Saturday, June 18, 2011

Cooperation - Systems of the Body

2 comments:

Shannon said...

Pre-K to 1st Grade Level:
Bones and Joints:
Inside your outside! by Rabe, Tish. (Good)
Your insides by Cole, Joanna. (Boring but does include neat see-thru pages)
Me and my amazing body by Sweeney, Joan (Good)
Outside-in : a lift-the-flap body book by Smallman, Clare. (Flaps are neat)

Skeleton:
Dem bones by Barner, Bob (Good, but does include “tail”)
The skeleton inside you by Balestrino, Philip. (Good)
You can't see your bones with binoculars : a guide to your 206 bones by Ziefert, Harriet. (Good)

Bones and Muscles:
My bones and muscles by Rau, Dana Meachen (Good)

The Digestive System:
The Magic School Bus inside the human body (Excellent)
What happens to a hamburger by Showers, Paul. (Good)
My stomach by Rau, Dana Meachen (Good)

Respiratory System:
Breathe in, breathe out by Nettleton, Pamela Hill. (Good)

Circulatory System:
A drop of blood by Showers, Paul. (Good)
Hear your heart by Showers, Paul (Good)

Nervous System:
Think, think, think : learning about your brain by Nettleton, Pamela Hill. (Good)

Excretory System:
Everyone Poops by Gomi, Taro. (Good)

Shannon said...

We just did this unit again. My children are pre-school through 4th grade. I posted the books we used this time around at http://www.squidoo.com/cells-and-dna . If you scroll down toward the bottom, you can see the lessons we did each week along with the books we enjoyed for each of those weeks.