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Human Body Exhibit
Explore human anatomy and physiology using models. Scholars study systems of the human body and design a display for a museum exhibit. To complete the activity, individuals create analogous models of their chosen human body systems.
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Get Body Smart: Human Anatomy and Physiology: Skeletal System
Students can learn about the human skeletal system through this easy-to-access tutorial. Sections include an introduction, organization of the skeleton, appendicular skeleton, and the axial skeleton. Interactive quizzes for each section...
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Get Body Smart: Human Anatomy and Physiology: Human Body Systems
This source offers a great overview of the various systems of the human body. Each part is identified and described on this site by a veteran science professor. Many interactive quizzes are located here as well for students looking to...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Overview of Human Anatomy and Physiology
This site provides an overview of human anatomy, the scientific study of the body's structures. It also includes an overview of human physiology, he scientific study of the chemistry and physics of the structures of the body and the ways...
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Human Body
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the functions, processes, and anatomy of the human body. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
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Open Stax: Structural Organization of the Human Body
Try considering the structures of the body in terms of fundamental levels of organization that increase in complexity: subatomic particles, atoms, molecules, organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms and biosphere....
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Gas Laws & Human Biology
This activity addresses Boyle's Law from a physiological perspective.
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Open Stax: Functions of Human Life
The different organ systems each have different functions and therefore unique roles to perform in physiology. These many functions can be summarized in terms of a few that we might consider definitive of human life. Learn here about the...
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Get Body Smart: Human Nervous System: Anatomy and Physiology
The innovative tutorial investigates the human nervous system. Some topics explored are nerve cells, support cells, neurophysiology, brain, and spinal cord. Visual quizzes are also included.
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Teach Engineering: Next Generation Surgical Tools in the Body
Through this unit, students act as engineers who are given the challenge to design laparoscopic surgical tools. After learning about human anatomy and physiology of the abdominopelvic cavity, especially as it applies to laparoscopic...
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Open Stax: Requirements for Human Life
Earth and its atmosphere have provided us with air to breathe, water to drink, and food to eat, but these are not the only requirements for survival. Although you may rarely think about it, you also cannot live outside of a certain range...
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Get Body Smart: Respiratory System: Anatomy and Physiology
Students can learn about the human respiratory system's structures and functions through this easy-to-access tutorial. Sections include major zones and divisions, the nose and nasal cavity, the pharynx, the larynx, the trachea and...
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Barrier Defenses and Innate Immune Response
Students use this module to learn about the barrier defenses and the immune defense functions of the human body.
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: What's Happening to Your Body?
This lesson plan site focuses on the changes that adolescents go through and delves into their nutritional, physical, and mental health needs.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Endocrine System
Through informational text, video clips, practice problems, and external assignments, students discover the structure and function of the endocrine system of the human body.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Skeletal System Functions
This site helps you understand the human skeletal system, a body system composed of bones and cartilage that performs critical functions for the human body.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: The Peripheral Nervous System
Describe the structures found in the peripheral nervous system and the functions of those parts in the human body.
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Open Stax: Thoracic Cage
Learn here all about the thoracic cage, the part of the human anatomy that forms the thorax portion of the body.