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Inside Out! by Kinetic City
Course, Subject
Biology/Living Environment, Math, Science & Technology, Science (NYS P-12)
Grade Levels
Intermediate, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
Description
Point to a spot on your body; how many different organs do you think are under that spot? How do they all fit in there? In this activity, students will have to figure that out as they make a full-sized map of all their insides!
Content Provider:
Kinetic City
Kinetic City is a collection of Science experiments, games, and projects for everyone to enjoy both online and away from the computer.
Website(s)
Kinetic City Information for Educators
Materials
Construction paper
Crayons or Markers
Masking Tape
Directions
- Have everyone make a bunch of different organs out of construction paper, using different colors for each organ. The size and shape of the organs should be as realistic as possible!
- Write the name on each of the organs.
- One kid volunteers to be the model. He or she should stand up, as they will be wearing all the organs that everyone just made.
- Now it's time to make your map of the body! The model will do this by hanging all the organs on his or her body with tape. Help your model figure out where they go. They can go on the front or the back, or get stacked on top of one another.
- The goal is to put the organs in all the right places!
Here are some organs you might want to use:
- Esophagus (food tube)
- Trachea (windpipe)
- Liver
- Kidneys (Make 2 of them)
- Stomach
- Heart
- Lungs (Make 2 of these, too!)
- Pancreas
- Small Intestine
- Large Intestine
- Any others you can think of!
Debriefing Questions
How many body parts did you make? Was it hard to fit them all in? Did it feel like a lot of them had to go into the same place?
Think of the spot on your body you pointed to earlier. How many organs do you think are there now?
Were there places that didn't have any organs? What do you think is in these parts of the body?
Additional Resources
The body’s systems are mapped out at: http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
Kids Health’s My Body has lots of information on the body’s different systems and pictures, too. http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/mybody.html
