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Magic School Bus
By Kat

I'm not sure if this would work with fifth grade or not. I teach third grade and am in the middle of my human body unit. I began the unit with a read aloud of Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body. I have a book full of
human body projects to make. These include a brain hat, digestion poster, cell mobile, circulation wheel, etc. I have the book at school, but will look up the title, if you are interested. I also read BB on Digestion and Energy, Growing and Changing, Skin, etc. and have the children write down five facts from each book in their science journals. I will be showing a Bill Nye video on the

human body next week and then we will be looking at our epithelial cells under a microscope. To wrap up the unit, I have the children make lifesize bodies on chart paper. They color and cut out printouts of body parts and label them. Then paste red and blue yarn throughout the body to represent arteries and blood vessels. The children really love this unit!