In this unit, I will be using the Engineering, Technology, and Application of Science (ETS), Next Generation Science Standards that our students must meet.
The first set of standards focus on asking questions and defining problems in K–2 that build on prior experiences and progress to simple descriptive questions. The students will meet the following specific standards as the unit progresses through presentations on the human anatomy systems as students discover, though questioning and inquiry, how our bodies are engineered.
K-2-ETS1-1: Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
K-2-ETS1-1: Define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
Students will also meet the standards on modeling in K–2. This standard builds on prior experiences and progresses to include using and developing models (i.e., diagram, drawing, physical replica, diorama, dramatization, or storyboard) that represent concrete events or design solutions. As the students build their own anchor charts that represent their learning, they are creating a model of their own bodies, what they can see and what they cannot see (internal systems).
K-2-ETS1-2: Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent a proposed object or tool.
