Research and collect important information about the functions and components of one of the 12 organs featured on the Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body. Each type of cell, tissue, and organ has a distinct structure and set functions that serve the organism as a whole. The human organism has systems for digestion, respiration, circulation, excretion, movement, control, coordination, and for protection from disease. These systems interact with each other. Disease is a breakdown in structures or functions of an organism.
Some diseases are the result of intrinsic failures of the system.
Others are the result of damage by infection by other organisms. All of the students are adept at using the computer, CD-ROM, and the Internet, and have access to the aforementioned. Students will be assigned to work in cooperative groups while gathering information and making presentation. Flexible grouping will be used in remediation and enrichment. Introduce the unit by connecting a computer loaded with Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body to an LCD projector so the entire class can view the video.