Activity Introduction
In this lesson, students get creative, exploring where kidneys are found in the human body.
The students create their own body maps, learning about kidneys and the important role they have in our bodies. They finish the activity with a gallery walk to view the work of other students. It’s all about what our kidneys do in our bodies.
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- Students understand that kidneys are a part of our body
- Students learn what our kidneys do for our body
- Students discover how a kidney keeps our body healthy.
- This lesson is part of the wider unit of work SugarByHalf – Lower Primary – Sugar and Healthy Kidneys
- Time required: 80 mins.
- Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – lead student activities.
- Keywords: Human body, kidney, sugar, health and wellbeing.
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To view our NZ Curriculum alignment click here.
- Device capable of showing digital pictures to the class
- Human body diagram (for Part A)
- Kidney health and disease charts (for Part D)
- Large paper sheets (butcher paper) AO size
- Texta markers
- Paper template of the kidney (two pairs of kidneys on each sheet)
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