Students discover the benefits of a healthy heart through exercise.  In this physical education lesson plan, students participate in a few physical activities in order to get their hearts beating faster.  Students examine a...

Students investigate the functions of different body systems. They conduct research about the major body systems to attain information. The teacher prepares the room for the lesson. Students walk and talk through each major system as...

Students explore human anatomy by participating in hands-on activities. In this digestive system instructional activity, students read the book It All Began With a Bean and discuss the process of food digestion in our body. Students...

Students, through teacher lecture and class discussion, explore the three different types of muscles in the human body and the effects of microgravity on these muscles. They explain what happens to muscles in outer space and describe the...

Young scholars study the human digestion system and the functions of the stomach and small intestines.  In this digestion lesson students view a demonstration on the process. 

Seventh graders investigate the human body by viewing a movie and asking questions. In this sexual maturation activity, 7th graders identify the ways boys and girls develop into men and women through puberty. Students view a video and...

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.

In this life cycle worksheet, 9th graders complete 3 different procedures that distinguish viruses and bacteria and inherited characteristics. First, they read the background excerpt given about bacteria and viruses. Then, students cut...

Learners design a pumping device that will effectively pump fluid through a model "cardiovascular system." They explore the effects of too much and too little pressure on a circulatory system.

Learners examine the structure of teeth, the different types of teeth and their functions. They discuss how to take care of their teeth and how to prevent dental diseases by viewing movies, participating in hands-on experiments and...

"How tall are you?" "Who has the longest arms?" As part of a study of the names of various body parts, language learners use rulers and tapes to measure parts of the body.

Students study the respiratory system, the lungs and air.  In this respiratory instructional activity students describe technologies that engineers have found that improve the health of the respiratory system. 

After a lesson on the human skeleton, hand out a worksheet that requires learners to identify the pelvis, rib cage, skill, spine, and thigh bones. They draw a line from the name of the bone to its location on the skeleton. Tip: Instead...

In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the clues to complete the crossword puzzle with words about the human body. Students complete 10 clues.

Learners perform activities to explore how their arm works and what muscles are involved. They view animated comparisons of human and robotic arms. Students create a model of the human arm.

When is it okay to be suspended in school? When you're part of a human suspension bridge! Learners first model tension and compression in pairs. Once complete, they get together as a class to model a suspension bridge.

How do reverse transcriptase inhibitors work? Young virologists examine the function of azidothymidine, a drug doctors use to treat HIV patients, during a hands-on modeling activity. Groups create a strand of DNA from an HIV RNA strand...

Sometimes, we all need somebody to lean on. Scholars create a human arch by leaning against each other. They consider different approaches to making the arch sturdier and stronger.

So many bodily activities depend on homeostasis! Give learners a solid background to understand the basic process of the human body. Scholars first examine negative feedback loops contributing to body temperature regulation and then a...

It's electric! Young anatomists use Virtual Neurons software to build, control, and analyze complex nerve circuits within the body. Colorful and packed with content, class members enjoy interacting with the nervous system...

Students review and write the vocabulary for basic body parts. They identify parts of the body along with new verbs then complete an activity sheet of labeling body parts and complete sentences using the correct vocabulary word.

Students create and construct human skeletons by rubbing casts of bone impressions on paper, and then label most important components of human skeleton.

In this idioms worksheet, learners complete multiple choice questions about idiom phrases having to do with parts of the body. Students complete 10 questions total.

Students experiment with the sense of touch. In this tactile lesson plan, students determine the most sensitive area of the hand. Students experiment by describing objects through touch only. Students compare the amount of sensory data...