Health Project for 6th Grade only

Body Systems Health Project

Due on Tuesday, December 11^th

Answer the following questions in complete sentences!  Carefully research your system; any wrong answers will be penalized!  This project will be a large percentage of your health grade!

1)    Which body system are you choosing for this project?

a.     Muscular                        b. Skeletal                 c. Digestive               d. Respiratory

e.   Nervous                    f. Circulatory     g. Endocrine

2)    Why did you pick the system that you chose?  Why does it interest you so much?  What is this system responsible for?  Use at least 4-5 sentences to answer this question.

3)    What are the main parts/organs of this system (bones or lungs for example)?

4)    Pick one organ from this system and explain what it does and why.  What would happen if this organ stopped working?  Use at least 4 sentences to answer this question.

5)    How can you best take care of this organ and keep it healthy?  Use two examples and explain each to answer this question.

6)    Write a list of the sources that you used for your project (books, encyclopedias or websites for example)

Suggestion- www.kidshealth.org would be a great resource to use for this project.