Tinybop
The Human Body
Examine the systems of the human body with a bold, charming, and kid-friendly application. This noteworthy tool is certain to get kids interested what goes on inside of them! The eye feature uses the tablet camera to view images and show...
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
The Human Body
Nothing is more relevant than the study of the human body. A series of 10 human body lessons begins with growth, ends with reproduction, and hits all the major systems in between. Each lesson provides opening and closing activities as...
Curated OER
Human Digestive System
A slide for each major organ of the human digestive system has been collected for this compact presentation. On each slide are bullet points listing characteristics and functions of an organ. The slides are plain white with a single,...
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Human Anatomy -- How Do We Move?
Students create a model of the digestive system. In this human anatomy lesson the students examine features of the digestive system. The students perform an experiment.
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Human Body Series - The Digestive System Quiz (Grades 6 to 8)
Get those gastric juices going with a delicious quiz on the digestive system! Middle school learners fill in the blanks about the process of digestion, the function of different organs and fluids, and problems that can occur with the...
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Human Body Activity
In this human body worksheet, 2nd graders experiment making a full-sized human body portrait. Students discuss the human body organs and their functions. Students follow and complete 8 precise directives in making a human body portrait.
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Fueling Body Activities - Digestion
Not only is the human digestive system covered in this biology instructional activity, learners will also explore the digestive process of other animals. The 30 short-answer questions address modes of heterotrophic nutrition, the...
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Human Body Quiz
In this human body worksheet, students complete short answer questions about the organs in the body and their functions. Students complete 20 questions.
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Human Organ Systems
In this human organ systems learning exercise, students write the organ system that is described in the first 5 sentences. Students match the body parts to the organ system and write them in the chart.
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Stomach Chemistry
Fifth graders compare physical and chemical changes. They perform a simulation experiment/activity that replicates what happens in the stomach as food is digested by stomach acids.
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Digestion Simulation
Pupils study the human digestion system and the functions of the stomach and small intestines. For this digestion lesson students view a demonstration on the process.
American Museum of Natural History
Make a Home for Microbes
Make a Winogradsky Column to discover how microbes live within the digestive tract. First, participants take a tour of the stomach. Then, gather supplies and start building using a variety of materials. Over eight to 10 weeks, learners...
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Experiment to Mimic the Digestive System
What happens to the food that we eat? Middle-school life science learners delve into the digestive process by completing this laboratory activity. They cut a cheese sandwich into smaller parts to represent chewing, smash it to mimic...
Teach Engineering
Pill Dissolving Demo
Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh that one is the fastest. The teacher demonstration is the second part of a four-part series. The class observes how different pill types dissolve in simulated stomach acid. They determine which one dissolves...
Baylor College
Digestion
Digestion is an amazing and complicated process that provides humans with the energy they need to survive. Lesson six in this series on the science of food uses sliced turkey and a meat tenderizer to demonstrate how enzymes help break...
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Human Body Parts
Students create body cutouts of themselves and label specific internal and external organs/parts that are covered in class in this exciting lesson plan on Human Anatomy. Digital cameras and pictures of various internal organs are required.
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The Busy Brain
Learners explore biology by completing a human body worksheet. In this human brain lesson, students identify the different anatomy within the brain and the functions those pieces form. Learners read an article about signals in the brain...
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Sharks: Scavenging Stomachs
Students examine the role played by sharks in the marine food chain. They conduct a scavenger hunt collecting items that have actually been removed from the stomachs of sharks, and create a display that includes the items and newspaper...
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Digestive Process Begins
Take your class on a journey through the digestive track with this resource. The physical and chemical processes of digestion are detailed, along with the names of various structures and substances involved, but the processes of the...
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Antibiotic Attack
Students examine how antibiotics work and why they are effective. In this antibiotic instructional activity, students discover that when harmful germs get inside the body, the immune system may not be strong enough to fight the germs...
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The Digestive System
Discover how the human body's digestive system works with a brain and stomach friendly activity. Scholars taste test a variety of foods to find out how they behave once in the mouth. Class members then play a game called Move That...
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Digestive System
The focus of this presentation is the digestive system of livestock animals. The simple digestive system of swine is compared to the complex digestive system of a cow. Details of the ruminant stomach are presented, complete with a...
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Harvesting Energy from Food: How do Plants Help Humans?
Beginning botanists view slides of plant vascular tissue. They watch Magic School Bus Gets Planted, which you can find online, and then write a summary of what they have learned about plants. This lesson could be used with upper...
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Disease Fighters
Students study how the human body fights off disease causing agents. In this human health activity students study the use of antibiotics and the problems misuse can cause.