Circulatory system
Students learned about the Circulatory system yesterday and had a chance to listen to their own heart beat using a stethoscope. Our CKLA reading program has provided the students with awesome information on the body systems and through these learning opportunities the students have learned many new vocabulary words. I love hearing the students use the vocabulary correctly when they experience some hands on learning. Here are some fun facts that keep buzzing around our classroom:
- Your body has 206 bones
- An adult has about 20 cups of blood in their body
- Blood can travel from your heart to your head, to your toes and back to your heart in under a minute
- There are 640 skeletal muscles in the human body
- Your heart is about the size of your fist
- A human brain weighs about 3 lbs
