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These "Exploration Adventure" Workbooks are companions to the movies "Dr. Allevable's Unbelievable Laboratory (Bone and Heart Modules" and "Regenerobot and the Robot Science Fairs (Spinal Cord Module)".
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Dr. Allevable's and Regenerobot's Exploration Adventure - Bone, Heart and Spinal Cord
Grade Levels 3-5The "Exploration Adventure" includes four workbooks or "Exploring" Modules about the Heart, the Bone, the Extra Cellular Matrix and the Spinal Cord and a short Teacher Resource Guide. Each Module works with external Handouts. In addition, you can download the movie guide for the students and for the teachers.
Standards
The Activities in the Workbooks fulfill National Science Education
Standards, National Health Education
Standards:
National Educational Standards for Workbooks"PA Educational Standars for Workbooks"
"Exploring the Heart" Module
Grades 3-5
Time 30-40 min (each)
Summary: The Happening
Heart
Students explore the heart’s pumping
action with the use of a bucket of water
and their hands.
Summary: Cholesterol’s Clogging Caper
Using toilet paper rolls,
students work with clay to create a
visual representation of how cholesterol
builds up inside the artery walls.
"Exploring the Bone" Module
Grades 3-5
Time 30-40 min (each)
Summary: Building Big Bones
Students work in
pairs to investigate how the light, spongy
layer around the bone’s marrow makes
the bones lighter for easier movement,
by comparing cardboard tubes filled with
rocks and filled with kitchen sponges.
Summary: Doctor, Doctor!
Pretending they are
doctors, students work individually to
investigate how the appearance of bones
changes once they are broken by creating
patient files and reports.
Summary: Salt Dough Skeletons
Working in groups
of four, students use Salt Dough to
create their own Salt Dough skeletons and
label five bones.
"Exploring the Spinal Cord" Module
Grades 3-5
Time 30-40 min (each)
Summary: Special Spool
Spinal Cords Students will explore and
identify different parts of the spinal cord
by building their own spinal columns out
of string and empty spools of thread. In
addition, students will label the parts of
the spinal cord.
Summary: Spinal Column
Concentration
Students will review
spinal cord key terms and work in pairs to
play the a memory card game about the anatomy of the spinal cord.
"Extra Cellular Matrix Extravaganza"
Grades 3-4
Summary: Build two different types of extra-cellular matrices used in regenerative medicine to heal broken bones and diseased hearts, discover how matrices relate to the tissues they help to heal.
Movie Guide
Grades 3-5
Join Dr. Allevable and Regenerobot as they expore the fascinating fields of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering!
You will learn:
Feel free to use as many activities as you want!
