Process

Your teacher will assign your tribe the body system that you are to research.

Research Challenge

  1. What topics should you research? Fill out the questions in the Body System Questioning Guide. These questions should be broad so that you can research the answers.
  2. Tribe meeting to discuss questions. Each member can have different questions. (hint: it is always best to use each member's strengths)
  3. Tribe members spread out and use resources to find answers to your questions.
  4. Tribe members gather together and go over answers. Did every tribe member find good information that answers each question very well?

Poster Challenge:

Your challenge is to create a persuasive  Poster for the tribal council about your system of the body. Use Presentation Guide to plan your poster.

The poster must include:

*The name of the system

*Its definition and functions of the body system

*Five major organs (bones or muscles) included in your system

*The system's IMPORTANCE  to the human body and why it deserves be voted the "Most Vital" for the body's survival


*Creativity is not banned and can be a resourceful tool in persuasion

 

Resources

 

 

The Wheezers

The Respiratory System

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/resp1.htm

 The Beaters

The Circulatory or Cardiovascular System

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/cir1.htm

 The Mashers

The Digestive System

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/dig1.htm

 Dem' Bones

The Skeletal System

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/ske1.htm

The Flexers

The Muscular System

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/mus2.htm