This Halloween you can opt out of the ghosts and goblins, but still use the gory spirit of the season to your advantage in your homeschool. You can learn about the human body. Create a lapbook or a small book reporting on the different systems or just on a particular system.
1. Study the skeletal system.
Construct your own skeletons and name the major bones in the body. Dissect a whole fish from the grocery store and investigate its skeleton. Learn about x-rays. Research calcium and how it is absorbed.
2. Study the heart.
In your book you can name the parts of the heart, include a mini report on Dr. Daniel Hale Williams (the first heart surgeon), include data from heart rate experiments, etc.
3. Study hematology.
Blood is quite gory! Learn about red and white blood cells and about how blood coagulates. Investigate blood typing. Contact the Red Cross to find out more about blood donation.
The ideas are endless, but hopefully this will get you thinking outside of the box. Have fun!
Colleen Felz is the Homeschooling Coach. Read more tips & curriculum ideas as well as stories about the joys & trials of homescholing on her blog, Homeschooling Coach. Read more about life as a mom on her new blog, Living as a mom.
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HA! We did just this! We began human anatomy and just by chance, the skeletal system came upon us right before Halloween! Yesterday, we built a model skeleton and the girls thought it was cool that we were building a skeleton right before Halloween!
Great post!