Software Sampler Interactive Body Works

OverviewProcedures for teachersOrganizers for Students
Students will create an interactive, virtual human body. Each student will be assigned a part of the body. Their task is to create a HyperStudio presentation on the part of the body which they are assigned. Student stacks will consist of a minimum of 5 cards. Each card will contain text, images, and sound. Each student's work will be added to a central stack. The main card will contain an image of the human body. When a part of the body is clicked, the user will go to a specific student's work. Upon completion, students will present their finished projects to the class in the form of a multimedia presentation. Illustration

Grade Level:

9-12

Project Length:

2 class periods per week for 4 to 5 weeks

Curricular Uses:

Biology: The human body, human body systems (digestive system, reproductive system, central nervous system, respiratory system, irculatory system, muscular skeletal system, five senses).

Learning Objectives

The learning objective for Interactive Body Works are twofold: technical & curricular.

Technical

Students will learn to use HyperStudio as a tool for information presentation.

Students will learn to incorporate images and sound into a multimedia research report.

Curricular

Students will learn about the different parts of the human body.

Students will learn about the different functions of the body.

Students will be able to explain how parts of the body relate to each other.

This lesson was funded by the Louis Calder Foundation.