Do you have heart? Our students would love to! 7th grade is the first time in the middle grades that students get to study the human body. At this age seeing is believing, so by having hands on practice with the heart, they will be able to make connections beyond the textbook.
My students show more dedication to their "jobs" (school) than most adults do.
These are a group of 7th grade students that attend school from 8-5 and then most stay after for extra curricular activities or study help. Then they continue to pursue knowledge and learning by completing HW. Some of my students have a commute of over an hour to get to school! These students come to school willing to learn from the minimum materials, but why should they? Such hard work should be rewarded with hands-on learning.
My Project
There are some things in science that you will never forget doing. I am sure dissecting organisms is one of those things that we can continue to make connections with many years down the line. I am requesting dissection kits that include pig hearts so that my students will have a chance to practice lab skills and make connections between human anatomy and physiology. By exploring the pig heart, they are manipulating the closest organism to a human heart and will be able to become true believers about the magic inside their bodies. I am also requesting some additional mammal organs so that the students will be able to work in differentiated groups and extend their knowledge. These include the sheep brain, kidney, and eye!
Please consider that these hard working 7th graders will only have an opportunity to complete this lab with your help!
There will be connections made to human anatomy, health, along with lab and dissection procedures. By seeing the heart and the parts up close, it is my hope to inspire the students to realize how beautiful our bodies can be!
More than a third of students from low‑income households
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