Description - This app includes 6 games that help students explore the following human body systems: cardiovascular, immune, skeletal/muscular, digestive, and nervous. It also allows students to learn about healthy nutritional choices. Students select which system to explore and the app launches a related game. Teachers may access printable worksheets for free at
www.poweruped.com. The app may be obtained from the Apple App Store.
Review - Catchy tunes using appropriate science vocabulary regarding specific body functions are entertaining and easy to remember. The games are intuitive and user friendly. An animated icon provides further explanation on the body system being explored. On the negative side, the topics are not covered in depth so the app is better used to supplement a lesson plan, for example, by allow the students to visualize the functioning of body systems previously studied.
Standards - 5th Grade science standards - Human Body Systems
Lesson Ideas - This app could be used as a review to prepare, for example, for an end-of-unit assessment. Because of its ease of use, it could be a separate Learning Center during a human body lesson. In addition, students could use the app format to develop their own songs, poems, and games about other functions of the human body.
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