Standard of Learning

K.1 The student will explain that the body is a living and growing organism. Key concepts/ skills include:

1. the importance of making healthy food choices (e.g., eating a variety of foods from all food groups, eating breakfast, choosing healthy snacks, eating at least five fruits and vegetables a day);
2. the effects of drugs and medicines on the body;
3. the five senses (e.g., sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) and major body parts (e.g., head,  trunk, arms, legs, hands, feet);
4. the need for regular physical activity.

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Understanding the Standard

The student will identify the major body parts and understand the function of the five senses.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will:

• name the key external body parts. (head, ears, eyes, nose, mouth, shoulders, arms, hands, fingers, trunk, abdomen, hips, legs, feet, and toes)
• identify the key internal body parts. (brain, heart, lungs, stomach, muscles, bones, and blood)
• list the five senses. (smell, hear, feel, see, and taste)
• describe what these senses do.

Sample Lessons

All About Me: My Senses
Grade: Kindergarten
The primary focus of this lesson is on how children respond to the stimuli in their world around them. It discusses the senses, and introduces the parts of the body that are sense organs and develops the concept that using the senses helps people learn about the world around them.
Sponsor: Ask Eric
Contact: http://www.eduref.org (select lesson plans – health – body systems & senses)
Free

Hands and Sense of Touch
Grade: Kindergarten
5 sessions
This unit introduces students to the importance of our hands and the sense of touch. Students will learn about the importance of thumbs and the use of hands for measurement.
Sponsor: Ask Eric
Contact: http://www.eduref.org (select lesson plans – health – body systems & senses)
Free

HeartPower!
Grades: K-2
Teaches student about the heart and how to keep it healthy. Science-based. Lessons, handouts.
--What Is the Heart? – lesson idea
Sponsor: American Heart Association
Contact: http://www.americanheart.org (select HeartPower!)
Free

Using our Five Senses
Grade: Kindergarten
This lesson will help students recognize that they have five senses and what those senses are.
Sponsor: Ask Eric
Contact: http://www.eduref.org (select lesson plans – health – body systems & senses)
Free

Additional Instructional Resources

• The Body – http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/ (health & fitness – K-2)
• Kids Health (My Body) – http://www.kidshealth.org

Assessment Ideas

The student will:

• using a worksheet, correctly match pictures of the body parts with the five senses.
• using different sensory stimulation, identify which senses they used to identify each item. (e.g., pop popcorn, music, a stuffed animal, etc.)
• help a partner trace his/her body on a large piece of paper and label key body parts.

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