Human Body Systems Unit | Grade 5 | Ontario Science - Life Systems

Grade 5 Teachers in Ontario! Are you looking for a comprehensive and engaging way to teach human organ systems? Look no further! Our Human Body Unit is aligned with the 2022 Ontario Curriculum unit Human Health and Body Systems as part of the Life Systems strand in the Ontario Science Curriculum. and covers the basic structure and function of these three human organ systems.

• digestive system
• respiratory system
• circulatory systems

This unit uses a student-centred inquiry model, including project-based learning centers, hands-on interactive STEM experiments, interactive notebooks, and student reflection pages, to keep your students engaged and excited to learn about the human body.

With this unit, your students will:

• Learn about the main organs of the digestive, respiratory, and circulatory systems.
• Explore common diseases that affect these organ systems.
• Participate in engaging lessons, such as making a model of the digestive system, creating a model lung, and making blood.
• Reflect on their learning and participate in an inquiry project exploring the social and environmental impacts on human body systems.
  
  Teaching Science should be fun!
  This is why our Human Body Unit includes high-yield strategies and uses various activities to keep your students engaged, such as task cards, wonder wall provocation cards, games, hands-on science experiments, background notes for the teacher, original nonfiction texts, and student research links.

By using this unit, you can:

• Meet the 2022 Ontario Curriculum requirements for teaching human organ systems.
• Engage your students in hands-on, project-based learning.
• Help your students understand the basic structure and function of the digestive, respiratory, and circulatory systems.
• Equip your students with knowledge about common diseases that affect these organ systems.
• Foster student reflection and inquiry about the social and environmental impacts on human body systems.

This unit includes lessons on:

1. Digestive System - Read and label the parts. Make a model of the digestive system.
2. Digestive System - Match the task cards.
3. (What do the organs do?)
4. Digestive System - Match and label task cards.
5. Respiratory System - Make a model lung.
6. Respiratory System - Parts of the lung with reading and interactive notebook activity.
7. Respiratory System - Asthma and the lungs (science experiment).
8. Circulatory System - Read “The Pump it Path” (included). Life size model of the heart experiment with interactive notebook activity.
9. Circulatory System - Make blood experiment.
10. Circulatory System - Heart disease modelled inquiry find and match (research links provided via web-based LiveBinder).
11. Student reflection and review of various body systems.
12. Inquiry Project: Explore social and environmental impacts on human body systems.

FAQ

Why are other body systems not key features of this unit? As of the change in the 2022 curriculum, individual systems or organs are no longer specifically identified. B2.1 identifies vital organs as a general statement on which organs to cover. As classroom teachers, we know that within a year, there is limited time to explore all the systems within the body. Therefore this unit focuses on three major organs the digestive, circulatory and respiratory systems.

Is this available in French? No Madly Learning resources are not provided in French.

Will this work for modified students? This unit is designed for students working at a grade 5 level. All activities are designed for students working at or around this ability level. Each teacher is responsible for modifying and accommodating the needs of their individual students.