Fifth graders meet the teams of organs that keep a body running, from the bones that hold it up to the lungs that bring in air, and match each system to the job it does.
Students will be able to…
Breathing, pumping blood, standing up straight — your body does all of it at once. How is the body organized into systems, and what job does each one do?
Project this and match each body system to its main job — tap a system, then tap the job it does.
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Right now your heart is pumping, your lungs are breathing, and your bones are holding you up, all at once. Which body part does which job?
Students match each system to its job.
Students connect two systems.
Students diagram the systems.
Students reflect on body systems.
Aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (Grade 5 / Elementary Science).
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Have students draw a body outline, label three systems, and write the job each one does, so the organs become teams with clear roles. A printable body-systems worksheet is in the Science library.
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