Human Body and Our Senses

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Kenbrook
Livorine, McDermid, Finer
Second
Human Body and Our Five Senses
Due Week of February 1st

Assignment Information:
Second graders are beginning the study of the five senses. Children should do a report on any related topic that interests them. This will give them the opportunity to learn and practice how to do research, write a report and share information on their topic with the class. Children will be working on gathering some information during scheduled library time. They may use information received at school, books from the Farmington Library (who is aware of this project and have set aside books), encyclopedias, computers or any other resource available to them. The goal is for children to learn to find information, record it, and then present it to the class in their own words. In the past students have used posters, booklets, models, etc. to share information with the class. They may be as creative as they like!

Suggested Topics:
The Human Body                           Our Senses                                                   Systems
The brain                                      Taste or tongue or taste buds                         Nervous system
Muscles                                       Smell or nose                                               Digestive system
Bones/Skeletons                          Hearing or ears or sign language                   Circulatory system
Blood                                           Touch or skin                                               Respiratory system
Hair                                                                                                                Immune system
Teeth
Cells

Organs                                        Health Related                                               Misc.
Heart                                          Food groups                                                  Famous people and their contributions
Lungs                                         Germs or viruses or diseases                                 ex. Florence Nightingale
Stomach                                     Vaccinations or medicines                              Famous discoveries
                                                                                                                            ex. Pasteurization

This is only a partial list of possible choices. The children are encouraged to select other ideas to research if they want to.

Please Note:
Our study of the senses focuses heavily on the eye. For that reason, we do not want the children to do their report on the sense of sight or anything related to the eye.

What students will be graded on:

Student's own words (Please do not copy book or computer words)

Written Presentation (Punctuation, capitalization, spelling, neatness)

Oral Presentation (Knowledge of topic, loud and clear voice, ability to answer questions about topic)

Illustration or Poster or Model (Correctly labeled, neatness, represents topic)

Each area is worth 10 pts. for a total of 40 pts.

Our Print Resources:
[FH = Farmington Hills] [FA = Farmington] [REF = Reference Collection]

All these resources will be available at the Children's Information Desk at the Farmington Hills Library. Ask the librarians to help you find the many books that are available to check out on the specific subject that you are researching.

Title

The Body and How It Works
Diseases
The Human Body
Your Senses

Call Number

612 P
616.03 D
612 H
612 B

Location

Children's FH
Children's REF FH
Children's REF FH
Children's FH

Online Resources:

	Come to Your Senses http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/37501
	Seeing, Hearing and Smelling the World http://www.hhmi.org/senses/
	The Human Body -- Skeletal System http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~bioman/bones/bones.html
	KidsHealth for Kids http://www.kidshealth.org/misc_pages/mybody_noSW.html

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