The systems of the human body, and how they all function together, is a key standard for our fifth graders in science. So, as we wrapped up our unit, I wanted my students to put all the information they learned together into one, all encompassing presentation. So I broke out my trustee computer and created an easy to use template for my kids to help guide them in reviewing all of the information they had learned throughout the course of our unit.
![Students use Google Slides to create a presentation about the body systems Systems of the body Google Docs project.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7HM8Y7SGIJ8pnNkxI2rqJXWzOSRy0kSwTuwTPda44aA8tpo7neo4sImFLiHV8FiigaP2ZRilGlyhNdGe-PaSjSJiXWnxrP5qn8fHxoowiqsjM_EH0uKo9mzB7RIAdhRiWQSgAAHjLIn9/s400/Body+Systems+Blog+Post.png)
Easy peezy. Right? Um. No. The kids really had a lot to think about, even with the form at hand! First, they had to figure out how to label it all since it was on Google Slides. Secondly, they had to cite their sources and, as we all know, that is a huge undertaking in and of themselves.
![Slide show on Google Slides that the students created Student created slide show on Google Slides that the students created to showcase all they know about the body systems.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-NENZbcx4H9HLmHA5wsVNgdZT4_DLN912kFzRGTbCJsvMYBUG0jqdsT7fLV599vvIcAEjaOJkMXEB6Zev5K5M4deCV3IBP4DzFE-k9DdhNWX0txp8oumEXg8BOkmVG5fuS6yohZtSkpd3/s400/Body+Systems+Blog+Post.png)
Grab the Body Systems project here!
So to display these projects on the bulletin board (and, yes, I did print them out....I know, I know, some of you are gasping. Sorry...I need bulletin boards!!) I had the kids get into four groups. Each group was responsible for one of the body systems that we studied. Their job was, as a group, to create a 3D representation of that body system to be placed on an outline of a human body using basic art supplies in class.
![a diagram, drawn by the students, labeling what art supplies they will need for a body systems project.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_X68HLy5-k4kevPij_NvSP5FO7gsfAL1lsj9hKS9w6aDLPXJ2U9ecQ6wdHaoQUJQlvtgOtcyLNNnMoCKOJd0U3lC5NX9_ubBPNS_yA17NLJ6uwlH_HYf9doI_wd96H5LK8WY8J9i1yrS7/s400/Slide3.png)
![Students work together to create a 3D art model of the human body](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Cr7tU8CvIy7uc5INhQsTeeQdfjA3R6b6rA0W_UNzKjmKN36OA5d1-C4qgVZPDBLR4ZlvWAvNPSizpwuYQksP9pJ-6VYSomAk9CDJm76pgOPhf7HJRg1RUtYVj1IRxuKpXjTqwBtlFwCf/s400/Slide2.png)
In the end, we had a student-created 3D art piece to anchor our projects board!
What is something you have done to wrap up your body systems unit?
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