Name: _______________________ Date of Presentation: ___________

Body System Report Criteria

Each student will be assigned a day where he or she will have the job of presenting a report to the class about a particular body system. Here are the criteria that will be used to mark the presentations: The student: Speaks clearly; Looks up at the audience; Makes a smooth presentation (by preparing and/or practicing his or her presentation beforehand); Presents correct facts about the chosen body system (either the respiratory, digestive, circulatory, skeletal, muscular, or nervous system); Presents information in a logical order: o what the purpose of the system is, followed by o what organs it includes and how it works; Provides information about the following items: o the function (purpose) of the chosen body system, o included organs, parts, and operation (the way that it works) of the system, o ways that the chosen system interacts or works with other body systems, o ways to maintain the health of that system, and o other interesting facts about that body system.

Sources of Information About Body Systems

In order to prepare his or her body system report, students may wish to consult the following sources of information about human body systems: http://sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/systems.html; http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/; http://www.ssec.si.edu/ms-teaching-resources; http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/map-human-heart.html; http://www.kidport.com/Grade6/Science/Heart.htm; http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html; http://kidshealth.org/misc_pages/mybody_SW.html; http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index-eng.php; and Books in the classroom, the school library, the public library, or at your house.