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TE Lesson: Can You Taste It?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students investigate how animals adapt to use its senses to identify foods that are nutritious or noxious. They determine how they associate foods with other things such as birthdays. They discuss the role of the nervous system in the...
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Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students gain a greater comprehension of the anatomy and physiology of the muscular system, the skeletal system and connective tissue by researching joints in the body. They also reflect on the effects of injuries on their joints and...
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Autopsy Questions

For Students 7th - 12th
In this autopsy worksheet students study how an autopsy is performed then answer a series of questions including how the parts of the body are examined. 
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Studying Fossils

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students compare and contrast key skeletal differences between chimpanzees and humans: brain size, teeth, hand and thumb, trunk, pelvis, lower limb, foot and big toe. They then sort and group a set of mixed "fossil bones" of chimpanzee...
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Digestive System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students analyze how the digestive system works by taking the food we eat and breaking it down for our bodies to use for various reasons. They list the major components of the digestive system and draw a diagram. They explain how...
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Can Acids and Bases Remedy the Body?

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students try to cure an upset stomach. For this acids and bases in the body lesson, students create a upset stomach with a vinegar and water solution, then use antacids and home remedies to attempt to restore pH balance to the mixture.
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Mind Games

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design a prototype game as they simulate being game designers for a major corporation. They base the game on the major body systems.
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Human Muscles Coloring

For Students 8th - 10th
In this human muscles learning exercise, students are given a diagram of the human muscles on the front side of the body. They are given a key with a particular color for each muscle to be colored. Students find the muscle and color each.
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Pump It Up

For Students 9th - 12th
In this muscles activity, students read an article about building muscles and keeping them strong. Students choose any muscle in their body and use a website to learn about that muscle. They chart four muscles and exercises used to...
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

The Digestive System

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders simulate how the digestive system works. In this hands-on simulation, 4th graders complete six group activities that help students visualize how our body breaks down food into nutrients.
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Digestive System Analogies--A Group Activity

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study the human digestive system in order for the students to relate common kitchen items to the function of specific digestive organs. They list major organs on one side and find the item or appliance most analogous to the...
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Regulation of Human Heart Rate

For Students 9th - 12th
In this regulation of the human heart rate worksheet, students learn to measure their heart rate and design an experiment to test for the affects of a stimulus on the heart rate.
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The Science of Addition

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners examine the science of drug addition. For this health related lesson, students take a pre-assessment about drug addiction, then read and discuss an article about how some drugs affect the brain to cause addition. They will...
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Future Body

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain the benefits of cyborg augmentation. In this technology lesson plan, students research how the nervous system works. They create posters and present them to class.
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Flex Those Muscles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the muscular system to examine the different types of muscles in our bodies and how they work with other body systems. They discover how muscles help us chew food and laugh. Videos are used as part of this lesson plan.
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Viruses Quiz

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, students will test their knowledge of viruses. Students answer ten multiple choice questions pertaining to virus characteristics.
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Skeletal, Skin, and Muscular Systems

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explain the functions of various body systems. Using a concept map, 8th graders identify and explain the fuctions of the skeletal, skin, and muscular systems of the body. After completing their concept map, students...
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Where is Your Heart? What Does it Do?

For Teachers K
Students identify size and general location of human heart, identify heart muscle, describe, in general terms, heart's basic function of pumping blood throughout body, and complete "Where is Your Heart" and "What Does My Heart Look...
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Heart Facts

For Students 4th
For this heart facts worksheet, 4th graders fill in the missing words to complete 9 sentences about the anatomy and functions of the human heart. This worksheet could be used in many ways; as a web quest, anatomy book word hunt, or with...
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Teeth: Matching

For Students 9th - 12th
Chomp chomp! Match the teeth terms to their definitions. Fifteen words are available for anatomy aces to define. Use this worksheet when teaching the digestive system in your human body systems unit. 
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Endocrine System: Matching

For Students 9th - 12th
Match fourteen endocrine system vocabulary terms to their definitions. Use this simple, straightforward worksheet as a quiz during your human body systems unit in your biology curriculum. Answers are included.
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The Inside Story- Cells, Organs, and Systems of the Human Body

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the human body from cell level to the inter-relationships of the systems in this unit. Students practice study skills throughout the unit.
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Kidney Structure and Function: removing intracellular waste

For Teachers 9th
Your class will learn all about the function of the kidney and how  it operates in animals from different habitats.  The methods of absorption, filtering and excretion are detailed and pupils will learn of the different...
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American Museum of Natural History

Gusty: The Gut Microbiome Card Game

For Students 6th - 12th
Build up your gut. Groups up to four play a card game to learn more about the microbiome in the gut. Learners try to build a healthy gut with their cards. The player acquiring six microbes without any pathogens wins the game. 

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