Mater Amabilis™

Human Body and History of Medicine

Level 2 Science – Year 2

A year’s study of the human body and the history of medicine.

Time Requirement: Two weekly lessons of approximately 40 minutes (30 minutes for the history of science reading)

Teacher Involvement: Reading and written narration can be done independently by most children. Some direction likely to be needed for activities.

Key Texts:

* Blood and Guts by Linda Allison
* The Body Book (Easy to Make Hands-On Models That Teach) by Donald M.Silver and Patricia J.Wynne
* Galen and the Gateway to Medicine by Jeanne Bendick

Recommended Additional Reading: Exploring the History of Medicine by John Hudson Tiner

SUPPLEMENTAL TEXT

Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding: A Science Curriculum for K-8 and Older Beginning Science Learners by Bernard J. Nebel, Ph.D.
This course covers the concepts in his  A – NATURE OF MATTER thread. The book offers further activities and guidance for educators in developing scientific inquiry regarding these concepts with students. If followed closely, the activities can take the place of the scheduled activity kits. An inexpensive non-printable PDF is available on the official website.

General Notes

Blood and Guts contains a large number of experiments and activities. Do not feel that you have to do them all – pick and choose according to interest and the time available.

Cutting out the various models suggested in the The Body Book can be time-consuming. You can save lesson time by cutting things out in advance and just having the child assemble them; if the child cuts them out the lessons will take longer, but he will have a greater appreciation of shape and relative sizes. The further ideas in The Body Book overlap with Blood and Guts. Only use these if you find an activity particularly appealing.

As stated in the book by the publisher, a teacher is granted permission to photocopy the designated reproducible pages for classroom use. If you have multiple children, you may find it easiest to scan the model pages and print a copy for each student, saving the file for younger siblings. Please respect the rights of the author and publisher by not sharing your file.

Term 1

The Skin

Week 1

  1. Blood and Guts: Skin – The Bag You Live In (pp. 11-20) – read and narrate
  2. Blood and Guts: Skin – The Bag You Live In (pp. 11-13) – activities

Week 2

  1. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine Ch. 1: Who was Galen
  2. Blood and Guts: Skin – The Bag You Live In (pp. 14-20) – activities

Week 3

  1. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine Ch. 2: Galen’s World, 1st half
  2. The Body Book: The Skin (pp. 39-48)
Bones and the Skeleton

Week 4

  1. Blood and Guts: Bones and Body Plan – The Shape You’re In (pp. 21-30) – read and narrate
    Please preview the picture of primitive man on page 28
  2. Blood and Guts: Bones and Body Plan – The Shape You’re In (pp. 21-30) – activities

Week 5

  1. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine Ch. 2: Galen’s World, 2nd half
  2. The Body Book: The Skeleton (pp. 49-60)

Week 6

  1. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine Ch. 3: Galen Goes to School
  2. The Body Book: The Long Bones (pp. 66-69)
Teeth

Week 7

  1. Blood and Guts: Teeth – Nippers, Chompers, Grinders (pp. 31-36) – read and narrate
  2. Blood and Guts: Teeth – Nippers, Chompers, Grinders (pp. 31-36) – activities

 

Week 8

  1. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine Ch. 4: Galen Begins to Study Medicine, 1st half
  2. The Body Book: What’s Inside a Tooth (pp. 70-77)
Muscles

Week 9

  1. Blood and Guts: Muscles – Your Mighty Movers (pp. 37-48) – read and narrate
  2. Blood and Guts: Muscles – Your Mighty Movers (pp. 37-44, not p. 40) – activities

Week 10

  1. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine Ch. 4: Galen Begins to Study Medicine, 2nd half
  2. Blood and Guts: Muscles – Your Mighty Movers (pp. 40, 45-48) – activities

Week 11

  1. The Body Book: The Joints (pp. 61-65)
  2. The Body Book: How Muscles Move Bones (pp. 124-128)

Week 12

Catch-up/Exams

Term 2

Heart and Lungs

Week 13

  1. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine Ch. 5: About Hippocrates
  2. Blood and Guts: Heart – the Double-Barreled Pumper (pp. 49-58) – read and narrate

Week 14

  1. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine Ch. 6: Galen’s Travels
  2. Blood and Guts: Heart – the Double-Barreled Pumper (pp. 49-58) – activities

Week 15

  1. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine Ch. 7: Alexandria
  2. The Body Book: The Heart (pp. 108-118)

Week 16

  1. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine Ch. 8: Galen and the Gladiators
  2. Blood and Guts: Lungs – Airways to the Inside (pp. 59-70) – read and narrate

Week 17

  1. Blood and Guts: Lungs – Airways to the Inside (pp. 59-70) – activities
  2. Blood and Guts: Lungs – Airways to the Inside (p. 62) – make model lung
    You may wish to point out to your child that although this gives a good idea of how the lungs and diaphragm work, lungs are not hollow bags like balloons; they are spongy but solid, with tiny air pockets.

Week 18

  1. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine Ch. 9: Galen Goes to Rome, 1st half
  2. The Body Book: The Respiratory System (pp. 99-107)
Cells

Week 19

  1. Blood and Guts: Cells – Basic Body Bits (pp. 71-74) – read and narrate
  2. Blood and Guts: Cells – Basic Body Bits (pp. 71-74) – activities
Digestion

Week 20

  1. Blood and Guts: Digestion – Down the Food Trupe (pp. 75-82) – read and narrate
  2. Blood and Guts: Digestion – Down the Food Trupe (pp. 75-82) – activities

Week 21

  1. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine Ch. 9: Galen Goes to Rome, 2nd half
  2. The Body Book: The Digestive System (pp. 88-97)

Week 22

  1. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine Ch. 10: Dr. Galen’s Medicine, 1st half
  2. The Body Book: The Tongue (pp. 14-19)

Week 23-24

Catch-up/Exam

Term 3


Kidneys

Week 25

  1. Blood and Guts: Kidneys – Washing Machines for the Blood (pp. 83-86) – read and narrate
  2. Blood and Guts: Kidneys – Washing Machines for the Blood (pp. 83-86) – activities

Week 26

  1. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine Ch. 10: Dr. Galen”s Medicine, 2nd half
  2. The Body Book: The Urinary System (pp. 119-123)
Eyes

Week 27

  1. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine Ch. 11: Galen’s Pharmacy
  2. Blood and Guts: Eyes – Windows on the World (pp. 87-96) – read and narrate

Week 28

  1. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine Ch. 12: Galen serves the Emperors
  2. Blood and Guts: Eyes – Windows on the World (pp. 87-91) – activities

Week 29

  1. Blood and Guts: Eyes – Windows on the World (pp. 92-96) – activities
  2. The Body Book: The Eye (pp. 20-30)
Ears and Balance

Week 30

  1. Blood and Guts: Ears – Receivers for Vibes from the Outside (pp. 99-104) – read and narrate
  2. Blood and Guts: Ears – Receivers for Vibes from the Outside (pp. 99-104) – activities

Week 31

  1. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine Ch. 13: After Galen, 1st half
  2. The Body Book: The Ear (pp. 31-38)

Week 32

  1. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine Ch. 13: After Galen, 2nd half
  2. The Body Book: The Ear (pp. 31-38) – finish

Week 33

  1. Blood and Guts: Balance: The Sense of Upright (pp. 105-110) – read and narrate
  2. Blood and Guts: Balance: The Sense of Upright (pp. 105-110) – activities
Brain

Week 34

  1. Blood and Guts: Brain and Nervous System – Mission Control (pp. 111-122) – read and narrate
  2. Blood and Guts: Brain and Nervous System – Mission Control (pp. 111-122) – activities

Week 35

  1. The Body Book: The Brain (pp. 78-87)
  2. Blood and Guts: Reproduction – Life Goes On

Week 36

Catch-up/Exams

 

 

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