BODY MASTERY LEARNING

***This sheet went home today and if you could please go over it with your child - next week we will be calling up each child to ask them all these ?'s.  This is to see how much they have learned and retained from our Body Unit. 

Body Mastery Learning

Please take time to review at home.

1. Name 5 different organs in your body.

(Heart, Liver, Lungs, Stomach, Large Intestines, Small Intestines, Kidneys, Brain)

2. What can you tell me about the heart?

(it pumps blood throughout the body; is as big as your fist; has 4 chambers; valves open and close to help blood pump)

3. What can you tell me about the lungs?

(2 lungs; left side is smaller than right; take in oxygen to help us breathe)

4. What can you tell me about the stomach?

(it is where food starts to digest; it has juices (acid) which help break down food)

5. What can you tell me about the liver?

(it helps clean the blood; takes out nutrients for our bodies)

6. What can you tell me about the kidneys?

(There are two but you can live with one; they clean and filter blood)

7. What can you tell me about the Intestines?

(small intestines the absorb nutrients for the body; the large intestines gets the waste; the small intestines are about 20ft long!)

BONUS: what is the other word we use to explain the “pushing” of food through the intestines? (Peristalsis)

8. What can you tell me about the brain?

(it controls movement, taste, speech, smell, hearing and touch)

9. What are your 5 senses?

(touch, taste, smell, hear, sight)

BONUS: Can you tell me any special facts about the 5 senses? (vocabulary/special facts..etc)