The Body Book

by Donald M. Silver, Patricia Wynne, Wynne Patricia

With just scissors, paste, and paper, students can create a 3-D skeleton, growing-tooth movie, manipulative eye etc.-to learn about the human body. Complete how-to's, and fully reproducible. For use with Grades 3Ð6.

Genres: Science, Education

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Jacquie]

It got a little tricky, but a fun way to build a human body model. Added to it each week. This was a good hands on approach to an anatomy introduction.

[Daniel L.]

An Fun Resource for Hands-On Activities to Teach about the Human Anatomy

As a teacher of children with a wide variety special needs, this book has been an invaluable resource. Students are offered loads of hands-on activities (which are by far the most effective teaching tool for both special- and regular-education students), covering all the major systems of the human body - the skeletal, digestive, respiratory, circulatory, and urinary-tract systems. Students cut out and assemble each system, all of which can be assembled on the same human body, which also allows pupils to see how all the systems interact. In addition, students can build separate models of the tongue (sense of taste), eye, ear, and musculo-skeletal joints. Further, the authors offer additional hands-on activities, though these require a little preparation. (Teachers may also want to practice assembling the models beforehand to ensure a smooth lesson.) I would recommend this book for upper-elementary and middle school students; third-graders and students with handicaps in fine-motor activities will have difficulty cutting out some of the components. That criticism aside, I heartily recommend this invaluable resource which my students enjoyed and principal greatly appreciated.

[Teri]

Great!!!