Spooky Tools

 
Objective:
At the completion of this lesson, students will demonstrate how body parts can be used as tools.




Standard:
SCI.2.4.1 2010
Identify parts of the body that can be used as tools - like hands for grasping and teeth for cutting and chewing.





 Description:
Students will complete three different tasks where they will need to discover how their various body parts can be used as tools. The three body parts used will be the thumb, the foot, and the teeth.

Materials:
- Fake cobwebs
- Decorative skeleton
- White, orange and black paper
- Fake severed hand
- Fake severed foot
-Fake set of teeth
- Mini snickers
- Eraseable marker
- Tape
- Hot glued
- Mini bats
- Laminated paper

Description of Activities:
#1. The thumb: students will tape down the thumb of their dominant hand, and then try to write their name with a dry erase marker on a piece of laminated paper on the board. Afterwards. They will lift the instructions and read the extra information about the activity.



#2. The foot: students will take a wrapped mini snickers bars, and set it on the floor. They will then remove their shoes and socks, and try to pick up the snickers from the ground with their toes. After completing this activity, they will lift the instructions and read the extra info about the activity.



#3. The teeth: students will take the same snickers they used for activity #2 and open it up. They will proceed to eat the snickers, but they cannot use their teeth. They will then lift the instructions to read more about the activity.





Link:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1859970.From_Head_to_Toe


Book:
From Head to Toe: the Amazing Human Body and How it Works


 Created by Bailee Morillo & Emily Steffen