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Brain Watching

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify the different parts of the nervous system. In this biology lesson, students research methods to diagnose and cure neurological disorders. They present their report to class.
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Making a Brain: Aritifical Neural Network

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore how the brain works. In this nervous system lesson, students create a network of "neurons" to simulate how the nervous system and the brain work together.
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Regulation - Human Nervous and Endocrine Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use a KWL graphic organizer to stimulate schema and demonstrate their knowledge of the nervous and endocrine systems. They view a movie, "Biologix: The Neuroendocrine System." Students complete a Venn Diagram as a summative...
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TE Activity: Sound Line

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners investigate the decibel readings of various noises. They determine why high-level readings damage hearing. Students arrange sound from the lowest to highest decibel levels when they written on a piece of paper.
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Drawing Upon Our Five Senses

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify the parts and functions of the body's five senses. In this biology instructional activity, 5th graders create a replica of the nervous system highlighting its parts. They create a scrapbook containing information...
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Nervous Tissue

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
In this nervous tissue worksheet, students list and describe the functions of the nervous system and its two principle parts. Then they list and give the function and location of the six types of glial cells. Students also describe two...
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Body Systems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students view a video, they summarize the function or job of each body system. They are asked why is it important that athletes in training or a person who wants to tone muscles or stay healthy should comprehend how the systems could...
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Scholastic

Prescription Pain Medication: What You Need to Know

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
The national epidemic of opioid addiction is making its way into high school populations. Educate the students in your class about the ways prescription opioids can both block pain and deliver large amounts of dopamine that make it very...
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Brain Anatomy

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the brain. In this brain anatomy activity, students explore the brain, identify the parts and neurons. They identify nerve pathways involved in daily activities.
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Response to Stimuli

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students study the process of detection, coordination and response. In this biology lesson, students design an experiment to test stimuli response. They participate in a game-show style quiz after the activity.
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Dem Bones, Dem Bones are Going to Walk Around: The Human Body

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore human anatomy by creating a science book in class. In this skeletal structure lesson, students identify the different body systems such as muscular, nervous, skeletal, and digestive. Students create a picture book which...
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Hand Sensitivity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students experiment with the sense of touch. In this tactile lesson, students determine the most sensitive area of the hand. Students experiment by describing objects through touch only. Students compare the amount of sensory data...
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The Skeletal System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify bones off a skeleton during quizzes; assemble disarticulated skeletons; bird, frog and rat. They dissect frogs, remove the muscle tissue, and identify of bones.
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Getting Up the Nerve

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine the basics of the nervous system through an interactive program. They discover how the brain is linked to muscle movement. They can test cells through the interactive program to see how it reacts to different...
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Nerve Cell Informercials

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research the structure and function of the nervous system. They prepare a model or representation of neural transmission. Students create an infomercial about nerve cells.
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Quick Concept Demonstrations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars research the nervous system. Demonstrations on how to pick up keyed information in text is shown daily and weekly. Reviewed for content is Nerve Impulse, Polarization and Depolarization and perception. A spreadsheet will...
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It's My Body

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students research the human body. In this human body lesson, students brainstorm the connections between the parts of a bike and a human digestive system. Students work in small groups and research a specific body system. Students then...
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University of Arizona

The Leg Bone Is Connected to The...

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discover the names of 13 major bones in the human skeletal system. They construct their skeleton using paper plates and other simple products. Links to templates are provided within the resource.
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Infectious Diseases

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify and explain how infectious diseases effect organ systems. Using an analogy with automobiles and body systems, they discover how one part influences the operation of the whole. Students write paragraphs about...
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Baylor College

Hormones and Stress

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
As a more personal part of a unit on brain chemistry, your class discusses stressful situations and the body's response to them. They talk about how, while the reactions are initially helpful, some can be harmful to your health. Finally,...
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And The Beat Goes On...!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the circulatory system. They observe a dissection of a heart and view the path that blood takes through the heart and the circulatory system. Students identify the structures and functions of the heart. They write a...
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Stop the Bleeding

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Pupils explore various parts of the heart and blood vessels . They begin with an overview of the components of the cardiovascular system. They see a cross section of an artery and watch how a blood clot develops.
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IBM

The Human Body

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Every moment, the systems in your body are working together to keep you breathing, standing, and thinking. Elementary schoolers explore the human body and its systems with an impressive, 15-page lesson plan that should leave your...
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Making a Body System Booklet

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars create a body booklet by having their partner trace the outline of their body onto butcher-block paper.

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