ClassX Video Lessons Youtube Channel Smile and Learn English The Urinary System – The Human Body for kids
The urinary system is like a cleaning crew for your body. It helps get rid of waste and keeps everything running smoothly. Imagine it as a team of tiny workers making sure your body stays clean and healthy.
The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs that play a big role in the urinary system. They act like filters, cleaning your blood by removing waste and extra water. This process creates urine, which is the liquid waste that your body doesn’t need.
Once the kidneys have done their job, the urine takes a little trip through your body. It travels down thin tubes called ureters and heads to the bladder. The bladder is like a storage tank that holds the urine until you’re ready to go to the bathroom.
When your bladder is full, it sends a signal to your brain, letting you know it’s time to find a bathroom. The urine then leaves your body through a tube called the urethra. This is how your body gets rid of the waste it doesn’t need.
Did you know that your kidneys filter about 50 gallons of blood every day? That’s a lot of cleaning! Also, your bladder can hold about 2 cups of urine comfortably.
If you enjoyed learning about the urinary system, there’s so much more to discover about the human body. Keep exploring and asking questions to learn all about how your amazing body works!
Kidney Filter Experiment: Create a simple filter to understand how kidneys work. Gather a coffee filter, a cup, and some muddy water (mix soil with water). Place the coffee filter inside the cup and pour the muddy water through it. Observe how the filter traps the dirt, similar to how kidneys filter waste from the blood. Discuss what happens to the water and how this relates to the kidneys cleaning the blood.
Urinary System Role Play: Act out the journey of urine in the body. Assign roles to different students: kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. Use props like tubes or ropes to represent ureters and a balloon for the bladder. Have the “kidneys” pass a small ball (representing urine) through the “ureters” to the “bladder,” and finally out through the “urethra.” This activity helps visualize the process and understand each part’s function.
Observation Challenge: Encourage children to drink a glass of water and then pay attention to how long it takes before they feel the need to use the bathroom. Ask them to think about how their body signals them when it’s time to go. Discuss how the bladder communicates with the brain and why it’s important to listen to these signals.
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The excretory system is responsible for eliminating waste. The kidneys clean the blood, producing urine with all the substances that the body does not need. When the filtration in the kidneys is finished, the urine moves on to the urinary tract, from the ureter to the bladder, where it accumulates until you feel the need to urinate. Then it exits through the urethra and is expelled outside the body.
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