Learning at Home week 7: Human Body
This list contains resources suitable for children learning at home. They link to the BBC Bitesize Daily Science programme for week 7 on the Human Body.
Brilliant Bodies
Parts of the body and senses (Ages 5-7)
Meet the character Fizzy and her dog Dizzy, who want to learn more about the human body and set children a series of questions to investigate. Label the parts of the human body for Fizzy and find out more about what your body can do. The Get in the Zone at Home activity sheet is a great place to start, as it includes ideas for easy investigations at home. These include:
- testing how long you can balance on one leg
- investigating your reaction speed
Tooth types KS2
Teeth and the digestive system (Ages 7-9)
Use a mirror to have a look at your teeth. Use the activity sheets in this resource to draw the different types of teeth that you see and name them. Can you say what the different types of teeth are used for?
Dazzling digestion
Teeth and the digestive system (Ages 7-9)
What the video to find out how to make a model of your digestive system. Then have a go at doing it yourself using all sorts of household items such as chocolate cake, orange juice and an old pair of tights!
What affects your heart rate?
The circulatory system (Ages 9- 11)
Help your child learn to find and take their own pulse to measure heart rate before and after exercise. You don’t need any special equipment, just a watch with seconds or a stop watch and space to jump up and down! The first video shows how to carry out an investigation to find out how exercise affects heart rate. This video will help you run this activity at home. The lesson plan will support the running of the activity. If you are interested the last two videos show Brian Cox finding out about the heart rates of athletes and how exercise affects climbers at high altitudes.
