2.44 You and Your Body. Delta Education, 1994. Each requires about 3 to 4 weeks to complete and includes a teacher's guide and materials for a class of 32 students. In You and Your Body , students investigate several organ systems of the human body, as well as foods and nutrition. Activities include constructing models of an arm and a leg to simulate the role of muscles and joints in movement.
Students also measure their own reaction times, pulse rate, and lung capacity.
They observe and discuss the properties of skin and teeth. They test a variety of foods to determine the relative protein and fat content. You and Your Body includes 14 activities, which require about 17 class sessions. In addition to directions for activities, the teacher's guide provides a module overview, a schedule of activities, objectives for each activity, background information, materials management and preparation tips, sample answers to discussion questions, teaching suggestions, and reinforcement activities. Also included are reproducible activity sheets for student work and a performance-based assessment.