Lesson 77 of 84 · The Human Body
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleJoints: Where Bones Meet (Part 4)
The Human Body.
🎯 Your mission
Set it up. Test it. Be amazed.
⚡ The twist
Living things break the rules of non-living things — find the rule they break.
Mind = Blown
🦠 You have more bacterial cells in your body than human cells.
Make a hypothesis first
Predict: what will happen to the plant if you change the water?
What You'll Learn
The skeletal system and muscular system work together as the musculoskeletal system. Tendons connect muscles to bones, and ligaments connect bones to other bones at joints.
Key Words
- nervous system
- circulatory system
- respiratory system
Materials Needed
- sponge
- water
- blindfold
- cotton balls
Safety First
- Use materials only as directed in the experiment.
Steps
Look at the vocabulary words and write a definition for each in your own words.
Map your taste zones: dip cotton swabs in salty, sweet, sour, and bitter solutions. Touch different areas of your tongue and record where each taste is strongest.
Use your senses (except taste) to describe what you notice.
Write a summary of your findings in 3-5 sentences.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is the largest organ of the human body?
Where you see this in real life
Your own body is doing this thousands of times every second.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find one thing about your body that's different from a friend's. Wonder why.
For the dinner table
“Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”
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