Otter's Elementary Science Curriculum: The Human Body Week 24 Skin, Nails, Hair, and the Sense of Touch
Kid’s Discover: Skin
Help! What's Eating My Flesh?: Runaway Staph and Strep Infections! (24/7: Science Behind the Scenes)
Ouch!
p. 34-37 Bee sting
p. 38-39 Suntan
Janice VanCleave's Food and Nutrition for Every Kid: Easy Activities That Make Learning Science Fun
Chapter 21-22
The changes in supportive structures in food
Why milk is an important food
Chapter 23
How dairy products are made
Chapter 24
Why foods spoil
Chapter 25
How to make food last
Blood and Guts
p.11-12
Activities:
Evaporation
Quick cool
Supplies needed: rubbing alcohol, cotton balls
p.13-14
Sweaty palms Skin prints
Supplies needed: corn starch, iodine
p.15-17
Map the back of your hand
Touchy points
Supplies needed: ice, cardboard, pins
*p.15 depicts some indistinct nudity
p.18-20
*p. 19 shows a drawing of someone's rear
Skin
Bruises
Faces
Hair
Sun Protection
Nails
Touch
The Body Book (Grades 3-6)
Cut/paste skin model
Make the model
p.70-71
Skin deep, how a pimple develops
p.72-73
Sweaty palms, goose bumps and body tissues
p.74-75
Fingerprints, toenails and fingernails
p.82-90
Cut & paste activity: review of all the body systems/organs
Label the parts of the skin with this colorful printout.
Usborne - skin layers
Usborne - sunburn
Cow Bop - After reading about how dairy products are made in the nutrition book, visit this site for a silly and fun game to play. Help Bo get the calcium she needs by jumping on the food items as they appear.