The Human Body

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• How the Incredible Human Body Works by Richard Walker
• SMARTLAB: Squishy Human Body by Lucille M. Kayes

Materials

Common Materials

• scissors
• tape
• colored pencils
• toothpicks (kit)
• journal
• paper towel
• banana
• blank paper
• crayons or colored pencils
• string (kit)
• glue
• ruler
• models from previous lessons

Lesson 1

• bowl
• egg
• glue or glue stick

Lesson 2

• glue or tape* (2.6 - Option 1)
• glue stick
• lemon juice
• mirror
• piece of steak or roast
• plastic wrap
• cracker
• carrot
• apple
• red marker
• salt
• sugar
• tea or coffee grounds

Lesson 3

• tape measure* (3.optional)
• tape or glue
• permanent marker
• zip top bag
• clear packing tape
• pair of panty hose (kit)
• green food coloring (kit)

Lesson 4

• poster board* (4.2 - optional)
• catalogs, magazines, and advertisements that contain pictures of food
• 2 boxes of breakfast cereal: one with a lot of sugar, one with little sugar * (4.3 - Option 2)
• 3 paper plates (kit)
• box of breakfast cereal * (4.3 - Option 1)
• milk * (4.3 - Option 1)
• recipe box
• recipe cards

Lesson 5

• rubber bands (kit)
• small plastic soda bottle
• stopwatch or timing app
• balloons (kit)
• clay (kit)
• drinking straw (kit)

Lesson 6

• markers or acrylic paint
• raisin* (6.1 - optional)
• paintbrush* (6.1 - optional)
• brown clay (kit)
• small cardboard box (kit)
• white paper

Lesson 7

• small, sharp knife
• scale
• blocks or small weights
• cutting board
• paper plate (kit)
• raw chicken leg quarter with skin on

Lesson 8

• fork
• colored pencils or markers
• 6 colors of clay (kit)

Final Project

• card stock paper (kit)
• markers

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used