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.
Those look like great projects. We have loved The Body Book for years. It is great.
I will have to “borrow” the brain hat when we get to that part in our Anatomy book 😉 Love it!!
Some great stuff, I’m saving links. Also like the links you put with all of the different Aps. Looks like you guys are settling pretty good in your new home. I know you are enjoying it.
loving the brain caps!
Totally love the Brain hats. I would also love if you would add this to my Mom’s Library Weekly Link-Up.
http://heymommychocolatemilk.blogspot.com/2012/10/moms-library-link-up-3-for-me.html
Thanks and Be Blessed,
Julie
That brain hat is a great learning activity. We have been studying and doing activities with cells. I’m not sure what we will do next, but I think your activities would make a great addition.
http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/2012/10/cell-unit-study-week-5-cell-structure.html
WOW!! I love it!!
I did this with my oldest two, then my middle three, and then repeated it for the third time with my youngest two. This book has stood the test of time. I loved helping them make the whole body. It would hang on one of our doors for ages. Good memories. Good learning!!
Thanks for linking up over at WholeHearted Home this week.
You have some great resources and ideas here! We did a unit study on the human body last year, and had a lot of fun with it. We own the Usborne First Encyclopedia of the Human body, too.
Thanks for sharing this post with Favorite Resources 🙂
Your study looks like so much fun! We are going to have to check out the Make and Learn Project book. My kids would love it!
What great activities!!!! I can’t wait to start doing this stuff with my kids! Thanks for linking up this creative post!
What a fun idea, and GREAT resources! My children will love exploring this unit!