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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Imaginary Journey Through a System of the Body

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
The students will choose one of the systems of the human body, such as circulatory, respiratory, digestive, or nervous system, and imagine that they are inside it. They will write a description of what a journey through this system of...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: I See a Full Moon Rising, and Shrinking, or Do I?

For Students 9th - 10th
The moon appears bigger at the horizon just as it is rising over the treetops, than it does later in the evening when it is overhead. This is because our perception of its size changes based on where it is in the sky. In this human...
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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...
Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Human Body: Organization Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for a unit on the organization levels in the human body from organ systems to cells.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Human Digestive System

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Nutrients in the foods you eat are needed by the cells of your body. How do the nutrients in foods get to your body cells? What organs and processes break down the...
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.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Human Body You've Got Some Nerve!

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about nerves in the human body. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Human Skeletal System

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How important is your skeleton? Can you imagine your body without it? You would be a wobbly pile of muscle and internal organs, and you would not be able to move....
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Other

Bio Anim

For Students 9th - 10th
BioAnin presents 3-D labeled images of all of the major systems of the human body, for example, the digestive system and the endocrine system. The images are embedded in slideshows. The site also has interactive 3-D models that can be...
Website
Other

Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System (Grades 4 6 Teacher Resources)

For Teachers 4th - 7th
This teacher's resource page accompanies the student website "Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System" for grades four through six from the Canadian Lung Association. This site walks teachers through the features of the student...
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Anatomical Terminology

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides learners with information regarding anatomical terminology. It covers anatomical position, directional and regional terms used, body planes, body cavities and their organs, and the serous membranes.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Functions of Human Life

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: "A Body Is a Terrible Thing to Waste"

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students will explain that the human body has different organ systems with different roles. Also, they will discover and illustrate the organelles that each system contains. In addition, students will describe the function of each...
Website
PBS

Pbs: How Art Made the World: Human Body in Egypitan Art

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS documentary considers how ancient Egyptian artists chose to represent the human body and answers questions about how the cultural values of a society, such as the desire for order, shape its art. With close-ups of Egyptian art that...
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Other

Get Body Smart: Human Nervous System: Anatomy and Physiology

For Students 9th - 10th
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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University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Human Biology: Blackett Family Dna Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
Family studies are a good way to learn about DNA profiling and RFLP analysis because students can follow the inheritance of DNA markers from one generation to the next. Students have the opportunity to do this in this activity.
Activity
University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Human Biology: Blackett Family Dna Activity 2

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students learn the concepts and techniques behind DNA profiling of the national DNA databank. Students will then have the opportunity to collect and interpret actual STR data, and to answer one or more questions.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Human Body Inc.: What's an Arm and a Leg Worth?

For Teachers 5th - 9th
In this technology-based project, students will take on the role of a legal defense team and prepare the court defense for a body organ that is currently an employee of Human Body Inc.. Due to recent cost increases, the Human Body has...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Levers: How the Human Body Uses Them to Its Advantage

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will apply the concept of levers to the human body and build all three classes of levers within a musculoskeletal context. They will be shown how the musculoskeletal system is a system of levers and one example of each type of...
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Other

World Invisible: The Human Circulatory System: Blood Circulation

For Students 9th - 10th
A labeled diagram of the major veins and arteries in the human body.
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National Institutes of Health

Visible Human Project: Anatomic Images Online

For Students 9th - 10th
Medical quality 3D images of the male chest area and cut away views of the entire male body. Fantastic for anatomy classes!
eBook
McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Education: Bioscience: Sensory System [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A 22-page textbook chapter identifying sensory systems of animals and humans for those studying how the various senses assist adaptation to environments. Investigates classes of environmental stimuli as well as gives an in-depth...
Interactive
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Body Terminology Baseball

For Students 9th - 10th
Answer the anatomy and physiology questions correctly, and score a homerun!
Handout
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Human Digestive System

For Students 3rd - 8th
Excellently detailed drawing (with labels) of the digestive system with an accompanying explanation of the digestive process. Includes a glossary and a blank label me print-out.

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