Being Human

Over the past few weeks the Red Band dove into a study of the human body. We started with the largest organ, your skin, and continued our organ study with the help of some guts:[embed]https://vimeo.com/4793094[/embed]

To aid our study of anatomy we read about different systems in the body: skeletal, muscular, vascular, and digestive in Head to Toe, What's Inside?, and Who Has What?

[embed]https://flic.kr/p/FYHCJ1[/embed]We continued to explore the weird and amazing things a body could do while exercising our senses. This study allowed us to imagine a world where our senses could be superhuman, aside from the obvious ability to have all superhuman powers, of course. Superheroes and powers take many forms as we learned from Molly Lou Melon. The Red Band also focused on disability awareness: What would you do if you could not speak, see, or hear? What if you could not walk or write? We were also hosted at Creativity Explored where we toured the studio, spoke with the featured artist, and created an original Red Band mural.[embed]https://flic.kr/p/Gmx3im[/embed]

Prior to our visit to Creativity Explored the kids held a thoughtful and considerate conversation about judging other people. We set the standard, No Judgements, for our visit. By continuing this study I hope to continue this idea with the kids and help them incorporate it into their daily lives and interactions with one another.

March ended with a trip to the Exploratorium with Orange where we experimented with sight and sound, social behavior and feelings, and organisms and ecosystems.[embed]https://flic.kr/p/GhZcQ4[/embed]