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American Museum of Natural History

Differentiate! The Stem Cell Card Game

For Students 6th - 12th
Let the games grow. Groups play a card game to grow cells. Players start growing cells from stem cells to create specialized cells in the human body. Learners use full-grown cells from the human body to create stem cells in the lab to...
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The Circulatory System

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Tell the class to feel their heart beating because it's time to talk about the circulatory system! Presented here is a series of explanatory slides that provide a simple, yet accurate depiction of the human cardio-vascular system. All...
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Museum of Science

Virtual Heart

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
No more beating the pavement to find a virtual model of the human heart. See one in continual real-time motion, and layer it to highlight electrical impulses, blood flow, and valve activity. 
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The Human Body: Bones

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Here is an interactive PowerPoint about the skeletal system. The first slide shows the entire skeleton and allows learners to try to name each major bone structure before clicking to show the answer. The following slides provide more...
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Science Crossword Puzzle: The Body

For Students 4th - 6th
The human body is the topic explored for this small crossword, there are seven questions at a relatively basic level.
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The Magic School Bus Flexes Its Muscles

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn along with Ms. Frizzle's class. In this Magic School Bus lesson plan, students explore the inside of the human body as they compare the bones and joints of a chicken wing with their own hands and arms.
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Antibiotic Attack

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students examine how antibiotics work and why they are effective. In this antibiotic lesson, students discover that when harmful germs get inside the body, the immune system may not be strong enough to fight the germs off.  Students...
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Getting nosy

For Students K - 2nd
A nose knows! Connect animals to their noses with a fun science activity. Animals include elephants, rats, pigs, and even humans. For a science exploration, kindergartners answer questions about what they can smell. A great addition to...
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Curated OER

AP: Chapter 48: Nervous System

For Students 9th - 12th
Human anatomy enthusiasts trace neurological pahtways in word and on a diagram, describe action potential of a nerve impulse, and identify the organs in the nervous system. Provide this to your biology class as a review before...
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Messenger Education

Dangers of Radiation Exposure

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Gamma radiation, which is harmful, is useful in treating cancers. In the second lesson in a series of four, young scientists take surveys and calculate their yearly exposure to ionizing radiation. Then they read about how harmful their...
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Smithsonian Institution

Water/Ways: The Poetry of Science

For Teachers 1st - 12th Standards
Water is the source of life. It appears in poetry in both peaceful and torrential descriptions; it appears in earth science in its liquid, gaseous, and solid states. Combine these interpretations of our planet's most precious and...
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The Human Body Systems - Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners identify the following organ systems in the human body and state their functions: muscular, skeletal, circulatory, respiratory, digestive.
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Human Body Corporation

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners communicate about the human body. They write letters to simulate the Human Body Corporation. They select an organ and explain its importance in the human body including its name, systems, functions, and how the functions are...
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Human Body Systems: The Domino Effect

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create a domino course to represent different human body systems. They discover the systems relationship to each other and their functions. They answer questions to complete the lesson.
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It's My Body

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars research the human body. In this human body lesson, students brainstorm the connections between the parts of a bike and a human digestive system. Young scholars work in small groups and research a specific body system....
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The Bones of the Body

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders recognize the bones that make up the human body. They become more aware of the human body. Students experiment with this concept with a variety of items. They also work on this concept with dribbling a ball.
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The Human Body

For Students 6th - 12th
For this human body worksheet, students will review the characteristics of the body systems: skeletal, circulatory, muscular, digestive, urinary, endocrine, reproductive, lymphatic, and respiratory systems. This worksheet has 12 fill in...
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Humans

For Students 4th - 6th
In this anatomy worksheet, students read a passage about the different parts of the human body. They then answer the 10 questions on the page.
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Skeletons

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, students investigate the human skeletal system. Students read factual paragraphs with details about the bones in the human body and in some other species as well. Students complete a crossword puzzle.
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Ourselves

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the main parts of the human body. They point to various parts of their own body, cut out pictures of humans and animals and sort them into the two categories, discuss the differences between animals and humans, and...
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Bone Transformations

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students create a picture from the shape of a bone. For this life science and art lesson, students discuss their bones and their purposes, then use a picture of a bone as a starting point for an artistic transformation. Lesson can be...
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Using Our Five Senses

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore human anatomy by creating an oral report in class. In this five senses lesson plan, students read several real life situations and identify which of the five senses help in certain situations. Students create an oral...
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Diffusion Lab

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students study diffusion and how it applies to the human body.  In this diffusion lesson plan students complete a lab activity and discuss what they learned. 
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The Mind-Body Connection

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders learn about the human body. In this biology lesson plan, 2nd graders will begin with the basics of understanding charts and graphs and progress into units that cover the body systems, and mental and emotional health....

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