Download Activity: Body Systems Puzzle

Activity: Body Systems Puzzle
TEKS: 7.9 (A)
AP Connections:
AP Biology
Task Analysis: The student will…
Concept/Background Information:
Materials:
Body systems puzzle sheets (student version), cut out for each student or
student team. The student version is already mixed up, so you can have students
cut them out.
Teaching tips:
Advance preparation- to save time, cut out puzzle pieces in advance
Teaching strategies- approximate time – one 50 minute class period
Engage: Show the video clip “Introduction to Human Body” (3:35) from the video
Life Science: Human Biology (Discovery Channel School) on United Streaming.
Have students list the body systems introduced and write something about each.
Ask questions to elicit prior knowledge about body systems.
Explore: Give each group of students a set of the body system puzzle pieces to
group. For each system, there is one piece with the name of the system, one
piece with the main function of the system and one piece with the major organs
of the system.
Explain: Ask each group to present one or two systems to the class to verify the
answers. Discuss connections between the systems.
Extend: Students use the pieces to create individual graphic organizers or notes
pages in their interactive notebooks with all of the information learned.
Evaluate: Individual student responses and notes pages.
Created for AISD by Valerie Barron
May 2005
Body Systems Puzzle – Teacher Version
SKELETAL
SYSTEM
Supports the body; works with
muscles for movement,
produces red blood cells.
Bones, cartilage
CIRCULATORY
SYSTEM
Carries materials to the body’s
cells. Takes away wastes.
Works with Respiratory
System.
Heart, veins, arteries,
capillaries
MUSCULAR
SYSTEM
Helps the body to move; helps
push materials through the
body. Works with Skeletal
System.
Muscles, tendons, muscles in
organs
RESPIRATORY
SYSTEM
Puts oxygen into the body and
removes carbon dioxide. Works
with the Circulatory System.
Lungs, nasal passages,
trachea, bronchi
EXCRETORY
SYSTEM
Removes wastes from the body
Kidneys, bladder, urethra,
lungs, skin, large intestine
Created for AISD by Valerie Barron
May 2005
Body Systems Puzzle – Teacher Version
DIGESTIVE
SYSTEM
Takes food and breaks it down
into nutrients the body needs.
Mouth, salivary glands,
esophagus, stomach, small &
large intestines
REPRODUCTIVE
SYSTEM
Produces sex cells to create
children, controls female &
male characteristics.
Female & male genitals,
hormone glands
NERVOUS
SYSTEM
Controls all body functions,
senses and recognizes
information from in and outside
the body.
Brain, spinal cord, nerves
SKIN SYSTEM
First barrier to disease and the
environment; controls body
temperature, keeps body fluids
inside body.
Skin, sweat glands
IMMUNE
SYSTEM
Fights off diseases
Lymph nodes, white blood
cells, skin
Created for AISD by Valerie Barron
May 2005
Body Systems Puzzle – Student Version
SKELETAL
SYSTEM
Carries materials to the body’s
cells. Takes away wastes.
Works with Respiratory
System.
Lymph nodes, white blood
cells, skin
MUSCULAR
SYSTEM
Puts oxygen into the body and
removes carbon dioxide. Works
with the Circulatory System.
Female & male genitals,
hormone glands
EXCRETORY
SYSTEM
REPRODUCTIVE
SYSTEM
Takes food and breaks it down
into nutrients the
body needs.
Skin, sweat glands
Controls all body functions,
senses and recognizes
information from in and outside
the body.
Mouth, salivary glands,
esophagus, stomach, small &
large intestines
Fights off diseases
Brain, spinal cord, nerves
SKIN
SYSTEM
Created for AISD by Valerie Barron
May 2005
Body Systems Puzzle – Student Version
CIRCULATORY
SYSTEM
RESPIRATORY
SYSTEM
Supports the body; works with
muscles for movement,
produces red blood cells.
Kidneys, bladder, urethra,
lungs, skin, large intestine
Helps the body to move; helps
push materials through the
body. Works with Skeletal
System.
Bones, cartilage
DIGESTIVE
SYSTEM
Removes wastes from the body
Heart, veins, arteries,
capillaries
NERVOUS
SYSTEM
Produces sex cells to create
children, controls female &
male characteristics.
Lungs, nasal passages,
trachea, bronchi
IMMUNE
SYSTEM
First barrier to disease and the
environment; controls body
temperature, keeps body fluids
inside body.
Muscles, tendons, muscles in
organs
Created for AISD by Valerie Barron
May 2005