Learning Activity Template

 

Title:  Learning Collaboratively Through Technology with Second and Fifth Grade Students.                  

 

Curriculum: Human Body

 

Grade-Level Span:  Inter-grade Project for 2nd and 5th grade partners                                                  

 

Authors Names & School District: Nancy Dallum, Kathy Peterson, Anne Krafthefer, Kathy Levine

                                                        ISD 709    

PURPOSE:Fifth grade students will review human body systems and assist 2nd graders in the computer assistant module.

DESCRIPTION: Second and fifth grade students will work together to learn about the various body systems.  Students will use technology to accomplish this task. Students will be assessed through completion of final computer project, using the listed rubric.

 

ACTIVITIES

Curriculum Standards

Minnesota Technology Standards

ISTE-NETS

Information Literacy Standard

Big 6

Students will identify parts of the following human body systems:  skeletal, muscular, respiratory, circulatory, nervous, and digestive systems.

Strand I Grade 2 Sub B Bmk 1

 

1,3

 

1

Students will use digital technology, Inspirations, the web, and personal narration.

 

Text Box: Gr 5 Reading and Lit, Sub S b, Benc,1; Gr 5,Subc C,Bnc 13; Gr Str II Writing,B 4,5; G 5 Strand III Sub D, 1,2,3;G 5 St III Sub E,2.

IV B

1,3

 

2,3

Students will be directed to web sites to use proper vocabulary to identify parts of various systems.

 

 

IIIA

2

 

3,4

Students will correctly categorize the various parts of each of the six systems.

 

 

3

 

4

Students will create an interactive simulation of the six body systems.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/05_act.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/titlepage.shtmlhttp://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000138.html

 

 

II A

IV B,C

5

 

5

Students will view their project with fifth grade buddy and assess what they would do differently, how they would make these changes, describe the most challenging part of the project and what they liked best about the project.

 

 

III C

2

 

6

Extension – compare our body systems to an animal’s body systems.

 

 

4

 

 

 

TOOLS AND RESOURCES:

Inspirations program, digital cameras, scanner.

Websites: 

Interactive model of final project:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/05_act.shtml

 

Human body systems: 

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/titlepage.shtml

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000138.html

 

X-rays: 

http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/xrays/

 

Cardio-Vascular:

http://www.innerbody.com/image/skelfov.html

 

Human Bone Quizzes:

http://www.kidport.com/grade5/Science/BodyBones.htm

http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/pages/bones.html

 

 

 

ASSESSMENT:

 

http://www.big6.com/showarticle.php?id=39

 

CREDITS (INCLUDING CONTACT INFORMATION):

Nancy Dallum Nancy.dallum@duluth.k12.mn.us

Anne Krafthefer Anne.Krafthefer@duluth.k12.mn.us

Kathy Peterson  Kathy.Peterson@duluth.k12.mn.us

Kathy Levine Kathy.Levine@duluth,k12,mn,us

 

COMMENTS:

 

 

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Used with permission of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) Project (http://www.iste.org or http://cnets.iste.org)  Contact:  Lajeane Thomas, Louisiana Tech University, P.O. Box 3161, Ruston, LA 71272;   Voice: 318 257-3923  Email:  lthomas@latech.edu