Teacher's Guide |
Grades K-3; Health/ Science; Fifteen
15-minute episodes
Introduce the workings of the human body to children in early elementary grades.
Develop students' knowledge and the attitudes and practices needed to achieve
and maintain good health. Encourage the avoidance of risky health behaviors, and
reinforce existing positive health habits. Head to Toe builds upon children's
natural interest in how the body looks, works, breaks down, heals, and grows.
Use this series to emphasize children's personal involvement in achieving and
maintaining their own good health.
101. In the Beginning. Analyzes the process by which a special cell
inside a mother's body grows into an embryo, a fetus, and then a newborn baby.
Explains why babies need special care.
102. Cells, Your Starting Place. Explains how all plants, animals, and
people are made up of different kinds of cells. Discovers how cells contain
genes, which are inherited from parents and carry a different blueprint for each
living thing.
103. In a Heartbeat. Illustrates the functions of the heart and blood.
Explores activities that keep the heart healthy.
104. Muscles, Holding You Together. Shows how muscles help bodies move and
do many different things. Teaches why muscles need exercise.
105. Standing Tall. Examines how the skeleton, bones, and joints support and
protect a body and give it shape. Investigates activities that help keep bones
strong, healthy, and safe.
106. Fueling Up. Shows how food becomes fuel for bodies and how to choose a
variety of healthful foods.
107. From Fuel to Waste. Explains how people and other living things make
solid and liquid waste that must be eliminated from the body. Identifies foods
that aid in eliminating waste.
108. Fresh Air. Examines how the air we breathe into our lungs contains
oxygen, which a body must have to stay alive. Considers ways to keep lungs
healthy.
109. Control Center. Studies how the brain uses messages from the five
senses to think, learn, and remember. Studies how to protect the brain.
110. Fighting Germs and Diseases. Analyzes how germs can enter the body and
make someone sick. Shows how to avoid harmful germs.
111. Sounds. Explores how ears work and how loud sounds can damage ears.
Focuses on ways to protect hearing.
112. Sights. Illustrates how eyes work and how they are protected. Shows how
to protect vision.
113. A Healthy Smile. Explains how and why baby teeth are replaced by
permanent teeth. Demonstrates actions to help keep teeth healthy.
114. Staying Healthy. Investigates how children can promote their own
health. Teaches to recognize and describe accomplishments and to determine why
healthy choices are best.
115. Safety First. Shows how to keep safe at home and away from home.
Describes what it means to be responsible for one's own safety.