Second Grade Curriculum Resources

Standard of Learning

2.1 The student will identify the major body systems and explain their connection to personal health. Key concepts/skills include:

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Understanding the Standard

The student will identify and understand the importance and function of the digestive system.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will:

describe the function of the mouth, teeth, and tongue. (you put food in your mouth, your teeth chew the food to soften it, and then your tongue helps you swallow the food)
explain the function of the stomach. (a body part that helps break down the food even more so your body can use the food as fuel)
describe the function of the digestive system. (to transform food into energy so your body can work and grow)

Sample Lessons

Food Groups
Grade(s): 1
Introduce Nutrio the puppet. Have the puppet explain that everyone eats. Why do people eat? Why is food important?
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=975
Free

Internal Anatomy: A Fun Look At the Digestive System
Grade(s): K-3
Students learn to introduce, identify, and explain the functioning of some body parts while constructing a "living doll" composed of the body parts discussed.
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/bi9307.html
Free

Lessons for human body materials
Grade(s): 1-5
This unit investigates some of the systems of the human body. The lessons are designed to use the various human body models from ARC. These lessons focus on four systems: skeletal, circulatory, respiratory and digestive.
http://www.colby.edu/cpse/human.html#Circulatory%20System
Free

Open Wide and Trek Inside!
Grades 1-2
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health, Curriculum Supplement Series
http://science.education.nih.gov

Oral Health Education Curriculum
Grade 1
Teaches students the functions of and importance of healthy teeth.
Sponsor: Virginia Department of Health
Oral_Health_1.1b.pdf
Free

Additional Instructional Resources

The Body – http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/(health & fitness k-2)
"Body Works" from The Learning Company - CD-ROM
Digestive System - http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000126.html
Human Anatomy - http://www.innerbody.com
The Magic School Bus series on the body
"My Amazing Human Body" from DK Multimedia - CD-ROM
"The Real Deal on the Digestive System"- My Body - Digestive System - http://www.kidshealth.org
Teaching Children About Health, A Multidisciplinary Approach - http://www.morton-pub.com - "The Human Body and Its Development"

Assessment Ideas

The student will:

trace a partner's body on bulletin board paper and diagram the parts of the digestive system where food is broken down into nutrients.
using a worksheet, identify parts of the digestive system and explain what each part does.

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