Students examine the life of bats in Illinois. Using the internet, they research the history of the bat in Illinois and describe the way they find prey by using echolocation. They report their findings to the class and answer any...

High schoolers design an experiment to see how wind, temperature, and salinity work together to influence ocean currents and present it in a report format. They explain to their classmates how experiment findings relate to ocean currents.

In this senses instructional activity, students use a text book to complete 34 fill in the blank statements about the structures and functions associated with the 5 senses.

In this psychology activity, students complete a 5 short answer quiz on sensation and perception. They explain how the five body senses are used to collect information about the environment.

Students create power shirts that were highly important in the culture of many Native Americans.

Students collect air samples to test it for air pollution. They are read the story The Lorax and discuss the effects of air pollution. They share their observations with the class.

Students investigate how dirty air is outside. They read and discuss the book, The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss. They investigate using jars and lids to compare the dirt left each day as they remove the lids. They observe the lids and discuss if...

Ninth graders engage in a lesson to find the role of bats in the complexity of certain ecosystems. They identify where bats live and the daily role played in the ecosystem. Students also construct a bat house to help control the...

In this health worksheet, students find the words that are in the word search puzzle that focus upon the vocabulary that is from the theme of the sheet.

The anatomy of skin, nails and hair is described. An interactive diagram gives an excellent portrayal of the structure of skin and of hair. Health disorders that can develop are also described.

With this article, students will be able to identify the structures that make up the integumentary system, their functions, and health conditions that may affect parts of the system.

The parts of the integumentary system are described along with their functions.

A resource for advanced anatomy and physiology classes. It contains information on the integumentary system, the epidermis, the dermis, hair, sebaceous glands, and sweat glands. Microscopic images are included.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What exactly do nails and hair do? Find out the structure and function of both in this module.

This is a 62-page course slideshow for a beginning anatomy class at the university level. It has lots of pictures and detailed information about the integumentary system, great for reviewing basic parts or as an extra classroom resource.

In this activity students experiment with simulating hair with rigid line segments. They use the controls to change the number of hairs as well as the number and length of segments in each hair. Click and drag to the head to move it.

This activity gives students practice simulating hair using a chain of springs.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Along with the skin, the integumentary system includes the nails and hair. Both the skin and hair contain the tough protein, keratin. The keratin makes your nails...

Read the passage Hair Dye Chemicals and Cancer and answer the five-question quiz that follows.

Ever wondered what "system" hair, nails, skin, etc. are a part of? Look no further for the answer! Find out what exactly this system is, what parts it includes, how it interacts with other systems and what problems we need to look out for.

This program simulates a particle connected to an anchor by a damped spring. Can you make a realistic looking spring? Try changing the value of k and the amount of damping. Press "Restart" each time you change a value. How does the...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the structure and functions of the hair and nails.

In this activity, students practice changing the parameters in the simulation below. What sort of hairstyles can you make?

An excellent, in-depth examination of the integumentary system and its components. Includes many color microscopic images of these structures and more.