Breathe in, breathe out. Age-appropriate books are sparse on the subject of the lungs and respiratory system, so we relied on a couple of fun and easy hands-on activities to illustrate the concept.
Wednesday
- Read Breathe in, Breathe Out: Learning About Your Lungs by Pamela Hill Nettleton.
- Completed Evan-Moor ScienceWorks for Kids: How Your Body Works, Grades 1-3 "The Body Has Lungs for Breathing - A Respiration Experiment," worksheet and mini-book (pages 40-41) from TeacherFileBox.com.
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| Using a clear plastic bottle filled with water, a straw and modeling clay, we created a model of a lung. The plastic bottle served as the lung, the water as air, and the straw as a bronchial tube. When Tessa squeezed the "lung," the "air" was forced out through the "bronchial tube" to mimic exhalation. Releasing the lung created the reverse effect...inhalation. |
Thursday
- Tessa read Our Lungs by Charlotte Guillain during reading.
- Completed Teacher Created Resources My Body by Patty Carratello "My Lungs" activity (pages 32-34).
- Completed "Breathing Model" (pages 12-13) experiment from Usborne Science Acitivites: Science and Your Body by Rebecca Heddle.
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| Using a clear plastic bottle cut to size, balloon, piece of plastic (cut from a bag) and tape, we created a model of a lung. Tessa pushed and pulled a tab taped to the bottom of the "diaphragm" to deflate and inflate the balloon "lung." |
Other Books of Interest
- Brianna Breathes Easy: A Story about Asthma - Virginia L. Kroll
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