Biology Vertebrate System Project DUE ____Dr.
You will make a life-sized poster of a human system of your choice. You will trace your body in class and include the following things on your poster.
/16 Life Size color pictures and labels of 8 organs involved in your system, positioned anatomically
correctly (you only have to do 8 of the 9 organs listed in each system below. You choose which 8)
/8 Labels explaining the function of the 8 organs in your system
/5 The labeled pathway that something (blood, food, oxygen, nerve impulse etc) would travel in that system
/5 The name and 5 symptoms of a disease that people get when their system does not function
properly
/5 A description of 5 things that do not work correctly when one has this disease
/5 A description of 5 things that can be done to prevent or help this disease
/5 All captions should be typed in large (larger than 26) font
/5 Project should be neat, colorful, creative and factual
Extra credit available for 3-D organs, and organs that mechanically demonstrate their function
CHOOSE ONE of the following systems:
Nervous System Circulatory System Respiratory System
Spinal Cord 4 chambered Heart Lung
Neuron arteries trachea
Nerves (peripheral) veins bronchi
Brain: cerebrum lungs bronchioles
Brain: cerebellum body tissues body tissues
Brain: brain stem aorta alveoli
Optic nerve Vena cava diaphragm
Olfactory nerve pulmonary artery nasal cavity
Skull Pulmonary vein epiglottis
Trace the pathway of a nerve impulseTrace the pathway of blood Trace the pathway of O2 & CO2
Digestive System Excretory System
Teeth kidneys
Pancreas urinary bladder
Esophagus ureter
Stomach urethra
Small intestine renal artery
Large intestine renal vein
Rectum aorta
Liver vena cava
Salivary glands nephron
Trace the pathway of food Trace the pathway of urine
On the back of this page is an organization sheet to help you collect the data for your poster. Remember to cut out organs that are the actual size (and color if possible) as the ones in your body, and to place them in the appropriate position on your poster. Also put disease information of your system on your poster.
Links: (don’t forget your textbook as a primary resource)
Body Quest http://library.thinkquest.org/10348/
My Body http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/mybody.html
Human Body Links http://www.kidskonnect.com/HumanBody/HumanBody.html
ORGAN / SIZE, SHAPE, COLOR / SKETCH / FUNCTION / OTHER FACTSFlow chart of this system:
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Disease of this system: ______
Description:
5 symptoms
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5 ways the system is not working the way it should be working
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5 things that can be done to cure/help/prevent this disease
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Due to Murphy’s Law, (and in order to avert technical difficulties, computer glitches, time warps, black holes, gremlins, natural and unnatural disasters) please do not wait until the last minute to complete or print your project. Late projects are assessed 20% per day.