the card. If you aregoing to use the cards for testing, you could write the definition on the back of the cards. Placeeach card in the pocket for storage.

Rib cage

Bones Cartilage


Ligaments Tendons





Two extra cards in case you need or want them.


Your brain in located inside your skull. We could say that Godcreated the first computer when He built the brain. It is apowerful, complex, and intelligent thinking machine! The brain dealswith thousands of smells, sights, tastes, touches, and sounds—all atthe same time. While sorting through these messages, the brain stillhas the role of telling your different body parts what to do with theinformation. What an amazing job!

The brain is the heaviest organ in your body. This organ is made upof three principal parts: the (se-re-bell-um), the

, which has two parts, the, and the , which controls the body parts

that you do not think about, like breathing and your heart beating.

Your brain is protected by three layers of tissue. It floats in aspecial fluid that keeps it from bumping around inside your skull.Once your brain gets a message, it sends the information by nervecells all over your body. They travel along nerve fibers to the nervecells, called grey matter, in the brain. Everything works like a largenetwork, traveling out and back. Messages to your arms, legs, andbody are carried down by the spinal cord. The c areresponsible for carrying messages to and from your ears, eyes, nose,throat, tongue, and the skin on your face and scalp.


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Cut out large booklet as one piece. Cut on dottedline to create two flaps. Fold flaps over on dark line(you want to see “The Brain” label). Cut out labelson next page and glue on top of flaps. Use with“THE BRAIN” study guide. Inside the flaps,answer the questions.


Questions for previous page.

What are thethree parts

of the brain?

Whatdoes thebrain dowhen itgets a

message?


Have you ever sat up real quick under a bunk bed and hit yourhead? Ouch! Even though you got a nice-sized bump, the damagecould have been a lot worse. Thanks to your skull, your brain is niceand safe. Besides protecting your brain, your skull has otherfunctions as well. It helps to support the formation of your face,places your eyes the correct distance apart, and supports your earsin the correct location to help judge direction and distance ofsounds. You also receive the appearance of your face from thearrangement of these bones. That is why some people have largernoses, wider set eyes, and even pointy chins.

Your skull is held in place by your vertebrae column. It is made up ofmany flattened and irregular-shaped bones. All the bones of yourskull except the mandible are stationary bones. The skull can bedivided into two parts: the cranium (houses and protects the brain)and the mandible.

The eight craniumbones are

FrontalOccipitalSpenoidalEthmoidal

Temporal (2)Parietal (2)

The fourteen facial bonesare

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Inferior Nasal Conchae (2)Lacrimal (2)Maxillae (2)

Nasal (2)Palatine (2)

Zygomatic (2)


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2 Zygomatic.

2- Parietal

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Frontal

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Ethmoid

Occipital

Red are Cranial Bones-8Blue are Facial Bones-14

Word Bank for Bones of the Skull

Back of the roof of the mouthnot labeled.

Inside of nose. not labeled.

These words will be used to label the skull booklets on the followingpages.


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Facial Bones

Blue lines are facial bones-Fourteen Facial Bones.

Red lines are cranial bones-Eight Cranial Bones. Remembersome may have 2 of the same bone.

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Fun BrainFacts!

Cut out the booklet as one piece. Foldin half and glue into lapbook. Cut outthe fun facts and glue into the booklet.


The purpose of your digestive system is to turn the food you eat intosomething that your body can use to perform useful tasks. It is fun todiscover how your body uses that food. Let’s follow a bite of yourhamburger and see where it goes. First, you pick up your hamburger andbring it to your mouth. You open wide and . Now, it is thejob of your it into smaller pieces. To help with thesoftening of the bun and meat, your . Yourmolars continue the process to help grind it all into a big wet ball.

Chemicals in your . Once the food is smalland wet, your tongue then pushes the chewed food to the back of yourthroat. A small trap door opens, and the food is taken in. It now begins acompletely new journey!

Your throat muscles squeeze the wet. All of this happens without you even thinking about it. The job

is done by a muscle action called peristalsis. Then, the valve to theopens and your hamburger finds itself in your stomach! The inside

of your stomach is a large, pink muscle. Here in this space, your hamburgeris mixed with . Acid is released from the walls of yourstomach. The acid mixes with mucus to keep the stomach lining from beingeroded. Your food can .

These digestive chemicals and acid continue to blend until the food isbroken down into extremely tiny pieces. Then another valve opens andthe soft, Once insidethe small intestine,

down the now-mushy pieces of whatwas once a hamburger. It takes about 3 hours for your hamburger tocomplete this trip!

After you body has allowed your bloodstream to take what it needs, themush it then . Here, the mush begins tolose its moisture and begins to get smaller, harder, and drier as it travelsthrough the tube. This trip can take up to 2 days! Here in the largeintestine the water from the mush is and recycled back intoyour body. Finally, your hamburger has reached the end of its journey.Here it will sit waiting for you to expel it! Well, you know how thisjourney will really end!


Mush becomes solid and then extracted.

pushed into large intestine.

chemicals and liquids are added from yourkidneys and pancreas to help further break downfood in the small intestine.

Food moves from stomach into small intestine.

Food enters into stomach. Mixes with chemicals.Stays here 3 – 4 hours.

Food enters the esophagus.

Take bite and chew using teeth

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Folder 2 Cut out the two cover sheets on this page. Then cut out thebooklet on the next page as one booklet. Fold in half the longway, on dotted line. Glue cover sheets on the outside ofbooklet. Glue into lapbook. Cut out the labels. Use with“DIGESTIVE SYSTEM” study guide. Place the labels in thecorrect order on the digestion path. DO NOT GLUE INTOPLACE UNTIL YOU ARE SURE THEY ARE CORRECT!



The primary job of your heart is to pump blood to every part of your body.Blood carries the oxygen and all of the vitamins and minerals that yourbody needs to grow. It also helps to eliminate the things that could harmyour body. The heart beats at around 72 beats per minute. In yourlifetime, your heart will beat approximately 2.5 billion times. It weighs onaverage 250 g to 300 g in females and 300 g to 350 g in males. If you wereable to hold your heart, it would be about the same size as a pear, or thesize of your closed fist.

Inside your body, you heart is located behind your sternum. The sternumis the bone between the two sides of your ribs. Your heart sits here in themiddle of your body, on the left side of the sternum. Your heart is liketwo pumps joined together. It consists of four parts called chambers. The

(say ven-trik-ul) and the are located at thebottom of the heart. The (say at-ree-um) and theare located at the top.

The muscles of the heart squeeze and relax to pump blood around thebody. Blood is pushed from the atrium into the ventricle on each side ofthe heart. Between them, small valves open and close with eachheartbeat.

It then pushes it all round the body through thearteries and tiny blood vessels called capillaries. The blood in yourcapillaries is a bright red color.

It then sends it back to thelungs for some more oxygen. This blood is carrying carbon dioxide. Whenit reaches your lungs, you breathe it out. This blood is a darker red color.

Right Ventricle Left Ventricle

Right Atrium

Left Atrium


Cut out each piece. Stack them on top of eachother according to length, with title page onfront. Staple at the top. Use with “THE HEART”study guide. Fill out information on each piece.

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What color is the bloodfrom your lungs? The

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Cut out the booklet and glue intolapbook. Use with “THE HEART”study guide. Label the sections of theheart.


The skin that God gave you is better than any wetsuit you could buy. It islike a stretchy, elastic body suit. Not only is it strong, waterproof, andsoft, it can even repair itself! Your skin is the largest organ of your body.It is alive with thin sheets of stacked cells. Within the skin, you will findnerves, blood vessels, glands, sensory receptors, and hair follicles. Justlike a snake, you are constantly shedding your old skin. It is said thatevery minute, you shed around 30,000 dead skin cells from your body.

Without skin, you would lose all of your insides. Skin helps to protect allof your organs. It acts as an insulator and helps to keep germs and waterout of your body. If you touch a hot plate, or prick your finger on acactus, you can thank your skin for telling you that it hurt. Naturalwaxes and oils are found in your skin. They help to keep your skin softand protected. Thousands of are also found on your skin.Sweat helps your body to stay cool with evaporation.

If you stood four of your friends all side by side, chances are that eachof you would be a different skin color. The color of your skin is from apigment in the skin called . The more melanin you have in yourskin, the darker your skin tone.

The outside layer of your skin is called the (ep-i-der-miss). Deepinside the epidermis are the growing cells, and on the outside of this areflat, dead skin cells. (ker-a-tin) is what makes the skin tough andwaterproof.

The (der-miss) is a thicker, stretchy layer of skin containing bloodvessels, (seb-ay-shus), and sweat glands.


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What is the largestorgan of your body?

How many skin cells doyou shed in a DAY?

What is the job ofyour skin?

Cut out the booklet like amatchbook. Cut out the smallsquares and staple into thematchbook. Fold booklet. Glueinto folder. Use with “SKIN” studyguide. Fill out the information oneach booklet.

Skin


Every breath you take is due to your respiratory system. However, besidesgiving you breath, it is also responsible for various other jobs in your body.Your respiratory system works with your circulatory system to supplyoxygen to your body and to help eliminate unwanted waste. Every time youtake a breath, you are exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide. The averageperson takes a breath every 3 to 5 seconds. You take a breath when yourbrain is stimulated by a nerve impulse. Once stimulated, the air is movedthrough a series of passages in and out of your lungs. Next, gases areexchanged between your lungs and the blood. This is called externalrespiration. Then the blood transports the gases to and from the tissuecells. The exchange of gases between the blood and tissue cells is internalrespiration. Finally, the cells carry the oxygen to their specific jobs.

Every cell in your body requires oxygen. Without it, you would not be ableto live. The oxygen that your body needs to survive is obtained every timeyou take a breath.

The air you inhale travels down your and into two large tubescalled the bronchi. Then travels from the bronchi into either your left orright lung. If you look closely at the , they look like trees withbranches growing from them. These branches are called bronchioles.Located on the end of these bronchioles are alveoli. They are little sacsthat are full of air. Altogether, your lungs have about 600 alveoli. If youlook under a microscope at the you will see that they are coveredwith tiny blood vessels called .

When you take a breath, your diaphragm flattens out, and your ribcagelifts up. The air that you breathed in goes through all of the littlebranches in your lungs and fills up the alveoli. Oxygen then travelsthrough the alveoli and into the capillaries. Here the oxygen enters thered blood cells. The tiny blood vessels then carry the blood to your heart.Next, your heart pumps the cells with the oxygen to every cell in yourbody.

Inside your chest are your two lungs. These two organs together make thelargest organ in your body. Your heart and your lungs are located next toeach other in your chest cavity. Because of the location of your heart,your left lung is slightly smaller than your right lung. Located right belowyour lungs is your diaphragm. This large muscle works with your lungs tohelp you inhale and exhale.


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Cut out as one piece. Hotdog fold inhalf. Cut on dotted lines to makeflaps. Glue into lapbook. Use with“The Respiratory System” studyguide. Answer the questions undereach flap.


The excretory system is how your body helps maintain the liquidvolume of your bodily fluids at a safe level. If your body did not filterout the extra fluid and get rid of it, you would become very sick.

So how does your body get rid of the toxins? First, it releases some ofthe toxins into your bloodstream. Then, it

where the extra fluid and chemicals that your bodycannot use are released. The kidney’s job is to cleanse the blood andto get rid of any extra fluid. If your kidneys did not get rid of thefluid, you would blow up like a large balloon. The kidneys are bean-shaped organs about the size of a man's fist. They are located in thebottom of the stomach, just below your ribcage. Your kidneys arecontinuously at work. While all of this is going on, your urine is

. At the end of theureters is a small, stretchy pouch. This stretchy pouch is called your

. The bladder can stretch large enough to accommodate apint of urine.

OnceAt just the right time,

. At that point,you are able to go to the restroom and empty your bladder.


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How do you

know when it is

time to go?

Cut out the booklet as one piece. Foldin half and glue into lapbook. Usewith “The Excretory System” studyguide. Inside, answer the question.


Folder 3 Cut out the booklet on the outside lines. Next,accordion fold the booklet on the lines. Glue intolapbook. Use with “The Excretory System” studyguide. On each fold, write the process of how yourbody eliminates fluids. Fill out information on the folds.

The ExcretorySystem


Human Body Word Search

Find thewords in thegrid.Words can go horizontally, vertically and diagonally in all eightdirections.

D N W L T T H R Q K Y P V N D N D R T

H V S K E L E T A L S Y S T E M O J F

K T S A E R C N A P W S N R B K O T M

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W Y Q T R G T M G G S T N F N X B I T

Z X J H E A R T A E P E W S F C T G S

Y T N I O J K H I N E N B K T R D E Y

T P D G L Y P R L V L N Y E X E R S S

Y L L T R O A J L B C H P L N T O T S

M B V M S L L Z K L S N M E Z O C I U

R H T E L C M N M R U L J T T R L V O

T K D I T N K V N Y M K K O J Y A E V

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blood

bone

brain

capillaries

digestive system

esophagus

excretory system

heart

joint

kidney

lungs

muscle

nervous system

pancreas

respiratory system

skeletal system

skeleton

skin

skull

spinal cord

veins

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If you thought of your body as a giant computer, your nervous systemwould be the hard drive. Without it, your mouth would not know to smile,your feet would not understand when to run, and your fingers would notknow to draw back when the stove is hot. All of these actions are sentthrough the nervous system.

This system includes the nerves in your brain and the nerves that stretchthroughout your body. Your brain is connected to the rest of your body byyour spinal cord. The spinal cord is a vast network of nerves that runthroughout your body. It is the control center for your entire body. If yourfinger touches a hot stove, information is sent from your fingers throughthe nerves in your spinal cord to your brain.

Next, your brain reviews the information and decides what action needs totake place. Thin, thread-like nerves called run throughout yourbody. Bundled together, these nerves carry messages from your body partto your brain and back again.

The nerves that send messages to your brain are called .They connect to the brain through the spinal cord inside your backbone.The nerves that carry messages from your brain to your muscles and glandsare called . The nerves are like long fibers that transmitimpulses throughout the body. These fibers are covered by a fattysubstance called myelin (say my-e-lin). Myelin helps the messages go fastthrough the neurons. The two main parts of the nervous system are the

and the (say per-if-er-al) nervous system.


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TheNervousSystem

What is thenervous system?

What are neuronsand what do they

do?

What are sensorynerves?

What are the motornerves?

What are the twotypes of nervous

systems?

Cut out each booklet. Stack on top of eachother and fasten with a brad. Glue intolapbook. Use with “THE NERVOUSSYSTEM” study guide. Answer questionson each booklet.


Flap Flap

Hamburger Fold

Cut out booklet as one piece. Fold the back sectionup and then glue down the flaps to form a pocket.Glue into lapbook. Fill out the information on eachcard (see next page). Place the cards in the pocket.

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Definition Cardsfor

~Brain~~Digestive System~

~Heart~~Respiration~

~Excretory System~~Skin~

~Nervous System~


Left and Right CerebralHemispheres

Cerebellum

Cranial nerves


Small intestine

Large intestine


Trachea

Alveoli



Peripheral


Two extra cards in case you need or want them.


Bibliography

"Gray, Henry. 1918. Anatomy of the Human Body." Bartleby.com: Great

Books Online -- Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Thesaurus and hundreds

more. May 2009 <http://www.bartleby.com/107/>.

"My Body, the Inside Story: Skeletal System Instructional Activities." Henry

County Schools. May 2009 <http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/cur/mybody/

skel_lessons.htm#bone%20compos>.

"University of Illinois Medical Center: Health Library." May 2009 <http://

uimc.discoveryhospital.com/

main.php?t=symptom&p=anatomy_explorer>.


Using the enrichment pages (optional-use only what you would like)

Book Log- A fun pace to keep up with extra reading!Your child can do extra reading about the subjects and topics coveredin the lapbook. As your child reads, write down the date, title, authorand type of book it is on the Book Log.

Biography Book Report (if included)- Learn more about the people youare studying!Let your child choose a person or two that pertains to the subject of thelapbook. Find an exciting biographical book about chosen person. Afterreading, have your child fill out the information about the person on theBiography Book Report page.

NICK Notes-An easier way to organize informationYou child will do one of these for every study guide, or depending onthe level of the child, you may select only a few for your child to do.While the study guide is being read, your child will jot down importantinformation under “Notes.” Under “Information and Comments,” yourchild will write down any additional information that he/she would like toadd. The under “Key Words,” your child will write down important wordsfrom the study guide or from the “Notes” section.

Outline Form-A little bit harder way to organize informationYou child will do one of these for every study guide, or depending onthe level of the child, you may select only a few for your child to do.Write down a major topic from the study guide on line I. Then use A andB to be more specific about topic and to back up and “prove” thechosen topic on line l. Then on lines 1 and 2 under A and B, be evenmore specific and back up A and B. Then start over with another topicfor Line ll. In other words, use this as you would an actual outline form.This may not work for all study guides. Some study guides may not bedetailed enough to use the Outline Forms. Use only as it works for yourchild.

What I Have Learned-Pages for narrationYou child will do one of these for every study guide, or depending onthe level of the child, you may select only a few for your child to do.After reading the study guide, your child will narrate (tell orally) what he/she has learned. You will write it down. Or, let the child write it down.There are two versions to choose from: Younger-includes a place todraw a picture. Older-for children who are capable of more writing andnarration.


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by Lucille Kayes

(Discoverology Series)by Steve Parker

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Book Report about a Partof the Human Body

Body Part:

Where is it located?

It is a voluntary or non-voluntary body part?

Books that I have read about this body part:

Picture of this body part:

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Draw picture of what you learned today


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1. Take bite and chew using teeth

2. Saliva glands add liquid. Chemical reaction begins.

3. Food enters the esophagus.

4. Food enters into stomach. Mixes with chemicals.Stays here 3 – 4 hours.

5. Food moves from stomach into small intestine.

6.chemicals and liquids are added from yourkidneys and pancreas to help further break downfood in the small intestine.

7. pushed into large intestine.

8. Mush becomes solid and then extracted.
