6 Science

Quarter 2 – Module 2
EXPLAIN HOW THE DIFFERENT
ORGAN SYSTEMS WORK
TOGETHER
Science – Grade 6
Self-Learning Module (SLM)
Quarter 2 – Module 2: Explain how the Different Organ Systems Work Together
First Edition, 2020

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 What I Need to Know
A. explain how the different organ systems work together (S6LT-IIc-d-2)
Specific Objectives:
1. explain how the musculo-skeletal system and integumentary system
work together;
2. explain how digestive, respiratory, and circulatory systems work
together;
3. explain how the major organs of the nervous system work with the
musculo-skeletal, digestive, excretory, respiratory and circulatory
systems;
4. explain how the nervous system controls all the organ systems of the
body;
5. make a chart showing healthful habits that promote proper
functioning of all the organ systems of the body.

What I Know
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
1. How does the integumentary system work with musculo-skeletal system?
A. It distributes blood and nutrients.
B. It breaks down food to be used by the body.
C. The integumentary system controls the muscles.
D. The integumentary picks up oxygen from the lungs and brings them to your
muscles and bones.
2. How can the skin protect the muscles?
A. It engulfs the microorganisms.
B. It regulates the movement of the muscles.
C. It forms a network of fibers to protect the muscles.
D. Skin is attached to the muscles and serves as protective covering
against microorganisms and foreign substances.
3. Which example shows that the integumentary system work with the
musculo- skeletal?
A. The hair follicles grow from the skeletal system
B. The skin releases antibodies so that the musculo-skeletal system works well.
C. The skin regulates the absorption of calcium that keeps the bones hard
and strong.
D. The integumentary work with the muscles by helping absorb the
dietary fats and oil.
4. If you are frightened how does your integumentary and musculo-skeletal re-act?
A. The skin will become red and the bones will freeze.
B. Your hair will stand like spikes and your bones will break.
C. Your nails will discolor, and your muscles and bones will shake.
D. The muscles contract in the dermis then the skeletal muscles begins to shake.
5. Which does not tell about the interaction of musculo-skeletal
and integumentary?
A. Preventing fluid loss
B. Pumping blood throughout the body
C. Maintaining the right amount of pressure
D. Protecting the body from external stressor
 After answering the above questions, compare your answers with those found
in the Answer Key on page .

Lesson Explain how the Musculo-Skeletal System and

Integumentary System Work Together
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The human body is composed of various systems that work in an orderly manner.
These different body systems enable the person to grow and make things happen.
How do these systems help us grow, enjoy, and be productive in the world we live in?
Let’s find out!

What Is It
Did you enjoy the activity? Very good!
In the previous activity that we had under What’s New, what human systems were
involved? That’s right! The integumentary, muscular and skeletal systems help us to
perform activities such as but not limited to writing, walking, running and jumping.
The integumentary system greatly interacts with the musculo-skeletal system by
protecting the body from external stressors, maintaining the right amount of pressure,
preventing fluid loss, maintaining temperature and regulating the absorption of calcium
that keeps the bones hard and strong. The skin protects those muscles that help us move
around.
Our skeleton supports us, protects our “innards” while we dance, jump or run (the
protection of our brain gets from the skull is indispensable), it gives us stature (for some
reason, tall people gets more respect), contributes to our shape (women are shaped
differently than men), and allows us to move. Obviously, the skeletal system has important
interactions with many other body systems, not the least of which are the endocrine and
integumentary systems. However, its most intimate and mutually beneficial relationship is
with the muscular system, so we will consider that first. It maintains the right amount of
pressure, the right temperature and controlling what comes into the body, your skin
protects those muscles that help us move around.
What are we going to do to keep these systems healthy?

What I Have Learned

The musculo-skeletal system is composed of two systems: the muscular and skeletal
systems. The main common functions of the said two systems, which are movement
and support.
The musculo-skeletal system is made up of hard and soft tissues. The hard tissue
includes bones and cartilages (articular cartilages). The soft tissues are the muscles,
tendons, synovial membranes, joints capsule and ligaments.

The system also performs the following functions: a.) protection of vital structures,
b.) provision of body forms, c.) stability, d.) storage of salts (e.g., calcium), and e.)
Formation and supply of new blood cells.
 Our skeleton supports us, protects our “innards” (the protection of our brain gets
from the skull is indispensable), it gives us stature (for some reason, tall people gets
more respect), contributes to our shape (women are shaped differently than men), and
allows us to move. Obviously, the skeletal system has important interactions with many
other body systems, not the least of which are the endocrine and integumentary
systems.

However, its most intimate and mutually beneficial relationship is with the
muscular system, so we will consider that first. It maintains the right amount of
pressure, the right temperature and controlling what comes into the body, your skin
protects those muscles that help us move around.
Integumentary is the system that regulates the absorption of calcium that keeps the
bones hard and strong. The main function of the integumentary system is to act as a
barrier to protect the body from the outside world. It also functions to retain body fluids,
protect against diseases, eliminate waste products and regulate body temperature. The skin
protects our muscles that help us move around. The inner layer of the bone that contains
yellowish substance which manufactures blood cells in the body is called bone marrow.
Hinge joint allows movement in one direction only. Encloses and protects the heart and
lungs is called ribcage. Spinal column protects the spinal cord.

What I Can Do
Activity 1.3: ‘What can you Say?’

Answer the following question. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

Integumentary System

Would you think, we can live without our

Integumentary System? What would you think
might happen if we will not keep it clean and
healthy?
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Source: www.google.com
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Assessment 6
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A. Complete the puzzle. Integumentary System is
connected also to other Body Systems,
let us fill – in the puzzle and put the proper parts.

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ACROSS
1. Protects our muscles that help us move around DOWN
3. The inner layer of the bone that contains yellowish 2. Protects the spinal cord
substance which manufactures blood cells int the body
4. Allows movement in one direction only
5. System that r egulates the absorption of calcium
that keeps the bones hard and strong
6. Encloses and protects the heart and lungs

B. How do muscular-skeletal system and integumentary system work together?

Lesson
Explain how the Digestive, Respiratory, and
Circulatory Systems Work Together
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Good day to you! I hope you had a great time when you did your past lesson. In this
lesson, we will discuss the Human Body System Work Together.
 What’s In
Do you know? Where does digestion begin? Where does
digestion end? What are the parts of the circulatory system?

What body parts do you use when biting, chewing, swallowing, and
digesting food? Very good! Use your teeth in biting and chewing, the tongue
and jaw move the solid food around the mouth mixing with saliva and push
through the pharynx and esophagus. The muscles of the small intestine mix
food with digestive juices from the pancreas, liver and intestine and push the
mixture forward for further digestion.
How do the different parts work together? Each part plays a special role, so once one
task is accomplished, then the next part can perform its role.
What happens if one of the parts is missing? Which part of the circulatory system
pumps the blood to all the parts of the body? What system is responsible in taking in
oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide?
Let’s perform an activity.

What’s New

Activity 2.1 ‘Run Fast’

Run or simply jog inside your house 3-5 minutes.
Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
1.How do you feel?

2. What systems of the body work together as you ran?

Activity 2.2 ‘What comes First?’

Lito is eating his favorite food, buko pie that his mother
baked for him. He loves it very much because it is very tasty,
delicious and nutritious. Do you like buko pie too? Where would
you think the pie would go as you eat? Where does it goes first?
Let’s try this activity. What body system work together as it
enters our body?
Sequencing events. Arrange the proper sequencing of the
following activity during eating. Put a number 1-5 before each
item.
1. Wastes from the cells are eliminated by our respiratory
system.
2. From stomach to small intestine then to large intestine
3. The food that we eat breaks down to become nutrients of the
body.
4. Then the nutrients were carried by the circulatory system to
our cells throughout our body.
5. From mouth to stomach.
 What Is It
How was it doing the Activity 2.1 and Activity 2.2?
Were you able to get the correct answers? Don worry! It’s alright to get confused sometimes.
Let’s learn more here!
Can you identify what body systems are these?
What body organs are there in the 1 st illustration? 2nd? And 3rd?

Source: www.google.com

What are their main functions in our body?

Can you identify what body activities that will involve the 3 body systems?
Explain you answers.
How do the digestive, respiratory and circulatory systems work together?
The human body is designed to function in a manner that every part works
cooperatively. In fact, no organ or body system is superior over the others, and each system
just supports one another to keep you healthy. Circulatory system, respiratory system,
digestive system, excretory system, immune system…so many systems are there, and you
may be wondering how they work together. Well, how the digestive, respiratory and
circulatory work together will be mainly discussed here to help understand your body.
How digestive and respiratory systems related?
Your digestive tract needs smooth muscles to break down food into liquid and for
better contractions to help move them throughout your system. Oxygen helps maintain the
smoothness of muscles and to make sure that your digestive tract is in tiptop condition.
Consequently, your respiratory cannot function well without the nutrients broken
down by your digestive system. You use respiratory muscles including intercostal muscles
and diaphragm to inhale. These muscles need nutrients in form of fat and carbohydrates to
contract and allow you to breathe properly.
In other words, your digestive system metabolizes food to provide your body with
nutrients and at the same time, fuel your respiratory system so that it can supply enough
oxygen in your body.
How are respiratory and circulatory systems related?
Our circulatory and respiratory systems work for the same goal: to provide oxygen to
our tissues and get rid of carbon dioxide from our body.
The respiratory system supplies oxygen to our blood and helps remove a waste
product called carbon dioxide. Every time our heart receives low oxygen blood, it starts to
pump to the lungs through pulmonary arteries. As a result, our lungs expand to get fresh
air and supply the blood with oxygen at the same time eliminate the carbon dioxide from
the body. The oxygenated blood returns to our heart then pump out the blood to transport
the oxygen to all parts of the body.
Lastly, how digestive and circulatory systems related?
When it comes to digestive and circulatory systems, they both process and transport
essential nutrients your cells need to fuel your body.
After you eat, your digestive system breaks carbohydrates into simple sugars like
glucose. The bloodstream absorbs glucose, which your circulatory system distributes
throughout the body. This provides your body enough energy then.
 That’s not all, when it comes to fats digested, the circulatory system carries them all
over your body to make them available. The fats will be converted into energy, which can
help you last longer during workouts. When combined with the right kind of carbohydrates,
this could power your muscles as well.
Protein, another food source broken down by your digestive tract, helps in
maintaining your cells and tissues’ health. The digestive system breaks them down into
amino acids, which cells and tissues use to make new and healthy cellular proteins.
This will be used for energy to help you get through the day, especially if you are not
getting enough calories, fats and carbohydrates.
The next time someone asks you, “how do the digestive, respiratory and circulatory
work together?”, you know the answer. And now that you know the human body works in
amazing ways that keep every system related and supportive of each other. In fact, one
system cannot exist alone, as evidenced by the relationship among digestive, circulatory
and respiratory systems.

What’s More
Activity 3.3 Explain the purpose of the major organ systems
In this activity, you are to explain the purpose of the major organ systems in the
human body (digestive system, respiratory system, and circulatory sysytem).
Circulatory system is composed of your 1. and 2. , which are also
divided into 3. , 4. , and 5. . The primary role of the
6. is to pump blood throughout your 7. . In return, the 8.
, which are divided into four chambers, move highly oxygenated blood into your
body through your arteries. This oxygenated blood is responsible for supplying your body’s
tissues with oxygen.
As to your respiratory system, this system is composed of 9. , your
10. , and other structures that move air in and out of your lungs.
When you are done answering this activity, you may refer to Answer Key found on
page .

What I Have Learned

1. Digestive tract needs smooth muscles to break down food into liquid and
for better contractions to help move them throughout your system;
2. Oxygen helps maintain the smoothness of muscles and to make sure that
your digestive tract is in tiptop condition;
3. Respiratory system cannot function well without the nutrients broken
down by your digestive system;
4. Respiratory muscles including intercostal muscles and diaphragm to
inhale;
5. Muscles need nutrients in the form of fat and carbohydrates to contract
and allow you to breathe properly;
6. Circular and respiratory systems work for the same goal: to provide oxygen
to your tissues and get rid of carbon dioxide in your body;
7. The respiratory system supplies oxygen to your blood and help remove
carbon dioxide;
 8. Every time your heart receives low oxygen blood, it starts to pump to the
lungs through pulmonary arteries;
9. Lungs expand to get fresh air, thereby transferring oxygen into low
oxygenated blood. This gives your blood fresh oxygen once again, which
then returns to your heart, and your heart will pump again.

What I Can Do
Read carefully and understand the question. In 3-5 sentences, explain how would
you take care of your digestive, respiratory and circulatory systems?

Assessment
Get a ½ sheet of paper (crosswise) and answer the following.
I. TRUE OR FALSE
If False, change the inappropriate word to make the statement true.
1. Your blood pumps faster when you exercise to get more carbon dioxide from
your cells and deliver it to the digestive system.
2. The circulatory system and digestive system work together to oxygenate your
cells.
3. Your blood gets rid of carbon dioxide and picks up oxygen travelling through
the lungs.
4. Cigarette smoking is good to our respiratory system.
5. Wash your hands before eating.
II. Give your own insight.

How do digestive, respiratory, and circulatory systems work together? Give your
answer through an example of a physical activity (in 3-5 sentences) showing coordination
of the three systems. Put your answer on your notebook.
Rubric to be used.
Points Description
5 Identified a physical activity (3-5 sentences) with a clear concept on the coordination of
the three systems. Correct grammar.
4 Identified a physical activity (3-5 sentences) with a not so clear concept on the
coordination of the three systems. 2-3 errors in grammar.
3 Identified a physical activity (2-3 sentences) with a not so clear concept on the
coordination of the three systems. More than 3 errors in grammar.
2 Had started but not able to finish
1 No answer
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 Explain how the Major Organs of the Nervous
Lesson
System Work with the Musculo-skeletal, Digestive,

3 Excretory, Respiratory and Circulatory Systems

Hi, welcome back!

In this lesson, you will explain about how the major organs of the nervous system
work with the musculo-skeletal, digestive, respiratory and circulatory systems. Are you
ready?

What’s In
In your previous lessons, you learn about how the Human Body System
Working Together (Digestive System, Excretory System, Respiratory System, and
Circulatory System). How does digestive system work with respiratory system and
circulatory system?

Activity 3.1 ‘Nervous System Working with Other Body Systems’

Instruction: On this activity, you’ll need to complete the Table below and follow the
directions
carefully.

• What you will need:

watch, biscuit
• What you will do:
1. Walk around as fast as you can for 10 minutes.
2. Relax for 20 seconds. Observe your feeling.
3. Get a biscuit and eat it.
1. Record your answers in Table 1.

Table1. Nervous System Working with Other Body Systems

System Did your system work How did your Did your How did your
while you are walking? system work system work system work
(Yes/No) while you are while you are while you are
walking? eating? eating?
(Yes/No)

Nervous

musculo-skeletal

Digestive

Excretory

Respiratory
Circulatory

Answer the guide questions on a separate sheet of paper.

1. What are the two activities that you performed?

2. Did your muscles and bones work? Why?

3. How did the musculo-skeletal, digestive, excretory, respiratory and circulatory

systems work together?

What Is It
In Activity 3.1, when you walk fast your bones and muscles work together to support
your body. Muscles can pull on the joints allowing us to move. Your respiratory takes in
oxygen from the air. It also gets rid of carbon dioxide. Your digestive system abso rbs water
and nutrients from the food you eat. Your sweat gland in the skin secrete a fluid waste
called sweat or perspiration. Your heart pumps faster because your muscles get more
oxygen and work harder.
In eating, the musculo-skeletal works as you bite, chew and digest the food. Chewing
and digesting food use oxygen. It means that you need to work harder to breathe in enough
of it while you eat. While the digestive system collects and removes undigested solids, the
excretory system filters compounds from the blood stream and collects them in urine. The
nutrients are absorbed from the food to be used by your cells. The blood is responsible in
bringing these to your body cells. All of these works together because of the major organs
of the nervous system.
How will the musculo-skeletal, digestive, excretory, respiratory, and circulatory systems work with the
major organs of the nervous system?
The human body is composed of musculo-skeletal, digestive, excretory, respiratory,
and circulatory systems. All of these systems interact with one another to keep us healthy.
Although each system has specific functions still, they are all interconnected and dependent
to one another. They are all controlled by the nervous system. The brain works with muscle
coordination, normal muscle tone, posture and balance. It also helps in the digestion,
heartbeat, breathing and regulates heart rate and blood pressure.
The nerves receive information and transmit the messages to the brain.
The spinal cord allows signals to be sent from the brain to the other parts of the body
and receives messages from the different parts of the body to the brain.

What’s More
Activity 3.3 Check them ‘UP!
Put a ( / ) if the sentence explains how the nervous system work with the musculo-
skeletal, digestive, respiratory or circulatory systems of the body and ( X ) if not.
1.The brain helps monitor respiratory volume and blood gas level especially
when you do strenuous activities.
2. The nerves work with muscles connected to hair follicles.
3. The nerves protect the body against microorganisms.
 4. The brain works with the contraction of skeletal muscles as you move your
body.
5. The spinal cord allows the digestive system to regulate heart rate.

What I Have Learned

Fill in the blanks with the correct answers. Write your answers on a separate sheet of

paper.
1. The human body is composed of , digestive, respiratory, and circulatory
systems.
2. All of these systems interact with one another to keep us . Although
each system has specific functions still; they are all interconnected and dependent to one
another.
3. They are all controlled by the system.
4. The brain works with muscle coordination, normal muscle tone, and
balance.
5. It also helps in the digestion, , breathing and
regulates heart rate and blood pressure.

What I Can Do

Observe the following images and answer the questions that follows. Get your
notebook to answer the questions.

Questions:
1. What are the organ systems represented by the pictures?

2. What is the function of each system?

Assessment
Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate
sheet of paper.
1. How does the brain work with the musculo-skeletal system?
A. Maintains muscle coordination and normal muscle tone, posture and balance.
B. Stores water and fat.
C. Protects the body from harmful microorganisms.
D. Regulates thirst and hunger.
2. How does the nerves work with the digestive system?
A. By getting food
B. Works in transmitting messages like feeling hungry.
C. Helps in cooking food
D. Controls the mouth from eating
3. How does the spinal cord work with respiratory system?
A. By helping the circulations of blood throughout the body.
B. Makes the body healthy
C. Sends electrical impulse to the brain
D. Allows signal like difficulty in breathing to pass through before reaching the brain for
processing.
4. Why does the brain malfunction if you lack oxygen in your body?
A. Oxygen is needed to release energy and some cells will die if they don’t get enough of it.
B. The harmful bacteria invaded the brain.
C. Lungs will explode if you lack oxygen.
D. Lack of oxygen can easily decay the brain.
 5. How does the brain coordinate with musculo-skeletal system when you see a snake?
A. The nerve cells will deliver the message to the legs to run.
B. The eyes will tell the legs to run.
C. After the message was analyzed, it will command the muscles on the legs to run.
D. The message will be processed and command to see the snake.
Acting Out
Read and understand the scenario and answer the following questions on your
notebook.
It is a rainy Sunday and the family is staying home for bonding. Mother requested
Anna to cook champorado for snacks. When it is already boiling, she constantly stirs it to
produce a soft yummy one. She accidentally touched the pot. She shouted “OUCH!”.
Questions:
1. What do you think happened to Anna?

2. What system tells her to respond like that?

3. What particular system is affected when she touched the hot pot?

Lesson Describe how the Nervous System

Controls All the Organ Systems of the
4 Body
Hi, welcome back!
In this lesson, you will explain about how the nervous system controls all the organ
systems of the body. Before we will discuss how the nervous system controls all the organ
system, let us answer this question.
• How does the major organs of the nervous system work with the musculo-skeletal,
digestive, excretory, respiratory and circulatory system?

What’s In

Today’s grind, you will be cultivating about how the Nervous System Controls All
the Organ Systems of the Body.
So just stay focused and let’s go!

Activity 4.1 ‘Nervous System Working with Other Body Systems’

Read and familiarized the information given and after which, complete the graphic
organizer below. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
What you will need:
Picture, activity sheet
What you will do:
1. Observe the pictures.
2. Read the functions and interactions of the nervous system.
3. Answer the graphic organizer below.
How the Nervous System Interacts with Other Body Systems
All of the systems within the body interact with one another to keep an
organism healthy. Although each system has specific functions, they are all interconnected
and dependent on one another. The nervous system controls various organs of the body
 directly. The brain also receives information from many organs of the body and adjust
signals to these organs to maintain proper functioning.

System Function Associated Interaction with the

Organs Nervous System

Skeletal Makes up the framework of the
body and allows us to move when
our muscles contract.
Bones (e.g. skull, The brain regulates the
position of bones by
Vertebrae controlling muscles. It
controls the contraction of
skeletal muscles.

Circulatory Heart, blood, blood The brain regulates heart

Delivers oxygen, hormones, and vessels rate and blood pressure.
white blood cells around the body
by pumping blood and it removes
waste products.

Muscular Enable motion, generate heat to Muscles (smooth, The brain controls the
maintain body temperature, skeletal, and
move food through digestive tract cardiac) contraction of skeletal
and contract the heart. muscle.

Respiratory Supplies oxygen to the blood and Larynx, pharynx, The brain regulates
removes carbon dioxide trachea, bronchi,
lungs respiratory rate.

Digestive Stores and digest foods, transfers Salivary gland, The Autonomic Nervous
nutrients to the body, eliminates System controls the tone
waste and absorbs water. esophagus, liver, of the digestive tract.
gallbladder,
pancreas, The brain controls
drinking and feeding
stomach, behavior.
intestines

Excretory Regulates the chemical
composition of body fluids by
removing metabolic wastes and
retaining the proper amount of
water, salts, and nutrients.
Kidney, liver, lungs, The Nervous System helps
skin by telling when to release
waste.

Integumentary Reduces water loss, contains
receptors that respond to touch,
regulates body temperature, and
protects the inside of the body
from damage.
Skin, hair The nerves control
muscles connected to hair
follicles. The Autonomic
Nervous System regulates
peripheral blood flow and
sweat glands.
Enumerate the Organ Systems that interact with Nervous System. Answer it on a separate
sheet of paper.

Nervous
System
Interacts with
other Organ
Systems

What Is It
All the systems within the body interact with one another to keep an organism
healthy. Although each system has specific functions, they are all interconnected and
dependent on one another. The nervous system controls various organs of the body directly.
The brain which is part of the nervous system receive information from many organs of the
body and adjust signals to these organs to maintain proper functioning.
The brain regulates the positions of bones by controlling muscles and controls the
contraction of skeletal muscles. It also regulates heart rate and blood pressure. The brain
can stimulate defense mechanisms against infection. It even controls drinking and feeding
behavior and controls mating behavior and urination. The brain monitors respiratory
volume, blood gas level and regulates respiratory rate.
The hypothalamus controls the pituitary gland and other endocrine glands. The
Autonomic Nervous System controls the tone of the digestive tract. The nerves control
muscles connected to hair follicles.
The central nervous system receives information from the sensory nerves and responds to
the information by sending messages through the motor nerves to various parts of the body.
The central nervous system receives and interprets information and directs the body what
to do.
The central nervous system consists of the brain and the spinal cord. The brain
controls everything you do. It enables you to speak, to remember, to memorize and to move
your bones and muscles in coordinated ways. It controls the beating and the emotions of
your heart and allows you to perform so many things even while you are asleep.
What’s More

Activity 5.2 Complete Them ‘UP!

Complete the concept map by giving how the nervous system controls the organs of the
body.

Nervous
System
 What I Can Do
Nervous system plays important roles in our body. As a learned pupil, what will you
do to make it healthy and perform its function effectively? Write your answer on your
notebook.

What I Have Learned

TRUE OR FALSE
Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is not. Write your answers on your
notebook.
1. The brain controls drinking and feeding behavior.
2. The brain controls mating behavior and urination.
3. The nerves control muscles connected to muscles follicles.
4. The brain can stimulate defense mechanisms against infection.
5. The brain monitors respiratory volume, blood gas level and
regulates respiratory rate.
Assessment
I. Draw a if the statement explains how the nervous system controls the

organ system of the body and if not. Write your answers on your notebook.
1.The nervous system regulates the speed of food movement to the digestive tract.
2. The brain controls reflex actions.
3. The brain monitors respiratory and blood gas level.
4. The nerves control the pituitary and endocrine glands.
5. The brain controls the contraction of skeletal muscles.

II. Read and understand the question carefully. Describe how the nervous system controls
all the organ systems of the body?
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Lesson Make a Chart Showing Healthful Habits that

Promote Proper Functioning of All the Organ
5 Systems of the Body

Everybody wants to stay healthy. Nowadays, it is very costly to get sick specially in
this time of pandemic. There are many things you can do to keep your body healthy and
avoid getting sick. Let us recall some of them.
 What’s In
Hi, welcome!
How are you today? Are you feeling fine? Are you feeling well and good? Very good!
Before proceeding to our lesson, let’s have a review on the different systems of the
body. Can you identify the different body systems? Write your answers on the space
provided.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

What’s New
Activity 5.1 A Diet Check!
Instruction:Write down a meal sample for breakfast, lunch, supper in your notebook. Fill out
the table below.
What foods do you
eat?

Breakfast Lunch Supper

25

Answer these questions on your notebook.

1. After filling out the table above, group the foods into GROW, GLOW and GO foods.
–

2. Considering the activities you do, what kind of food should you eat more? Why?
Among the government’s priority is health care. Health Centers offer medical and
dental care is free of charge.
Everyone must be aware of staying healthy. Keeping one’s health is very important.
Remember that health is wealth.
If you lose your health, you will lose everything. What will happen if you overeat and
do not exercise? Why should you avoid self-medication? Here’s a chart on how to take good
care your organ systems.
• Avoid eating foods high in fats, cholesterol
• Exercise regularly
and salt
• Adequate sleep
1. Muscu - • Eat proper kind of foods 4. Circulatory
• Be free from stress
• Live in a clean environment
eskeletal • Proper hygiene System • Exercise properly
• Wear proper equipment when playing a game
System or riding a bike
• Eat proper kind of foods
• Proper hygiene
• Eat foods rich in calcium and vitamin D

• Avoid drugs and alcohol

• Avoid inhaling poisonous fumes such as those
• Monitor your toilet habits
from glue or paint
2. Digestive • Exercise regularly 5. Nervous • Exercise regularly
• Adequate sleep System • Adequate sleep
System • Eat proper kind of foods
• Eat proper kind of foods
• Proper hygiene
• Don't be too much stress
 • Proper skin protection
• Do not smoke • Avoid too much exposure on sunlight
3. • Breath fresh air 6. • Stay in doors
• Exercise regularly Integumentary • Proper hygiene
Respiratory • Adequate sleep
System • Exercise daily
System • Eat proper kind of foods • Eat vegetables and fruits
• Proper hygiene • Drink 8 glasses of water

What Is It
Our organ system needs proper care. If one will be malfunction, all organ systems
will be affecting each other. Our body needs at least eight hours of sleep at night to keep it
healthy. It also gives us the chance to remove wastes that are collected during the day.
Missing out one night’s sleep can affect the work of our brain. We experience forgetfulness
and difficulty in concentrating.
Some studies also tell us that sleep helps us recover from illness faster. These are
but few of the things that we need to do to take care of our organ systems and to keep our
bodies healthy and strong.
It is important to keep our organ systems working at its best. Because every now and
then, we are using them in our daily activities and to think that they are working together
as a team in our body. If one of them is not in good condition, others are also affected.
Fill – in the chart below. Put the appropriate Organ System/s that needs the
following health habits. Write your answers on your notebook.

Name the Organ System that needs these

health habits (Is it all organ systems?
Digestive System,
Respiratory, Circulatory, Heath Habits
Integumentary, Nervous System or
others?)

1. Exercise regularly

2. Monitor your toilet bowel

3. Do not smoke

4. Eat foods rich in calcium and vitamin D

5. Avoid inhaling poisonous fumes such as

those from glue or paint

Activity 5.2: ‘Do we have in commons?’

Explain the following questions based on your own understanding.

1. What healthy habits that are common for all the organ systems?
*
2. Why do we need to observe these healthy habits?
*
 What I Have Learned
There are many practices to stay healthy. These includes eating well - balanced
diet, exercising regularly, getting enough rest and sleep. Avoid harmful substances such
as drugs, tobacco, alcohol, too much coffee and carbonated drinks. Good health
practices help keep the organ systems healthy and strong.

TRUE OR FALSE
Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is not. Write your answers on your
notebook.
1. Brush your teeth three times a day.
2. Use a clean handkerchief to cover your mouth when coughing.
3. Keep your room dirty.
4. Eat vegetables and fruits.
5. During this pandemic, I STAY AT HOME.

Assessment

Are you healthy? Describe a healthy person. Think of words that describe a healthy
person. Fill up the word map by writing words in small circles that describes a healthy
person. Then draw a healthy person and write “Healthy Person” in the big circle.

"Healthy
Person"
What’s New:
1. Spinal Column
2. Ribcage
3. Skin What I can
What I know
4. Muscles Do
5. Epidermis 1.D 11.D Assessment
2.D 12.D No. We
What’s More: 3.C 13.A cannot live ACROSS:
4.D 14.D without our 1. skin
Eat lots of vegetables because 5.B 15.D Integumenta
3. bonemarrow
vegetables are the best source of vitamin C, 6.A ry System. It
4. hingejoint
which stimulates production of bone- 7.D consists of
the skin, 5. integumentary
forming cells, start weight-bearing exercises 8.D
hair, nails, 6. ribcage
and don't smoke and don’t drink 9.D
excessively. glands, and DOWN:
10.D
nerves. 2. spinalcolumn
What’s More What's New: ‘What comes First?’
1.heart
5 1. Wastes from the cells are eliminated by our respiratory Assessment
system.
2.blood vessels 2 2. From stomach to small intestine then to large intestine 1. True
3 3. The food that we eat breaks down to become nutrients
3.veins of the 2. True
body.
4.arteries 4 4. Then the nutrients were carried by the circulatory system 3. True
to
5.capillaries our cells throughout our body. 4. BAD
1 5. From mouth to stomach
5. True
6.heart
7.blood vessels
8.blood vessels
9.airways
10.lungs
What’s New: B.
Guide Questions
1. Walking and eating
2. Yes, because muscles move body parts by
Assessment What’s More: contracting and then relaxing. Muscles can pull
1.a 1./ bones so they contract to bend a limb at a joint when
walking fast.
2.b 2./
3. Fast walking is a strenuous activity that involves
3.d 3.x the musculo-skeletal system so, your heart beats
4.a 4./ faster (circulatory)and needs more oxygen
5.c 5.x (respiratory) and energy. Your breathing speeds up
because your cells burn a lot of calories.The digestive
system make it easier for the breaking down of food
What I Have Learned
into simpler form or substances after eating.
1.musculo-skeletal
2.healthy
3.nervous
4.posture
5.heartbeat
Answer Key
 Lesson 4

Lesson 5

Strong

"Healthy Person"

Smart Healthy

Jolly Beautiful
References
Into the Future: Science and Health 6, pp.30-40, Integrating HOTS-Based
Activities in Science 6 pp. 64-70

Into the Future: Science and Health 6, pp.49- 52

BEAM II.4 Organ System: The Digestive System pp.22-27 Circulatory System

BEAM 5 Unit 1.2 The Human Respiratory System LG Into the Future: Science
and Health 6, pp.30-43

www.okaloosaschools.com / www.prezi.com /www.lin k.springer.com /

www.google.com / theexcretorysystem.weebly.com/ faculty.washington.edu

/www2.estrellamountain.edu /www.biology4kids.com /kidshealth.org
 Editors’ Note
This Self-learning Module (SLM) was developed by DepEd SOCCSKSARGEN
with the primary objective of preparing for and addressing the new normal. Contents
of this module were based on DepEd’s Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC).
This is a supplementary material to be used by all learners of Region XII in all public
schools beginning SY 2020-2021. The process of LR development was observed in the
production of this module. This is version 1.0. We highly encourage feedback,
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