Module 4B: STAYING HEALTHY

Section 1- Discouraging Disease

The focus of this section is how the body protects itself so that its systems stay healthy and strong. You begin by looking at the skin, then you will look at the body’s immune system, which protects and defends the body against invading germs.

Exercise and nutrition are two ways to keep your body strong and healthy. Lots of exercise and healthy food choices help strengthen the immune system. You will explore ways in which you can get moving every day and which food choices provide the body with the nutrients it needs.

Throughout the section, you will find A Great Scientist profiles, A Closer Look and Imagine features, as well as optional Internet links.

Assignment Booklet (Send in assignments)

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Websites

• Lesson One www.kidshealth.org - click on "Kids Site" and search for skin.
• Lesson Two Fighting Back www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/aids/immune.html
• Lesson Four
  • Sports Illustrated for Kids www.sikids.com/
  • Jump into a Healthy Life http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/ and search for health
  • Games Kids Play www.gameskidsplay.net
  • GAMEKIDS—The International Natural Play Site www.gamekids.com/
  • KidsHealth www.kidshealth.org - click on "Kids Site", and search for exercise
• Lesson Five
  • KidsHealth www.kidshealth.org - click on "Kids Site", and search for brain

Section 2- Technology To The Rescue

The focus of this section is medical technology. After completing a scavenger hunt for examples of medical technology, you will be introduced to the tools and equipment that doctors use when a patient comes to the clinic for a checkup or because they are sick or injured and about the machines that test blood, take X-rays, and do ultrasounds. Then you will enter the operating room to learn about the equipment, tools, and machines that doctors use during surgery. Finally, find out about prosthetics, which are used to replace body parts damaged by accidents or disease.

Assignment Booklet (Send in assignments)

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Websites

• Lesson Nine
  • Methodist Children’s Hospital of South Texas’ Virtual Tour http://tour.mhschildrens.com/ See 360-degree views of the operating room, a patient room, intensive care, the nurses’ station, and the physical therapy room. Can you student identify any of the equipment that Dr. H. talked about in his interview?
• Lesson Ten - The Terry Fox Foundation www.terryfoxrun.org Learn everything there is to know about Terry Fox and the runs that have continued in his memory to raise money for cancer research.