A Look Inside
A WebQuest for 3rd Grade
Science and Technology
Designed by Anna Arthur-Worsop
aarthurw@sjv.woll.catholic.edu.au
You are a health worker on the Magic School Bus and you are taking a group of students through the human body.
You are to present to the students on the Magic School Bus what you know about the systems of the body.
You will need to
~ design a diagram
~ write an explanation
~ make a model of the body system you have chosen to research.
You will be in a group of four students. Each student will choose a body system about which to research.
~ skeletal
2. Find out:
~ where your system is
~ the function of your system - how it works
~ how it interacts with the other body systems
3. You may present your information in any format:
eg. speech, poster, pamphlet, powerpoint, imovie, diarama, play
4. You have four weeks to research. Presentations will be due in week 8
BEGINNING
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ATTEMPTING |
CONSOLIDATING |
EXTENDING |
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Searching the internet for information
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Researching the information on a body system
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Presentation of information on a body system
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What an effort! You are now familiar with the
systems that operate in your body. Perhaps now you will take more care to
look after your insides as well as your outsides.
Science and Technology Syllabus A
LOOK INSIDE ~
an exploration of the body systems and how they interact
Personal Development/ Health and Physical Education Syllabus
Internet Websites
http://users.tpg.com.au/users/amcgann/body/skeletal.html
Teacher Page
STAGE 2
OUTCOMES
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
LT S2.3
Identifies and describes the structure and function of living things and ways
in which they interact with other living things and their environment.
UT S2.9
Selects and uses a range of equipment, computer based technology, materials
and other resources with developing skill to enhance investigation and design
tasks
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT/ HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
PHS2.12
Discusses the factors influencing personal health choices.
SLS2.13
Discusses how safe practices promote personal well-being.
ENGLISH
TS2.1
Communicates in informal and formal classroom activities in school and
social situations for an increasing range of purposes on a variety
of topics across
the curriculum.
TS2.2
Interacts effectively in groups and pairs, adopting a range of roles,
uses a variety of media and uses various listening strategies for different
situations.
RS2.6
Uses efficiently an integrated range of skills and strategies when reading
and interpreting written texts.
WS2.9
Drafts, revises, proofreads and publishes well-structured texts that
are more demanding in terms of topic, audience and written language features.
WS2.10
Produces texts clearly, effectively and accurately, using the sentence
structure, grammatical features and punctuation conventions of the text
type.
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