We are currently doing a short study of the human body. We recently finished up our unit on the Brain and Nerves, and here are some of the activities we did and resources we used.
- My Body book by Teacher Created Resources – I love this book. It has kid-size patterns for all the major body parts, as well as a brief description of each. When we are finished with our human body unit, each child will make a life-size replica of their body with all the organs and systems we studied.
- The Children’s Book of the Body by Anna Sandeman
- First Encyclopedia of the Human Body by Fiona Chandler {Usborne Internet-linked}
We used these two books to get the majority of our information about the brain and nerves.
- We completed notebooking pages that I made to go along with our studies. You can download them below for your own personal use.
- We used this brain worksheet and nerve worksheet from File Folder Fun.
- Brain Worksheet
- Nerve Cell Worksheet
- We made Brain Hats from Ellen McHenry’s Basement Workshop. She has lots of great resources on her site.
- And lastly, we made nerve necklaces. This idea come from the book Easy Make & Learn Projects: Human Body by Scholastic.
