I can’t believe how time flies!! It was actually THREE years ago that we did Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy !! WOW!! It does NOT seem like it’s been that long! This was another “class” we did with our small 3-family co-op. The things we added to the textbook by way of hands-on and group activities really made this subject come alive. I will be honest, also, and tell you that if your kiddos are mostly under 4th-5th grade, you might want to wait a few years! The textbook is the hardest Exploring Creation book in the series. It’s tough reading. Even I had trouble with some of the words! ha! But, I have a feeling we will go through this AGAIN here in 2-3 years when all of my children are old enough to really retain the information. I wanted to keep track of all the activities we did, so here is the Human Anatomy landing page for my blog. 🙂

Chapter Activities:

Chapter 1 ~ Cells {diagram of cell and edible cells}

Chapter 2 & 3 ~ Bones {dissecting chicken bones and field trip}

Chapter 4 & 5 ~ Digestion, Nutrition

Chapter 6 ~ Respiratory System {cow lung dissection, beware, lots of gross pictures}

Chapter 7 ~ blood {making a model of blood with food}

Chapter 8 ~ the heart {graham cracker & marshmallow model of the heart}

Chapter 9 & 10  ~ the brain {dissecting a cow’s brain, looking under microscope, play dough brain model}

Chapters  11 ~ senses {dissecting cow’s eyeball, crawling through life size ear, eye diagram, taste test}

Chapter 12 ~ skin, hair nails, bacteria {3 activities to learn about bacteria}

More Human Anatomy Links:

• Field Trip to Tennessee School for the Deaf 
• Helen Keller unit study
• The Magic School Bus: Human Body
• My Body (Science Books) ~ this is the awesome paper model of each body part/organ that you can color, cut out and create a body with for each child!
• Human Anatomy Pinterest Board