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Virginia Department of Education

Body Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The human body is an amazing thing! Explore the body with your high school class as they investigate each system in detail. They learn components of each organ system and disease processes that can negatively affect general health and...
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Curated OER

Organ Music

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Middle and high schoolers solve a riddle about the appendix, and explore the paradox surrounding this organ. They research other human body organs to create a paper model of the human body, and write riddles highlighting identifying...
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

What Do You Know About the Human Microbiome?

For Students 6th - 12th
Scholars answer 10 multiple choice questions to test their knowledge about the human body and microbes. Correct answers come with a rewarding tone and brief description.
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Curated OER

Making and Using a Gel Person to Teach Human Anatomy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate organs, anatomical planes and transverse sections of the human body using gel people. In this human anatomy lesson plan, students use gel molds, gel and food items to make models of the human body. They create a...
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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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Curated OER

Bones Provide Great Support!

For Students 3rd - 4th
How do bones help people move around? A science investigation prompts kids to draw arrows to certain bones that protect their organs. After they finish, they trace their hands on a piece of paper and trace the way their bones go. Great...
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Curated OER

You've Got to Have Heart

For Students 5th
After reading an excellent description of the human heart, fifth graders look at a drawing of a human body, and choose the circle they think represents where the human heart is found. There are four circles inside the character's chest....
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Curated OER

The Human Body - Five Types of Human Cells

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students complete a chart/graphic organizer based on the reading passage and locate specific information within the reading passage to complete the Human Body Cells Chart. They then utilize the Human Body Cells Chart to complete the...
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Curated OER

DNA: The Human Body Recipe

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars describe DNA and the roles in which engineers are involved with the human body.  In this DNA lesson students participate in a class demonstration. 
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Curated OER

Advanced Matching - The Organ Systems

For Students 8th - Higher Ed
What's the difference between the digestive system and the endocrine system? Explore 12 body systems in this anatomy matching worksheet, for which learners find descriptions corresponding to anatomical terminology. Some of the...
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Curated OER

Organizations of the Human Body

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this biology worksheet, students find the vocabulary terms concerning the human body and the answers are accessed by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Curated OER

Body Organization and Structure

For Students 6th - 8th
In this human body organization and structure learning exercise, middle schoolers complete 21 fill in the blank questions in the format of word scrambles, riddles, and puzzles.
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Teach Engineering

Abdominal Cavity and Laparoscopic Surgery

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Get to know the human body from the inside out. The first lesson plan in a series of 10 introduces the class to the abdominopelvic cavity. Biomedical engineers need to understand the region of the body as they develop and improve...
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Curated OER

Organ Systems

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine organisms that are composed of tissues, organs, and systems. They dissect a fetal pig and explore the assigned organs systems such as the skeletal, muscular, and circulatory organs. Students identify and explain their...
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Curated OER

The Animal Body and How it Moves

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Spark interest in the body structure of vertebrates with this comprehensive and colorful instructional activity. Your biology class will explore the levels of organization, primary tissue types, and the main organ systems. Finally, they...
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Curated OER

Human Biology: Organ Systems

For Students 7th - 10th
In this anatomy worksheet, learners use their textbook, notes, or Internet to complete required information for 11 different human organ systems.
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Curated OER

Body System Crossword Puzzle

For Students 5th - 8th
A quick summation of some of the human body organs can be done using this body systems crossword. An answer key is provided for the 20 prompts. Use this as a review, or as an actual quick quiz! Be aware that the prompts are not specific...
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Curated OER

The Human Body: Five Types of Human Cells

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the human body by completing a graphic organizer. For this living cells lesson, students analyze a human body cell's chart and discuss the parts of a cell and what they do for our bodies. Students complete a graphic...
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Curated OER

The Human Body

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars research information about the human body. They read books and explore the Internet to gather information about the human body. Students create graphic representations and models of the body systems. Working in groups,...
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Curated OER

The Human Body Study Questions

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
In this human body study question worksheet, students define 6 words associated with the human body. They answer 8 short answer questions about the organization and function of the organ systems and organization structure of the human body.
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Curated OER

Life Science: Exploring Our Human Bodies

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore the concept of the human body. They complete a variety of activities concerning the function of various organs. They listen to their heartbeat with a stethoscope, examine how muscles work during a game of tag, and play...
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Biology Junction

Cellular Structure

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The human body contains more than 200 types of cells, and plants contain many other unique types of cells. While a huge variety of cells exist, they appear to have very similar structures. A detailed presentation describes the structure...
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Curated OER

Biology: Systems of the Human Body

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils examine the different systems of the human body and how they work independently and cooperatively. They complete sevral online interactive projects designed to reinforce how the systems work alone and together. Students make...
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Curated OER

Life Cycle: Diversity in a Balance 4th Grade Workbook

For Students 5th
In this life cycle workbook, 5th graders examine plant and animal cells, classification of organisms, human biology, photosynthesis, and natural environments. 21 different activities make up the Life Cycle Workbook.