INTRODUCTION

You are the leader of the alien explorer squad. Your team has been researching those interesting beings called humans on planet Earth. So far, your team has learned all about the outside of the human body, but you are still stumped about how the humans work on the inside of their bodies. Be warned: you have entered a realm you have never seen before. You will learn things about the human body you never knew were possible. Okay snatchers...here we go!!

THE TASK

Your mission is to snatch and take over 10 internal body parts from the humans, study them, and report back to your alien colony.

THE PROCESS

1. First your teacher will place you in a group.

2. Choose a group member to lie down on a piece of butcher paper (your teacher will supply the paper.)

3. Trace around the group member's body with a pencil.

4. Next, your teacher will assign each group member certain body parts to snatch and research.

5. Click on your assigned body parts to "snatch" and become the part. You will learn:

A. What you look like

B. What you do

C. Where you live inside the human body

6. Next you will draw pictures of your body parts and color them.  Make sure they are the appropriate size to fit your paper body.

7. Write a paragraph describing:

A. What you look like

B. What you do

C. Where you live inside the human body

9. Groups will present their bodies to the alien colony (the class).

BODY PARTS

Brain	Lungs	Heart	Kidneys	Spleen
Intestines	Stomach	Liver	Bladder	Pancreas

EVALUATION

Components	Exemplary 10-9	Accomplished 8-7	Beginning 6-0	Score
Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation	There are only one or two errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation.	There are 3-5 errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation.	There are more than 5 errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation.	______
Body Content	Body includes all 10 organs in correct location and with correct function.	Two or three errors in location of body organs or function are present.	More than three errors in location of body organs or functions are present.	______
Group Participation	Listens and speaks a fair amount. Doesn't argue with team members. Helps team reach fair decisions.	Listens but sometimes talks too much. Rarely argues. Usually considers the viewpoints of others.	Is always talking and never listening or always listens and never talks. Usually argues with team members. Usually wants to have things their own way.	______
Presentation Content	Group members include all functions and locations of body organs during the presentation.	Up to 3 functions/locations are missing during the presentation.	More than 3 functions/locations are missing during the presentation.	______
Research and Information Gathering	Collects a great deal of information. Information all relates to assigned body organs.	Collects some basic information. Most of the information relates to assigned body organs.	Collects very little or no information that relates to the assigned body organs.	______
Score Totals	50-45	44-39	38-0	______

RESOURCES

Innerbody

KidsHealth- Created by the Nemours Foundation

Real Human Brain Picture

The Food Factory

ThinkQuest:  The Human Body
 
 

CONCLUSION

Congratulations! You have completed your mission and your alien colony thanks you for your hard work. By completing this mission, you used science, reading, art, and writing skills. You also learned about the human body, the parts inside of it and why these body parts are important to life.

Blast to the top of the page!