While Monkey Girl and Panda Girl work through their High School Diplomas, The Boy and Sunbaby explored our latest project: Human Anatomy.
I created a separate human anatomy project for The Boy to work through and divided it into the systems of the body. The introduction included Leonardo Da Vinci's drawings of the body.
The cells and their functions
Working with initial sounds, Sunbaby matched body parts with their names...
...while The Boy continued his work on cell function.
More initial sounds
A super silly way to learn about the organs!
We laughed a lot over this and his comment was, "well, it's no wonder I have asthma!".
Anatomy book
Batman did some lovely heart work
The organs and their functions
Fun learning
The Boy made a paper finger with string to demonstrate the action of the ligaments.
Gonks with hearts
The systems of the body
Size order
Play with hand prints
Learning about muscles, antagonistic muscles, power and strength
We took a location break and went to the library to study there.
The heart
Making heart biscuits
We went outside to make germs with paint splodges!
Germ factory
Learning about germs and bacteria
And then the children sold their germs! Haha! Homeschoolers are bonkers.
Bones in the hand
Hair and nails under the microscope
Organs
Location break: Studying in the cafe.
A really gross, but apparently appealing, method to understand the digestive process.
Red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets
Making blood
Making DNA double helixes,
How DNA works
The spinal column
Testing reaction times
A human cell
The urinary system
Muscles
Free play with their work, including mixing, dissecting and surgery...
Time to make brains for lunch!
Converting blood cell percentages into a pie chart
Fingerprints
The Boy also looked at the effects of smoking on the organs, the brain, asthma, bones and cartilage, the skin, the nervous system and the benefits of exercise.
All done. Great job, children!
