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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Explore Your Inner Animals

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Human bodies prove evolution thanks to our genes, bones, and more. Learning about specific body parts and how they evolved from other species helps individuals better understand the transition species that helped us become who we are today.
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Activity
PBS

Helping Hand

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Reach out and grab something. Given the task of picking up objects at least two feet away, pupils design and build a grabber. The last activity in a series of five challenges requires learners to use information about fulcrums and levers.
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Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Hand Span Measures

For Students 2nd Standards
How long is your hand span? Young mathematicians measure their hand span from pinky tip to thumb tip using a centimeter ruler. After rounding to the nearest whole centimeter, learners plot their data on a line plot.
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PhysEdGames

Strikeball

For Students K - 8th
Groups form a circle with each person's feet spread shoulder width apart and touching the person's next to them. Drop a ball in the middle of the circle. The object of the game is for players to keep the ball from leaving the circle...
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Project WET Foundation

Soap and Water Science

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
Learn about germs without getting sick! An interactive resource prompts learners to identify the dirtiest surfaces on a city street. Class members then participate in a demonstration about washing dirty hands and how using soap can kill...
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Handout
Ergonome

Preventing Computer Injury

For Students K - 12th
Do your hands cramp up after a long day of typing? Learn the proper and ergonomic ways to type on a keyboard with a helpful "hand" book. From relaxing elbows and wrists to massaging and stretching tired hands, the strategies in the book...
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Lesson Plan
Rochester Institute of Technology

Biomechanical Hand

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
In 1993, five biomedical engineers in Edinburgh, Scotland, created the first functional bionic arm. In the activity, learners explore the world of bioengineering through discussion and hands-on exploration. In groups, participants...
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Early Childhood Learning and Knowlege Center

My Body My Senses

For Teachers K - 5th
In a comprehensive unit of activities, learners explore the five senses. Youngsters discover the many different body parts and their functions that allow humans to have sense of sight, touch, smell, taste, and hearing. The best way to...
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Printables
Do2Learn

Self Help: Body Parts

For Students Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Head and shoulders, knees and...ears? Eyes? Hands? Help learners get the parts of the body straight with this set of 12 picture cards!
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PPT
Curated OER

My Body

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Assist your littlest learners in identifying the parts of their bodies. Each slide contains a labeled image of an individual body part. Arms, legs, hands, and feet to mention a few. Tip: Turn this visual presentation into a kinesthetic...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bones of the Hand

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
In this hand worksheet, students trace their hands and answer short answer questions about their hands. Students complete 2 questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Talk to the Hand

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the significance of various body parts in artistic and social expression. They research a body part and create a museum installation depicting the artistic and social significance of the body part throughout history.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Expressions with Hand

For Students 4th - 8th
In this expressions with hand activity, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the correct expressions with the word hand in them. Students complete 10 problems total.
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Graphic
Other

Navigable List of Hand Muscles

For Students 9th - 10th
A navigable hierarchy of hand muscles with full color diagrams.
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Article
Seeker

Seeker: Human Like Hands Came Before Actual Humans

For Students 9th - 10th
Article reports on how the human hand has evolved. Includes a video.
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Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Blisters, Calluses, and Corns

For Students 3rd - 5th
"Have you ever had a favorite pair of funky shoes that you wore every single day, until they started to hurt the bottoms of your feet? Ever helped your mom or dad plant flowers in the yard and later noticed a weird bump on your palm?...
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Hand Shadows

For Students 9th - 10th
This one-stanza poem describes a father demonstrating hand shadows while camping in a tent.
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Interactive
University of Washington

The Senses

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site has a collection of learning activities, games, experiments, and lesson plans on the five senses. Organized by grade level and topic, this site is packed with an assortment of interactive and engaging activities, that would...
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Handout
Other

Muscles of the Upper Body

For Students 9th - 10th
The muscles of the upper body organized by section and location.
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Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Why Do I Need to Wash My Hands?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Washing your hands is the easiest way to keep germs from spreading and keeping yourself healthy during flu and cold season. Find out when you should be washing your hands and learn hints for getting your hands as clean as they can be.
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Handout
University of Michigan

Movement of the Hand

For Students 9th - 10th
Movies of the hand muscles in action. Also has brief information on the hand muscles.
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Interactive
Other

Senses: Online Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Have fun finding words associated with the five senses: smell, taste, touch, hearing, and sight. When finished with the game, rescramble the word search and play again.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Hands on Equations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart gives students the opportunity to work with algebra equations hands on.
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Unit Plan
SEDL

Sedl: Five Senses

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Elementary students will gain great insight into the workings of our five senses through this collection of detailed, integrated lesson plans for grades K-3. Each lesson contains a list of needed materials, hands-on explorations...