HUMAN BODY PROJECT
Patsye Peebles
This is my answer to how to "cover" the rest of the book! I don't pretend that this
will teach the students everything they ever want to know about the body, but they
should learn a lot about "their" system, and be exposed to information about the
others. They are very creative in how they present their lessons--some do video productions
or plays worthy of publication, and others do a very unimaginative job. The opportunities
it provides for standing in the teacher's shoes and for learning how to teach something are very valuable, but more importantly they learn how to determine which
facts and concepts are most important and how to find out information for themselves.
I usually reserve the reproductive system for myself, but if you are very brave
you can assign it also. I usually combine some systems for my classes, and I include the
specific page numbers or chapters from our biology book for their reference. The
form below is the student handout from this year.
GUIDELINES FOR HUMAN BODY PROJECT-BIOLOGY I
Nervous system Monday May 8
Senses Monday May 8
Skeletal system Tuesday May 9
Muscular system Tuesday May 9
Digestive system Wednesday May 10
Respiratory system Wednesday May 10
Circulatory system Thursday May 11
Excretory (urinary) system Thursday May 11
Lymphatic system and skin Friday May 12
Endocrine system Friday May 12
You will be assigned a human system by drawing the name. Your group will have 15-20
minutes to TEACH that system to the class. You must turn in a list of important
concepts by Thursday May 4. The day before presenting your system you must turn
in four good multiple choice questions on your system. The day of your presentation, you must
use and turn in an appropriate visual aid (poster, transparency, handout, etc.).
All members of the group must participate in the presentation in some way, but participation doesn't have to be equal. You will be graded on how well you teach the system,
appropriateness and effectiveness of your visual aids, the quality of your questions,
how well you identify the important concepts to teach, and participation of the entire group. This will be a major grade. A quiz will be made out from the question pool
provided by all three sections, and each day at the end of class everyone will take
the quiz on that day's presentations. This will add up to a test grade for this
unit.
Grades for the Body Project are based on the concept list (20 pts.), questions turned
in(15 pts.), visual aid (15 pts.), group participation (10 pts.), and the presentation
itself(40 pts.) They often earn bonus points by having more than one visual aid.
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