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National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Human Body

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Handout
Orpheus Books

Q Files: Life: Human Body

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore the many systems found within the human body.
Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Organization of the Human Body

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustrated article which helps students understand the levels of organization of the human body.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Can Your Body Temperature Tell the Time of Day?

For Students 9th - 10th
If you have ever had to adjust to a new time zone, you have noticed that it takes a while before you start to feel normal again. By shifting your sleep and activity schedule, you have altered the pattern of your body's circadian rhythms....
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Are Human Bodies Asymmetrical?

For Students 9th - 10th
Leo Q. Wan takes us into the human body to show how biological asymmetry can be quite beautiful. [4:18]
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Systems of Our Human Body: A Study Through Power Point

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a student-led exploration of the systems of the human body, through technology. Students will work cooperatively to develop a PowerPoint presentation that will thoroughly explain each system. Systems included are: circulatory...
Website
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Excretory System

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore how the human body rids itself of wastes with the function of the kidneys.
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Other

Get Body Smart: Human Anatomy and Physiology: Skeletal System

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg How Many Cells Are in the Human Body?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
About how many cells are in the human body? The purpose of this task is for learners to apply the concepts of mass, volume, and density in a real-world context. Aligns with G-MG.A.2.
eBook
Other

Temperature of a Healthy Human (Body Temperature)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has several charts with explanations why your body temperature might not be 98.6 degrees fahrenheit.
Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Homeostasis and Regulation in the Human Body

For Students 9th - 10th
This article helps students identify the process by which body systems are regulated so that they remain stable.
Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Body Fluids and Fluid Compartments

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the chemical and physical characteristics of the fluids that make up the human body.
Lesson Plan
University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: My Body My Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teacher's guide introduces children to the human body and the five senses and covers the major body parts and what they do. Children also will use their five senses to learn about the world.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Metabolic States of the Body

For Students 9th - 10th
Students describe what defines each of the three metabolic states of the human body: the absorptive state, the postabsorptive state, and starvation.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Pressures in the Body

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on Fluid Statics in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter covers the different types of fluid pressures in the human body and how they are measured. Includes problems and exercises.
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Reforms to Human Health

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on "Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses," this section explains the different reforms aimed at improving the health of the human body and describes the various factions and concerns within the temperance movement.
Interactive
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Radiation and Human Health

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive explores the exposure of radiation to the human body and its effects both indirect and direct. Find out the sources of radiation that people are exposed to daily.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Fast Food: Can Peppermint Improve Reaction Times?

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that some teachers give their students a peppermint candy on state testing days? Is it to give the kids sweet-smelling breath? Or are the teachers hoping for something more on the important testing day? In this human biology...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Does Your Body Know What Time It Is?

For Students 9th - 10th
Being able to sense time helps us do everything from waking and sleeping to knowing precisely when to catch a ball that's hurtling towards us. And we owe all these abilities to an interconnected system of timekeepers in our brains. But...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spanish 2: Unit 4: El Cuerpo

For Students 9th - 10th
In this fourth unit of an intermediate Spanish course, students learn about and present information about the art, music, and literature of a Spanish-speaking country in Central America or the Caribbean. They also develop vocabulary...
Website
Other

Biology Online: Human Physiology: Sensory Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
Study the many parts of the human body that make up the sensory systems. Be able to identify receptors, primary sensory coding, neural pathways and more with this biology resource.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Are You Left or Right Sided?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Our brains are split into two parts, right inside our head. One half is the left brain and the other half is the right brain. Each side of your brain controls different parts of your body and most people are more dominant controlling one...
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Examples of Chemistry in Everyday Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives examples of chemical interactions occurring in the human body, in the world around us, in foods, and in products we use.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Visualizing Hidden Worlds Inside Your Body

For Students 9th - 10th
How do we see things too small to be detected by the human eye? What about things inside our own bodies? Dee Breger uses a scanning electron microscope to give us a glimpse of images including blood clots, thyroid glands, and lungs with...

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