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Our Integrated Studies unit this term is //My Body, My Life//.

This unit is about the human body as a complex system. Students are investigating the functions of the various body systems that together form the human body. They are exploring questions such as: • How do our body systems work? • Why is it important to keep our body systems healthy? • What things affect our bodies in positive or negative ways?

__**Have a look at the video on the page below and record your wonderings on the wishing wall: @http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/56A2011T1**__

** The systems in the human body we'll be looking at are: ** Circulatory System (heart, blood, vessels) Respiratory System (nose, trachea, lungs) Immune System (many types of protein, cells, organs, tissues) Skeletal System (bones) Urinary System (bladder, kidneys) Muscular System (muscles) Endocrine System (glands) Digestive System (mouth, esophogus, stomach, intestines)  Nervous System (brain, spinal cord, nerves)


 * __ACTIVITY 1__**: Click on this link then go to All Systems Go! to play the online activity about human body systems. Be sure to check out the **How to Play** and **Learn More** sections of the activity before you start.

__**Links**__ Below are links to sites that have information about the Human Body. They are a good resource for your project work. Take time to explore some of these sites and make note of where you find useful information so that you can reference them in your bibliography.



innerbody.com how the body works the body system game body systems better health/body systems body system quiz healthy body video anatomy systems food and the body get body smart Your gross and cool body

(The above images come from **The Human Body: What It Is and How It Works**, Text by Mitchell Wilson; Illustrations by Cornelius De Witt. 1959. Golden Press, as seen on Ward Jenkin's blog [])