Kidneys and organ teams
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Place your hands on your back where the kidneys are. Draw a body outline and mark them.
Lower back, one kidney each side, under the ribs.
2
Make a flow chart of how the kidneys clean the blood.
Blood with wastes, kidneys filter, urine, bladder, leaves the body.
3
Plan three healthy meals for a day with a grown-up.
Answers differ; they should be varied.
4
Explain why excretion and getting rid of feces are different.
Excretion removes wastes made by the body, feces are undigested food.
5
Ask an adult to help you drink a glass of water at each meal for a day. What do kidneys use water for?
Kidneys use water to flush wastes in urine.