Scientifically Oriented Question (SOQ): What is inside the human body?

I. Activity Title: ME ON THE MAP

OBJECTIVE: The participants should be able to:
a. identify the different internal organs;
b. describe the main function of the major organs; and
c. use accurate words that will describe the appearances and
functions of the internal organs.
What you need:
markers, manila paper, metacards, cut outs of major organs, tape

What to do:
1. Trace one of your members or draw a human structure on the big piece of Manila
paper.
2. Using the materials given to each group, try to place the human organs on the
human structure.
3. Label each organ by writing the name of the organ on the metacards and put it in
a right place.

Heart
Brain
Lungs
Muscle
Bones
Stomach
Small and Large Intestine
Liver
Kidneys

4. As we go along with the session, we will check the placement of the organs along
with words that relate to it.

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Scientifically Oriented Question (SOQ): How our heart works?

II. Activity Title: Heart House

OBJECTIVE: The participants should be able to:
a. identify the main parts of the heart;
b. describe the main function of the heart; and

What you need:

Pen, paper and Heart House worksheet, multimedia, video

What to do:

1. Watch the video about heart function.

2. Write the function of each chamber.
3. Present the group output.

Guide Questions:
1. What are the four chambers of the heart?
2. What part of the heart receives blood from the body?
3. What part of the heart pumps the blood out of the heart?
4. What is the main function of the heart?
Scientifically Oriented Question (SOQ): How our brain works?

III. Activity Title: THE MEMORY GAME

OBJECTIVE: The participants should be able to:
a. describe the main function of the brain

What you need:

 Pencil (or pen) and paper

 Stopwatch

What to do:

How good is your memory? I will present you with a table of 25 different objects. Look at
them for 30 seconds, then write down all the objects that you can remember.

Guide Questions:

1. How did you do?

2. How many did you remember?

3. Which organ do you think helps you to recall the objects?

Scientifically Oriented Question (SOQ): How our lungs work?

IV. Activity Title: Creating Model Working Lungs: Just Breathe

OBJECTIVE: The participants should be able to:
a. identify the main parts of the human lungs;
b. describe the main function of the human lungs; and
c. create a lungs model.

NOTE: Before the Activity (For the facilitator)

 Gather materials and make copies of the Lung Worksheet.

 In each of the 2-liter bottle caps, drill 2 holes that are just big enough for a drinking straw to fit through. Tip: Make sure
to drill the holes far enough apart that the holes do not become one big hole!
 Using a pair of scissors, cut off the bottom of each 2-liter bottle.

What you need:

 2-liter empty plastic bottle with cap

 2 plastic drinking straws;
 2 small balloons
 1 larger balloon;
 2 rubber bands / tape
 Lung Worksheet

What to do:

1. Peel off the labels, if any, on the 2-liter bottles.

2. The 2-liter bottle represents the human chest cavity.
3. Stick two drinking straws through the two holes in the bottle cap.
4. Place one 9-inch balloon on the end of each straw and secure them with rubber bands,
as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2. Example model "lungs" created for the experiment setup.

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5. The straws represent the bronchi and the balloons represent the lungs.
6. Stick the balloon ends of the straws through the bottle opening and tightly screw on
the lid.
 7. Stretch out the larger balloon and place it over the open bottom of the bottle.
8. This larger balloon represents the diaphragm. Now you have a finished model of the
lungs! (See Figure 3,) Next, it is time to make the lungs work!

Figure 3. A model of the lungs.

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9. Pull the diaphragm (balloon) down (that is, away from the lungs) in order to inflate the
lungs.
10.Push the diaphragm (balloon) in (towards the lungs) in order to deflate the lungs.

Figure 4. A model of the human chest cavity.

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GUIDE QUESTIONS

1. What happens when you inhale (when you pull down on the bottom balloon in your
model)?

2. What happens when you exhale (when you push up on the bottom balloon in your
model)?

3. Why do you think some people can inhale more air at one time than others can?

4. What might happen if you punctured your chest cavity?

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Scientifically Oriented Question (SOQ): How kidneys and liver work?

V. Activity Title: CLEAN IT UP!

OBJECTIVE: The participants should be able to:

a. describe the main function of the major organs

What you need:

 Filter paper
 Glass of turbid water
 Empty glass

What to do:
 The task is to use the materials available to remove the dirt in the sample of
water.

GUIDE QUESTIONS

 What did you come up with after filtering the turbid water?
Scientifically Oriented Question (SOQ): What is inside the human body?

VI. Activity Title: ALPHABETS OF THE INTERNAL ORGANS

OBJECTIVE: The participants should be able to:
b. identify the different internal organs;
c. describe the main function of the major organs; and
d. use accurate words that will describe the appearances and
functions of the internal organs.
What you need:
bond paper, markers, manila paper, metacards, human body model

NOTE: Please check the folder for your name plate sticker . Write your name on it
and place it on your chest. Each group will have at 10 members.

What to do:
HOME GROUP ACTIVITY
1. Your groups are your Home group. Each member of your group will be
assigned to a specific internal organ.
● Brain & Heart
● Lungs
● Muscle & Bones
● Stomach & Intestines
● Liver & Kidneys

2. In a bond paper, write the keywords that you can relate to your assigned major
organ starting from letter A-Z. You may write more than one word per
alphabet. If you can’t think of any in a letter, you may skip it.
Example:
Internal Organ: Heart
A – atrium
B – blood P - pumping
C – circulation

3. Discuss your work to your group. Write all keywords that you were not able to
write but have been written by your groupmates in your paper.
4. Once you hear the bell, you are going to move to form a Mixed group.
NOTE: Two members of the Home group (HG) will be assigned to be part of a
Mixed Group. They will leave their Home groups to form a new one - Mixed Group
(MG)

MIXED GROUP ACTIVITY

5. In the Mixed group, share the answers from your Home group. Categorize
each keywords into characteristics, parts and functions for each major organ
and place it in a chart on a manila paper. If you can’t categorize the word in
the given category, you may create another column for it.
 MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS PARTS FUNCTION
ORGAN
Heart
Muscle
Bones
Lungs
Stomach
Small
Intestine
Kidney
Liver

6. Report your output. One group will be assigned to report the ff:
a. Heart and Brain d. Lungs
b. Muscle and Bones e. Stomach and small Intestine
c. Liver and Kidneys
7. At the start of your reporting. Place your cut out internal organs on one of your
member to tell where you can find the organ in your body.
8. You may use sentence stems like “The liver is…”, “The heart has…”, “The
lungs can…” when reporting.

GUIDE QUESTIONS
1. What words described the appearance of the internal organs?
2. What are the parameters (e.g size) we can use to describe the appearance
of the organs?
3. Which of the following sentences you used states the function of the organs
that were mentioned?