Team Members:
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System: _______________________
Your team’s job is to prepare a presentation to educate your classmates about one of
the body systems that makes up the human body. Your presentation must include the
following requirements:
Part 1: Introduction- Tell the name of the organ system and describe the structures.
Give an overview of your system and explain the importance of the system.
Part 2: Diagram- Provide a diagram of the body system with the major parts or organs
labeled with their name and functions.
Part 3: Teamwork- Explain how your body system interacts with other systems in the
body.
Part 4: Problems and Care- What are some of the possible problems with the system?
How can you take care of your system?
Part 5: Fun Facts- Find 5 facts about your body system or its parts.
Teams may use their books, reference materials, or online resources to research
their organ system to create a Power Point presentation, fill-in-the-blank worksheet,
diagram of the system to label, and 5 test questions. The presentation must consist of
at least 10 slides.
Projects are due ______________________.
Go to http://sciencespot.net/ and click the link for Kid Zone. Choose “Health & Human
Body” to find links to help you with this project! http://sciencespot.net/
Make sure to cover…
1. Integumentary System- Describe how the skin helps to regulate your body
temperature.
2. The Skeletal System- Explain how connective tissue attaches one bone to
another and forms joints that allows movement.
3. Muscular System- Describe how muscles work in pairs to make parts of
the body move.
4. Endocrine System- Describe what hormones are and what they do.
5. Nervous System- Describe the path a nerve impulse travels throughout
your body from stimulus to response.
6. Immune System- Describe each “line of defense.”
7. Digestive System- Describe the path food travels throughout the digestive
system.
8. Respiratory System- Describe the “breathing” process.
9. Circulatory System- Describe each of the components of blood and their
function (red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, & plasma). Describe
the path blood travels through your body.
10. Sensory System- Describe the different senses, the receptors, neural
pathways, and the part of the brain involved in sensory perception.