Have you ever been so tired you missed a major announcement? Eric Wieschaus woke to a call explaining he won the Nobel Prize, but he thought it was just a dream until Christiane Nusslein-Volhard, a co-winner, explained it to him later...

A pinwheel encourages deep breathing to calm one's body and recenter their thoughts. Scholars breathe into a personal pinwheel with different types of breathing patterns then answer a question about how they feel. 

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...

Second and third graders explore the size of their bodies. They use string to measure parts of their body in small groups. After measuring with string, learners measure the string with a ruler. They then glue their string to a piece of...

With a couple of neat diagrams on student handouts, your life science or health class will examine the contents and serving sizes of healthy foods. They dissect a slice of pizza and scrutinize the nutritional value of its components in...

While this presentation is designed to be used in conjunction with a series on the respiratory and circulatory system, it could be used as a way to review the functions of the heart, lungs, veins, and arteries. The graphics are well-done...

It is not what you say but how you say it. Class members prepare for writing their A Long Walk to Water essays by analyzing row four in the writing rubric. Learners discuss the words used and talk about the importance of correct grammar...

In this science activity, middle schoolers find the words that are in the word search puzzle that focus upon the vocabulary that is from the theme of the sheet.

Learners research the human body. In this human body lesson, students brainstorm the connections between the parts of a bike and a human digestive system. Learners work in small groups and research a specific body system. Students then...

Second graders complete a unit of lessons on the body systems. They watch the video, Magic Schoolbus Inside the Human Body, trace their bodies and construct the systems on the tracing, simulate the digestive system, and participate in...

Students create body cutouts of themselves and label specific internal and external organs/parts that are covered in class in this exciting lesson on Human Anatomy. Digital cameras and pictures of various internal organs are required.

Students study what a body system is, how they function and how the systems work in unison.

Students list all the parts on the shark and label a diagram of the shark anatomy. They define the words, "gill and fin" and describe what they are used for.

In this parts of the body worksheet, students read parts of the body, label pictures, and complete a word search. Students complete 3 activities.

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...

In this ESL parts of the body vocabulary, students examine 7 pictures that depict parts of the body. Students write a sentence that answers the question, "What's this?"

In this parts of the body worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences about different parts on their and other's bodies. Students complete 15 blanks total.

For this tracing worksheet, students trace parts of the body three times each. Students trace 10 parts of the body on this worksheet.

Students 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, they...

In this parts of the body activity, students complete a word search, choose the correct name, unscramble words, and more. Students complete 3 activities.

In this animals worksheet, students complete 10 sentences by writing the letter of the correct phrase in the blank spaces. There are 3 choices for each sentence; all pertain to parts of animal bodies.

First graders investigate the three main parts of a plant. In this plant parts lesson, 1st graders explore vocabulary for the topic and read a story about plant parts. Students view a PowerPoint and take a quiz for the topic....

Students analyze all of the body's major systems. They make diagrams of some of the systems and create their own questions.

Seventh graders investigate the structure and function of body systems and their inter-relationships. They draw and label the major body systems, observe demonstrations of various body systems, define key vocabulary terms, and compare...