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Human Body Big Ideas
Systems
Inquiry
Application
LS1 Structures
LS2
Ecosystems
LS3 Hereditary
Complex
Systems
Planning
Investigations
Different
Technologies
Living
Structures and
Behaviors
Food Webs
Heredity
and Adaptation
Analyze a system
in terms of
subsystems
functions as well
as inputs and
outputs.
Plan different kinds
of investigations,
including field
studies, systematic
observations,
models, and
controlled
experiments.
Define technologies
and the
technological
design process to
understand the use
of technology in
different cultures
and career fields.
Plants and
animals have
different
structures that
meet their needs
and respond to
the environment.
Changes in
ecosystems
affect the
populations that
can be
supported in a
food web.
Ecosystems
change.
Organisms that
can adapt to
these changes will
survive and
reproduce in
higher numbers.
Why Big Ideas: Research shows students learn science by building on a limited number of unifying ideas.
In Human Body the Big Ideas include:
How does each living structure help meet the needs of a plant or animal?
How do living organisms interact with and fit into their environment?
What does it mean to be and stay alive?
FOSS
Bones
Counting Bones
Mr. Bones Puzzle
Standard
Focus/ PE
Focus: Living Systems
SYSB Systems are More
What does our skeletal system
Than Their Parts
do for us?
4-5 LS1B Structures have
Skeletons provide support,
Functions
movement and protection.
Focus: Inquiry
How are model skeletons similar
INQF Scientific Models
and different from real
4-5 LS1D Structures Meet
skeletons?
Internal Needs
Example: Not connected to
muscles.
Owl Pellets
4-5 LS2C Food Webs
Joints
Looking at Thumb
Joints
SYSD Broken Subsystems
4-5 LS1B Structures have
Functions
Joint Tasks
Naming Joints
Focus: Food Webs
How are owl pellets evidence of
an owl food web?
Pellets show what owls eat.
Focus: Living Systems
What do you do that depends
on working joints?
Example: Grasping Tightly
Focus: Inquiry
INQC Comparisons
Which joint combinations are
4-5 LS1B Structures have most useful?
Functions
Use evidence from the
comparison.
Focus: Inquiry
INQF Models
Which models best represent
4-5 LS1D Structures Meet
our different joint types?
Internal Needs
Example: Hinge = Knee
Big Idea
How does each living
structure help meet the
needs of a plant or
animal?
How does each living
structure help meet the
needs of a plant or
animal?
What do owls depend on
from their environment?
What evidence do you
have for your
Explanation?
How does each living
structure help meet the
needs of a plant or
animal?
How do scientists find
answers to questions they
have?
How does each living
structure help meet the
needs of a plant or
animal?
Human Body Big Ideas
FOSS
Standard
Comparing Bones
4-5 LS3C Inherited
Characteristics
4-5 LS1B Structures have
Functions
Make a Leg Model
SYSC Input and Output
4-5 LS1B Structures have
Functions
Make a Thumb
Model
INQF Models
4-5 LS1B Structures have
Functions
Make an Arm
Model
INQF Models
4-5 LS1B Structures have
Functions
INQD Collecting Data
INQE Repeat Trials
Stimulus/Response
4-5 LS1D Structures Meet
Internal Needs
Response and
Practice
Timing Your
Responses
Choose Your Own
Investigation
INQB Investigations
4-5 LS1D Structures Meet
Internal Needs
APPE Solving Problems
INQB Investigations
APPC Technological Design
Focus/ PE
Focus: Heredity and Adaptation
What animals use the same
kinds of joints we do?
All animals with internal
skeletons, the vertebrates.
Focus: Systems
How do bones and muscles
work together to produce
movement?
Muscle input produces body
motion, output, when connected
to bones.
Focus: Structures and Functions
What do we use tendons and
ligaments for?
Ligaments and tendons guide
muscle motion to bones.
Focus: Inquiry
What is included in an accurate
model of the arm?
Bones, Muscles, Tendons,
Ligaments
Focus: Inquiry
Why do we consider scientific
data reliable?
Scientists use repeated trials for
reliability.
Focus: Inquiry
How does practice effect
response time?
Practice improves response time.
Focus: Application
How can we accurately measure
our response time?
There are several ways we can
measure response time.
Focus: Application
Design an investigation or model
that explains how the human
body works.
Student Project
Big Idea
How are animals
related?
What animals belong to
the vertebrate group?
How do we depend on
our body systems
working together?
How does each living
structure help meet the
needs of a plant or
animal?
How do scientists find
answers to questions
they have?
How do scientists find
answers to questions
they have?
How do scientists find
answers to questions
they have?
How do scientists and
engineers work
together to solve
problems?
How do scientists and
engineers work
together to solve
problems?
This Kit also allows teachers to meet state health education standard.
2.2.1 Recognizes structure and function of body systems
Talking Points:
 Describes connections among body systems.
 Explains habits for healthy growth and development.
 Describes behaviors that will protect body systems.