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Activities; Healthy Animal Systems charts (see Appendix); research materials (student Internet accessrecommended); teacher assessment chart(see Appendix)Activities1. Denver Zoo Videos, Suggested Books and Websites (Approximate time: 10 minutes–multiple hours)o To get the students acquainted with the animals in Toyota Elephant Passage and the waysthat the exhibit helps keep their body systems healthy, show students Denver Zoo onlinevideos.o Refer to the list of suggested books and websites (see Appendix) and select some books toshare with the students to help them understand how the management of healthy systemsof the animals in the exhibit can be compared and contrasted to that of managing healthysystems of humans. You may look for these books in your school or local library, or checkout a free loan library box (see Appendix) from Denver Zoo that includes the suggestedbooks. Refer to the suggested websites to research human and animal body systems fromdifferent sources.o Facilitate a class discussion about some of the similarities and differences between bodysystems and healthy living of humans and animals in Toyota Elephant Passage.2. Update Healthy Human Systems Chart (Approximate time: 15 minutes)o Ask students to conduct further research about the human body system they reported on inthe Pre‐Assessment Activities. Have students expand on their ideas in the Healthy HumanSystems Chart based on anything new they learned from the books, videos or Internetresearch. Have them use a different color of marker than the Pre‐Assessment activity ordraw a line beneath the first section so that you can see which ideas are new. The revisedcharts should look similar to this. Additions are shown in bold text.Healthy Human SystemsBody Parts and FunctionHealthy Activities That Help the SystemSystemSkeletal Made of bones Drinking milk and eating calcium‐rich foods helps Creates a frame andmy bones become strongerfoundation for the body Playing jump rope helps my bones become Allows body parts to bestrongerconnected Taking vitamins helps my bones become stronger Skull protects brain Swimming helps relieve pressure from my jointsMuscular Made of muscles Running helps get blood and oxygen to my Allows the bones and body musclesto move Helping my parents plant a garden helps my Some muscles (like those muscles grow strongerin our heart and stomach)move without us thinking Lifting heavy things helps my muscles growstrongerto help the body performits duties Drinking lots of water helps my muscles get bloodand oxygen and keeps them from cramping too We control how we move muchother muscles like those in Taking vitamins can help repair my musclesour legs and arms Playing outside makes my leg and arm musclesstronger and helps my heart muscles pump bloodto the rest of my body11