BFSU: The Human Body Unit

Prerequisites: Living Things unit and Land and Rocks unit

Resources: Magic School Bus episodes
                  Blood and Guts by Linda Allison (this book is where most the material for this unit comes in. It is an excellent resource and I highly recommend it. If you wish to do this unit without this book, it is more of a straightforward, basic overview of how animals function without much of the "human body" part.)

Lesson 1: BFSU B-6: How Animals Move I: Skeleton and Muscle (brief discussion)
Lesson 2: Blood and Guts, read pages 21-30
Lesson 3: Magic School Bus Flexes Its Muscles
Lesson 4:  Blood and Guts, pages 31-36
Lesson 5: Blood and Guts, pages 37-48
Lesson 6: B-7: How Animals Move II: Different Body Designs. Major Animal Phyla, part 1
Lesson 7: B-7: How Animals Move II: Different Body Designs. Major Animal Phyla, part 2
Lesson 8: BFSU B-8: How Animals Move III: Coordinating Body Movements: The Nervous System (brief discussion)
Lesson 9: Blood and Guts, pages 111-122
Lesson 10: Magic School Bus Works Out
Lesson 11: BFSU B-9: How Animals Move IV: Energy to Run the Body
Lesson 12: Magic School Bus For Lunch
Lesson 13: Blood and Guts, pages 75-82
Lesson 14: Blood and Guts, pages 49-58
Lesson 15: Blood and Guts, pages 59-70
Lesson 16: Blood and Guts, pages 83-86
Lesson 17: Blood and Guts, pages 87-96
Lesson 18: Blood and Guts, pages 105-110


This post is part of my series on using BFSU as a science unit study.