Teach Engineering
The Mighty Heart
Have your class follow the step-by-step directions in this resource to dissect a sheep heart and gain a better understanding of this amazing organ. Working in small groups, pupils look for specific parts of the heart during their...
Teach Engineering
Heart to Heart
Begin a unit on the heart, the parts and the function of the heart, and about heart disease with a resource that includes a lecture, a PowerPoint presentation, and research information. The lesson is the first of a four-part series and...
Teach Engineering
Model Heart Valves
Small groups use the knowledge learned about the heart to design and build a prototype of an artificial heart valve. The teams demonstrate the functionality of their valve. They are also responsible for creating a pamphlet that describes...
Curated OER
Blood: Transport and Protection
In this blood instructional activity, students review what makes up blood: plasma, platelets, and red and white blood cells. Students also learn how the blood helps fight viruses, bacteria, and other foreign substances. This...
Kenan Fellows
Sensors, Sensors…..Everywhere! Middle School Meteorologist Create Weather Bots!
My forecast is that you'll want to use the resource. Pupils design and create a weather bot as part of a project-based unit. These bots should be able to measure temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction, and...
NOAA
Vertebrates II
Mammals of the ocean unite! Or not. The 20th installment of a 23-part NOAA Enrichment in Marine sciences and Oceanography (NEMO) program investigates how warm-blooded marine mammals survive in water. In the class activity, learners use...
Curated OER
The Human Body: Focusing on Respiratory and Circulatory Systems
Students study the components and functions of the respiratory and circulatory systems. They take blood pressure using a stethoscope and investigate ways to maintain a healthy respiratory system.
Curated OER
Endocrine System: Hormones
The many images and labeled diagrams in this PowerPoint will help learners understand different areas of the endocrine system. The slide
show starts with information about the absorption of lipid and protein based hormones, and then...
Curated OER
Internal Systems and Regulation
In this internal systems and regulation worksheet, students correctly decide if given statements are true or false. Students apply information learned about the circulatory system to the given statements to determine statements of truth...
Curated OER
Circulation
In this circulation learning exercise, students review the circulatory system including the structures and functions of this system. This learning exercise has 5 word scramble, 4 short answer, 1 fill in the blank, and 6 true or false...
Curated OER
The Urinary System
In this urinary system worksheet, learners review the role the kidneys and nephrons play in the formation of urine. Students order the steps of the filtration of blood. This worksheet has 3 short answer and 10 fill in the blank questions.
Curated OER
Observing Atherosclerosis
Young scholars develop a model to visually observe the change in blood flow rates between healthy and unhealthy arteries. They calculate data that they have collected and graph their results. They determine the relationships the flow...
Curated OER
Gases and Chemical Reactions
For this chemical reactions worksheet, students calculate the volume or pressure for different gases. Students determine the effect of different stimuli on the rate of a chemical reaction. This worksheet has 1 short answer, 10 fill in...
Curated OER
Endocrine System
For this endocrine system worksheet, pupils match the correct gland found in the endocrine system to its hormone and target cell(s). They also describe the actions of each gland and hormone combined together.
Curated OER
Circulatory Systems
A slideshow that covers the all-important details related to basic human circulation. The reasoning for exchange of material methods is presented and then labeled diagrams of the main human transfer systems are shown, along with...
Curated OER
Here's To Your Healthy Heart!
Young scholars examine the primary controllable and uncontrollable factors that put one at greater risk for developing heart disease. Through discussion, research, physical tests, and questionnaires they determine whether or not they are...
Baylor College
Activity and Exercise
Leave it to the classic jump rope to get your class excited about physical activity! Your class will begin by discussing the benefits of jumping rope as a form of exercise and learning a few different types of jumps. Then in groups of...
Curated OER
Endocrine System - Hormones
Use this attractive PowerPoint to introduce all the hormones and their functions to your students. As students view each slide, they should be able to see the relevance of many of the chemicals and their interaction with the human body....
Curated OER
Endocrine System: Hormones
Almost a duplicate of another slideshow on our site, these slides covering classes of hormones and their function, have gaps prepared for your pupils to fill in. This copy could be printed out for your class to complete as notes during...
Baylor College
Body Mass Index (BMI)
How do you calculate your Body Mass Index, and why is this information a valuable indicator of health? Class members discover not only what BMI is and practice calculating it using the height and weight of six fictitious individuals, but...
Nuffield Foundation
Monitoring the Body's Reaction to Stress
When stressed, do you prefer the fight or flight response? Scholars observe, measure, and identify the body's response to stress using a well-researched methodology. They learn about the autonomic nervous system, hormones, and more.
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
A Healthy Retirement?
Do men and women experience heart disease the same way? High school and college-level biologists examine a case study about a woman, Nancy, who is experiencing intermittent health issues; looking at her diet, exercise, and lifestyle...
Learning for Life
Lesson 7: Stimulants
Make sure your class is aware and informed of the various types of stimulant drugs that exist. Here, they can learn their alternate names and some of their harmful effects. While this is a very basic direct-instructional lesson, the...
Curated OER
Review for Strand 2A Test: Nervous System
Three pages containing 51 true and false questions make up this nervous system review. The major topics listed at the top of the test mention a film strip and a laboratory activity, but the questions appear to be answerable without...
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