Everybody’s Body Systems Welcome to a show about your body and how it works!

HERE’S WHAT TO DO: Work together with your partner to answer these questions on your Body Systems Scavenger Hunt Worksheet: Name of the system Name of the system Major organs Major organs Job of the body system Job of the body system Interesting facts Interesting facts

Let’s start with a system that is very important… no bones about it! Use this site to get a closer look at what bones are made of: html html MUSCULARNERVOUSRESPIRATORYCIRCULATORYDIGESTIVE

Now let’s put some meat on those bones! Check out this cool site about muscles: html SKELETALNERVOUSRESPIRATORYCIRCULATORYDIGESTIVE

Now we need a system that tells these muscles when to move. Find the name, job, and parts of the nervous system at this site: sh/body/pg html sh/body/pg html MUSCULARSKELETALRESPIRATORYCIRCULATORYDIGESTIVE

After all this moving, I’m starting to breathe a little heavier. Check out the online activities about our lungs at: ca/children/index_ kids.html ca/children/index_ kids.html At this site, find out what makes up the respiratory system and how it works. Make sure to check out the graphics too!: est.org/10348/find/co ntent/respiratory.html est.org/10348/find/co ntent/respiratory.html MUSCULARSKELETALNERVOUSCIRCULATORYDIGESTIVE

All this breathing is making my heart beat faster too! Find out how the circulatory system is like UPS at this site: lassroom.org/hemo. html lassroom.org/hemo. html MUSCULARSKELETALRESPIRATORYNERVOUSDIGESTIVE

I’m getting hungry. How about you? Let’s find out what system helps us to get energy from food. Follow the disgusting journey of food as it travels through the human digestive system. You can also find some tummy twisting facts. covery.com/flash/bod y/pg html covery.com/flash/bod y/pg html a/westmin/science/sbi3 a1/digest/digdiag.htm a/westmin/science/sbi3 a1/digest/digdiag.htm Check out this diagram of the digestive system and the parts that make it up: MUSCULARSKELETALNERVOUSRESPIRATORYCIRCULATORY

LOOK BACK: Questions to think about. Detectives, did you find these things for each system? Detectives, did you find these things for each system? What body system did you enjoy learning about the most? Why? What body system did you enjoy learning about the most? Why? Name of the system Name of the system Major organs Major organs Job of the body system Job of the body system Interesting facts Interesting facts

CONGRATULATIONS ! Thanks for joining us for a special presentation about your body and the systems that work together to make you you! You are now a Body Systems Super Sleuth!