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Human Systems CONSEJERÍA DE EDUCACIÓN Dirección General de Participación e Innovación Educativa Identificación del material AICLE TÍTULO Human systems NIVEL LINGÜÍSTICO A1.2 SEGÚN MCER IDIOMA Inglés ÁREA / MATERIA Conocimiento del Medio Natural, Social y Cultural Aspectos básicos sobre los diferentes aparatos del ser humano, los órganos NÚCLEO TEMÁTICO que los componen y cómo funcionan. Secuencia didáctica que describe los diferentes aparatos que conforman el ser humano, destacando el aparato digestivo, respiratorio, circulatorio, reproductor GUIÓN TEMÁTICO y digestivo, así como sus órganos y las funciones y procesos que desarrollan en el ser humano. FORMATO PDF CORRESPONDENCIA 4º de Educación Primaria CURRICULAR AUTORÍA Miguel Ángel Cabo Sánchez. TEMPORALIZACIÓN 7-8 sesiones APROXIMADA - Aprender a aprender: los alumnos/as trabajan de forma autónoma en múlti- ples de las actividades a lo largo de la unidad. - Competencia lingüística: los alumnos/as interactúan de forma oral y escrita en diversidad de actividades. Se integran todas las destrezas en las diferentes actividades. También se presenta el proyecto de forma oral. - Competencia en el conocimiento e interacción con el mundo físico: los alum- nos/as conocen y descubren su cuerpo y funcionamiento de este. COMPETENCIAS - Competencia digital y tratamiento de la información: los alumnos/as hacen BÁSICAS uso de las TIC para ampliar información en torno al ser humano y sus carac- terísticas. - Competencia cultural y artística: los alumnos/as realizan un proyecto sobre un aparato humano usando diferentes materiales de reciclado u otros. Fo- mento de la creatividad. - Autonomía e iniciativa personal: los alumnos/as investigan y eligen el aparato que desean para llevar a cabo su proyecto. Todas las imágenes se encuentran bajo la licencia “Creative Commons” OBSERVACIONES Material AICLE. 4º de Primaria: Human Systems 3 Tabla de programación AICLE 1. Conocer las principales características y órganos de los diferentes aparatos del ser humano 2. Diferenciar los aparatos del cuerpo humano (digestivo, respiratorio, circulatorio, OBJETIVOS excretor y reproductor) y conocer cómo funcionan 3. Relacionar los aparatos del cuerpo humano con el desarrollo de las funciones vitales 4. Valorar la importancia de cuidar nuestro cuerpo y llevar una vida saludable - Los aparatos del cuerpo humano - El aparato digestivo: características, órganos y funciones CONTENIDOS - El aparato respiratorio: características, órganos y funciones DE - El aparato circulatorio: características, órganos y funciones CURSO / CICLO - El aparato excretor: características, órganos y funciones - El aparato reproductor: características, órganos y funciones - Cuidado y mantenimiento de nuestros aparatos, para tener una buena salud TEMA El ser humano y los diferentes aparatos que lo conforman - Clasificar los aparatos del ser humano MODELOS - Describir las funciones de los diferentes aparatos y su importancia DISCURSIVOS - Diferenciar los órganos de los distintos aparatos - Enumerar acciones de vida saludable - Localización de diferentes órganos en distintos diagramas de los aparatos del ser humano - Conceptualización a través de la lectura y comprensión de oraciones TAREAS - Escucha activa en la composición de textos escritos - Clasificación y discriminación de los órganos en los diferentes aparatos - Escritura de textos a través de imágenes FUNCIONES: ESTRUCTURAS: - Comparar y clasificar atendiendo - Digestion is the process… The most a diferentes características important are… - Describir fases de un proceso - Food enters.. The urine goes to the - Definir funciones bladder CONTENIDOS - Dar razones para convencer a - The food is divided… It is composed LINGÜÍSTICOS alguien sobre la importancia de algo of… - Do exercise, brush your teeth… LÉXICO: Digestive, circulatory, respiratory, excretory and reproductive system; organs: heart, stomach, intestine, vessels, arteries, do exercise, brush - Conoce las características de cada aparato y los órganos que lo componen - Distingue entre los diferentes aparatos del ser humano y sabe cómo funcionan CRITERIOS DE - Relaciona los aparatos y las funciones vitales del ser humano EVALUACIÓN - Conoce y valora las diferentes acciones a adoptar para llevar una vida saludable y cuidar de su cuerpo 4 Material AICLE. 4º de Primaria: Human Systems Material AICLE. 4º de Primaria: Human Systems 5 1.- Have a look at these words and predict what it is the unit about. MAIN LANGUAGE digestive faeces blood ovaries circulatory expel (verb) heart uterus excretory mix (verb) blood vessels vagina reproduction oxygen arteries testes respiratory breathe capillaries penis digestion carbon dioxide veins prostate esophagus trachea waste breasts stomach bronchial tubes kidneys softer voice small intestine lungs bladder wide hips large intestine inhalation urethra brush your teeth anus expiration urine do exercise What are you going to study? 2.- Find the words. You can use your dictionary or a computer. 1. SYSTEMS OF THE BODY The systems of the body enable us to perform vital functions. We use the systems of the body in order to process substances from our environment as either nutritional or waste products. Our bodies are nutritious if we eat healthy and have a balanced and complete diet. The five body systems are the: 1. Digestive System. 2. Circulatory System 3. Respiratory system. 4. Excretory System. 5. Reproduction System 6 Material AICLE. 4º de Primaria: Human Systems · The body systems enable us to perform vital functions. · There are five body systems: the Digestive System, Circulatory System, Respiratory System, Excretory System and Reproduction System. 1.1. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM Human beings need energy to live. We eat food to get energy. When we eat, our body digests the food and produces energy. Digestion is the process by which food substances are changed into nutritional substances that our body needs. Living things eat food in order to get energy. Our body digests the food. Material AICLE. 4º de Primaria: Human Systems 7 1.1.1 Organs of the Digestive System The digestive system is made up of six organs, they are the: 1. Mouth: food enters our body through our mouth. 2. Oesophagus: a long tube between our mouth and the stomach. 3. Stomach: it is like a bag and it secretes gastric juice, the stomach receives food from the oesophagus and mixes it with this gastric juice. 4. Intestine: a long tube. It is composed of two parts: - Small intestine: it is about seven metres long. The small intestine absorbs the nutritional substances. - Large intestine: it is about one metre and a half long. It takes the bad substances from our body. 5. Anus: it is at the end of the large intestine. Faeces are eliminated through the anus. 8 Material AICLE. 4º de Primaria: Human Systems 1.1.2 Stages of digestion 1.Digestion begins in the mouth. Our teeth cut and chew the food. Our tongue mixes the food with saliva. 2.Then the food goes down the oesophagus and goes into the stomach. 3.In the stomach, the food is mixed with a liquid (gastric juice). 4.In the small intestine, the food is divided into nutritional substances that our body needs. 5.The parts of food that we do not need go into the When we eat we do the large intestine. They are transformed into faeces digestion process. It takes about 2 hours! and they are expelled through the anus. After eating, we must wait two hours before doing physical activities. Our digestion takes time! · Digestion is the process by which food substances are changed into nutritional substances that our body needs. · The most important organs are: mouth, oesophagus, stomach, intestine (small and large intestine) and anus. · The digestion process has different stages from the mouth to the anus. It takes about 2 hours! Material AICLE. 4º de Primaria: Human Systems 9 ACTIVITIES 3.- Label the parts of the digestive system. 4.- Read and write. a) Food circulates through this from the mouth to the stomach. _____________ b) Our teeth are in this. _____________ c) In this part the food is mixed with a liquid called gastric juice. ____________ d) Faeces are expelled through this. _____________ e) The food is divided into nutritional substances that our body needs. ___________ 1.2. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM All living things need oxygen to live, without oxygen we cannot survive more than few minutes. Thanks to our Respiratory System we get oxygen from the air. When we breathe, our body takes oxygen that we need to live and eliminates carbon dioxide that we don´t need. The Respiratory System is the system that takes oxygen (essential for our lives) and eliminates carbon dioxide (we don´t need it). 10 Material AICLE. 4º de Primaria: Human Systems 1.2.1. Organs of the Respiratory System The Respiratory System is composed of: nose, nostrils, trachea, bronchial tube and lungs (right and left). Air enters our body through our nose and mouth. It goes through the nostrils. It goes down through the trachea and bronchial tubes and into the lungs. Finally, oxygen goes into our blood. 1.2.2. Breathing There are two movements that go along with breathing: 1. Inhalation: our lungs fill with air, we take oxygen from the atmosphere. 2. Exhaling: air leaves our lungs, giving off carbon dioxide. Material AICLE. 4º de Primaria: Human Systems 11 · The Respiratory System is the system that takes oxygen (necessary in our lives) and eliminates carbon dioxide (we do not need it). · The Respiratory System organs are: nostrils, mouth, trachea, bronchial tubes and lungs. · There are two movements when we breathe: inspiration and expiration. 5.-
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