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Exploring the Human Body
with Four Favorite Science Series
3- & 5-Day Schedules Books, DVDs & Experiments
Draw-and-Write Prompts Experiment Pages
Exploring the Human Body
with Four Favorite Science Series
Writer/Designer
Stacy Holland
Blue House School
bluehouseschool.blogspot.com
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Exploring the Human Body...
Exploring the Human Body... combines four favorite science series: Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out
Science, The Magic School Bus, Bill Nye the Science Guy and Janice VanCleave’s into one
easy-to-use science curriculum. Designed as a 10-week unit study, it’s a perfect fit for
homeschooling families who follow the four-year science-history cycle as well as for anyone
looking for a picture book + video + simple experiment approach to studying science during
the early years. Along with comprehensive 3- and 5-day schedules, more than 20 unique
draw-and-write prompts and experiment pages are included to enhance student learning.
Unit cover and photo record pages are provided as well.
Required Resources
Besides having access to various Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science picture books, The Magic
School Bus picture books and DVDs, and Bill Nye the Science Guy DVDs, you will need a copy
of Janice VanCleave’s Play and Find Out About the Human Body: Easy Experiments for Young
Children (0439210062). These titles may be obtained by visiting a local well-stocked library,
or purchased new or used from any number of booksellers. PaperBack Swap at
paperbackswap.com is another good option.
Many The Magic School Bus videos are available in DVD format via Netflix. These titles are
marked within this curriculum with a Netflix stamp. Numerous The Magic School Bus and Bill Nye
the Science Guy episodes are available to view for free via YouTube at youtube.com as well.
Open Library at openlibrary.org offers several Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science and a couple
of The Magic School Bus titles in eBook format. These titles may be checked out for free for up
to two weeks. However, Open Library has a very limited number of copies available per eBook,
so please remember to digitally return copies as soon as possible after use. These books are
marked within this curriculum with an Open Library stamp.
Books available in audiobook format are marked within this curriculum with a Q stamp.
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How to Use & What to Do
In order to provide the most comprehensive curriculum possible using the four favorite
science series, nearly every known book and video episode from Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out
Science, The Magic School Bus and Bill Nye the Science Guy that is pertinent to the study of the
human body is included in some way. This includes several out-of-print, but still very good
books. Open Library is particularly helpful in tracking down these titles.
Exploring the Human Body... includes individual draw-and-write prompts specific to
every included title of the Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science picture book series. A general
draw-and-write prompt designed after the student reports illustrated in The Magic School Bus
series is provided for those titles. Five different experiment pages of varying degrees of difficulty
and design are included to summarize and report findings for Janice VanCleave’s experiments.
Even with careful planning, it is unlikely that every single book and DVD listed within this
curriculum will be available during the timeframe you need it. You may not wish to read
every book, watch every video, complete every experiment or have your student fill in every
draw-and-write prompt and experiment page either. That’s okay. Science at this age doesn’t
need to be all-encompassing. However, to ensure your student gets a well-rounded education,
at least one book, video and experiment per topic is recommended. At the very least, try to
cover every major topic with a book or video and experiment in some way. Several books and
videos cover similar topics, so choose whichever ones are readily available or appeal to you.
Draw-and-write prompts and experiment pages are not necessary for every single book
and experiment. Some experiments are really too simple to spend time analyzing on paper.
Simply talk them through with your student. If your student isn’t writing long, cohesive
sentences well yet or you are short on time, he or she may dictate to you what to write on the
prompts. Encourage your student to speak in well-thought-out, complete sentences. Or, split
the writing between the two of you. Even the newest writers can fill in a couple of short key
words here and there as you scribe the rest.
Due to the open-ended nature of the draw-and-write prompts, answers will vary greatly from
student to student. Therefore, no answer key is provided for this curriculum. Just be sure your
student is providing quality answers that are appropriate for his or her age and skill level.
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Some of the Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science books have been around for decades and come in
various editions. Although any edition is acceptable and the text among them is often the same
or very, very similar, illustrations sometimes are not. There may be a few cases where the
draw-and-write prompts don’t match up exactly with the edition you’re using. For example,
the older edition of A Drop of Blood by Paul Showers doesn’t feature an illustration of platelets,
which the draw-and-write prompt uses. This doesn’t happen often, so you may choose to skip
any such questions or use information found on the internet to fill in the blanks.
No supply lists are included for Janice VanCleave’s experiments. Required supplies are basic
and often found around the house. The supply lists provided within Play and Find Out About
the Human Body... are well laid out and adequate, so there wasn’t a reason to duplicate the
information. Just remember to read through the experiments a week or two ahead so you have
time to round up anything you might not have on hand. Please note that some topics do not
have accompanying experiments.
For the sake of organization and good recordkeeping, keep a copy of this curriculum and all
completed prompts and experiment pages in a dedicated life sciences binder. Use the included
photo record page to add a little extra pizzazz by including snapshots of your student
completing experiments along the way.
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Table of Contents
Week
Topic
1
Living Things, Growth, Life Cycles & Cells
2
The Brain, Reflexes & Sleep
3
The Five Senses & Sense of Touch
4
Sense of Smell, Taste, Sight & Hearing
5
The Respiratory System & How People Talk
6
The Digestive System & Nutrition
7
The Heart
8
Blood & the Circulatory System
9
Germs
10
The Skeletal System, the Muscular System, Teeth & Genetics
3- & 5-Day Schedules
Draw-and-Write Prompts
Experiment Pages
Unit Cover Page
Photo Record Page
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Human Body: 3-Day Schedule
Week 3 - The Five Senses & Sense of Touch
Day 1
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•
•
•
Read My Five Senses.
Complete “Five Senses”
draw-and-write.
Read The Magic School
Bus: Explores the Senses.
Complete “Field Trip
Report: Senses”
draw-and-write.
Day 2
•
•
•
•
•
Read Your Skin
and Mine.
Complete “Skin”
draw-and-write.
Read I Can Tell
by Touching.
Complete “Touch”
draw-and-write.
Watch Bill Nye the
Science Guy: Skin.
Day 3
•
•
Complete Janice
VanCleave’s...
“Rigid” experiment.
Complete “Experiment”
draw-and-write.
•
Complete Janice
VanCleave’s...
“Painless” experiment.
•
Complete Janice
VanCleave’s...
“Darker” experiment.
_____ My Five Senses by Aliki - 006445083X
•
“Five Senses” draw-and-write prompt
_____ The Magic School Bus: Explores the Senses by Joanna Cole - 0590446983 Open Library
•
“Field Trip Report: Senses” draw-and-write prompt
_____ Your Skin and Mine by Paul Showers - 006445102X Open Library
•
“Skin” draw-and-write prompt
_____ I Can Tell by Touching by Carolyn Otto - 0064451259 (out-of-print)
•
“Touch” draw-and-write prompt
_____ Bill Nye the Science Guy: Skin DVD by Disney Educational
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_____ Janice VanCleave’s Play and Find Out About the Human Body: Easy Experiments for
Young Children by Janice VanCleave - 0439210062
•
“Rigid,” pages 6-9
•
“Experiment” draw-and-write prompt
•
“Painless,” pages 34-37
•
“Darker,” pages 18-20
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Human Body: 5-Day Schedule
Week 3 - The Five Senses & Sense of Touch
Day 1
•
•
Day 2
Read My Five Senses.
Complete “Five Senses”
draw-and-write.
•
•
Day 3
Read The Magic School
Bus: Explores the Senses.
Complete “Field Trip
Report: Senses”
draw-and-write.
•
•
•
•
Day 4
•
Watch Bill Nye the Science Guy: Skin.
Read Your Skin
and Mine.
Complete “Skin”
draw-and-write.
Read I Can Tell
by Touching.
Complete “Touch”
draw-and-write.
Day 5
•
•
Complete Janice VanCleave’s...
“Rigid” experiment.
Complete “Experiment” draw-and-write.
•
Complete Janice VanCleave’s...
“Painless” experiment.
•
Complete Janice VanCleave’s...
“Darker” experiment.
_____ My Five Senses by Aliki - 006445083X
•
“Five Senses” draw-and-write prompt
_____ The Magic School Bus: Explores the Senses by Joanna Cole - 0590446983 Open Library
•
“Field Trip Report: Senses” draw-and-write prompt
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_____ Your Skin and Mine by Paul Showers - 006445102X Open Library
•
“Skin” draw-and-write prompt
_____ I Can Tell by Touching by Carolyn Otto - 0064451259 (out-of-print)
•
“Touch” draw-and-write prompt
_____ Bill Nye the Science Guy: Skin DVD by Disney Educational
_____ Janice VanCleave’s Play and Find Out About the Human Body: Easy Experiments for
Young Children by Janice VanCleave - 0439210062
•
“Rigid,” pages 6-9
•
“Experiment” draw-and-write prompt
•
“Painless,” pages 34-37
•
“Darker,” pages 18-20
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Five Senses
Label your five senses.
Draw or write three things you can sense with each of your five senses.
Sight
Hearing
Taste
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Smell
Touch
Field Trip Report: Senses
Draw something you learned from your field trip and then write a report about it.
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Skin
Label the layers of your skin and then answer the questions.
Does this layer have
blood in it?
Yes
No
Does this layer have
blood in it?
Yes
What two parts of your skin can you cut without feeling anything?
List three ways your skin protects you.
1.
2.
3.
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Touch
Write five words that describe how things feel when you touch them on the lines below.
Then, draw a picture for each one.
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