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Where is Your Heart? What Does it Do?
Students identify size and general location of human heart, identify heart muscle, describe, in general terms, heart's basic function of pumping blood throughout body, and complete "Where is Your Heart" and "What Does My Heart Look...
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Smart Ideas Lesson Plan
Seventh graders create a concept map about the cardiovascular system. In this life science lesson, 7th graders identify the parts and functions of each system component. They explain how cardiovascular system works with other systems in...
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Body Organs: Matching
In this body organs worksheet, students match body organs with their functions. Students complete 19 matches total on this body organs worksheet.
Teach Engineering
Skin and the Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation
Though UV radiation can damage skin, it isn't all bad. The third installment in a six-part series allows the class to study the structure and function of skin. They learn about the different types of skin cancer and the SPF rating...
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Urinalysis
What do lab tests reveal about a patient's health? Scholars perform a simulated urinalysis on two different patients by testing color, pH, glucose levels, and protein levels. Then, they compare their findings to what they know passes...
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Body Voyager
Students explore the significance of a resting and an active heart rate. In this heart instructional activity students chart data on their pulse and draw a diagram of the heart.
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Excretory System
Students discuss what happens to the trash in their home. They talk about what would happen if they didn't remove the trash. Students relate their home trash to the excretory system of their bodies. They label a diagram of the urinary...
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Circulatory System Design
Students identify the different parts of the circulatory system and their function. They work together to create their own model of the system and use it to determine the rate of blood flow. They answer questions related to their model.
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The Strength of the Muscular System
Seventh graders investigate the strength of the muscular system. They explore voluntary and involuntary muscle movement and discuss the types of muscles: cardiac or heart, skeletal, and smooth. They visit stations to answer questions...
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Your Lymphatic System
In this lymphatic system worksheet, learners describe whether they think that the lymphatic system is well-adapted to carrying material through the body in comparison to the circulatory system. Then they design a lymphatic system for an...
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Anatomy: Circulatory System
Young scholars use the Internet to research the circulatory system. They explore the different organs of the circulatory system and their functions. There are animations, online quizzes, games, and interactive tours of this system.
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Human Traces
Students create and construct human skeletons by rubbing casts of bone impressions on paper, and then label most important components of human skeleton.
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The Human Organism
Seventh graders examine the basic functions of the human body and see how changing demands affect our bodies. In this human organism lesson students participate in several activities that are about the human body and our digestion,...
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Skeletal System
Students identify the components and functions of the skeletal system. They identify and interpret that the skeletal system is the frame for the human body and are evaluated by their behavior and participation throughout the lesson.
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Skeletal System
Seventh graders explore the functions of the skeletal system. They collaborate in small groups to determine the function of the skeletal system, the types of joints and movement, bone strength and growth, and bone injuries including...
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Internal Anatomy: A Fun Look At The Digestive System
Students look at the functions of the body. In this biology lesson plan, students explore the functioning of some body part and construct a "living doll" composed of the body parts discussed.
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Central Nervous System Study Questions
In this central nervous system worksheet, young scholars define 24 terms associated with the human central nervous system. They answer 28 short answer questions dealing with the structures and function of the CNS.
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The Excretory System
For this excretory system worksheet, students describe the functions that the organs of the urinary system perform and what happens when the kidneys do not work properly. Students also name the excretory organs of the body and explain...
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Urinary System
In this urinary system worksheet, students participate in a lab to describe the overall function of the urinary system and identify from models of the kidney twelve structures found within the urinary system.
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Questions regarding the Digestive System
In this science related worksheet, students locate and answer thirty three multiple choice questions regarding the digestive system in humans.
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The Nervous System and the Effects of Drugs
In this nervous system instructional activity, students read information about how the body receives and sends out information through the peripheral nervous system and central nervous system. Then students complete 3 short answer...
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The Digestive System: An Overview
Students label main structures of the digestive system, describe each structure's function, and describe sequence of events involved in digestion.
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Cardiovascular System Definitions and Study Questions
In this cardiovascular system study question worksheet, students define 21 words associated with this system. They answer 16 short answer questions related to circulation of blood through the body.
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How Food Moves Through the Body
In this food and digestion worksheet, students read a short article the digestive system and choose the multiple choice answer for 11 questions. Students also put the organs that food moves through in the correct sequential order.