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Cells All Around
Learners measure the size of an epithelial cell and to estimate the number of epithelial cells in a given area of the body. After watching a video on cells, student groups perform an experiment using a microscope to view some of their...
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Digestive System Crossword
In this digestive system worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle by figuring out the vocabulary words associated with the 21 clues given.
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Is the Hudson River Too Salty to Drink?
Students explore reasons for varied salinity in bodies of water. In this geographical inquiry lesson, students use a variety of visual and written information including maps, data tables, and graphs, to form a hypothesis as to why the...
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TE Activity: The Beat Goes On
Students determine what the pulse is before examining how to measure the heart rate in different situations. They build a simple device that measures the heart rate, take heart rates, and record them on a worksheet. They discuss how...
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21st Century Medicine: Nerves of Steel
Students model a sarcomere's action, they gain a kinesthetic and visual understanding of muscle contraction. They use this exercise stimulates the production of myosin and actin. Students use two colors of clay, make a "sandwich" of...
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Water Quantity
It may be tricky for a young mind to conceptualize that less than 1% of all water on earth is useable for humans to drink. Simulating the amount of fresh water available on earth by removing measured amounts of water from a five-gallon...
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Perception and the Brain
Students experience how the brain adapts over time to changes in what they perceive. In this human perception instructional activity, students wear special prism goggles that initially disorient the user. Over time, the student is able...
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The Water Cycle
In this science worksheet, students learn about the water cycle by reading 4 information paragraphs about evaporation, condensation, precipitation and infiltration/ collection. After each paragraph, students draw a picture of that process.
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The Crisco Lab: A Demonstration of Diabetic Complications
Students complete lab activities to illustrate the complications of diabetes. In this diabetes lesson, students work on labs that illustrate sugar in the blood and normal and atherosclerotic vessels. They demonstrate how diabetes can...
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Rapping Up Body Systems
Students review handouts explaining that within the next 2 weeks the students are to visit the designated websites to gather information on the 5 body systems. This information is used to create a rap song which will be video taped or a...
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What Becomes of Cell?
Sixth graders analyze and compare a cell's tissues, organs and organ systems. They watch a video reviewing the body systems and design poster boards showing their functions.
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Geometry: Practical Applications of the Distance Formula
Students, working independently and in groups, apply the distance formula to practical situations. After solving various problems, students in pairs design coordinate planes from the school blue print to measure the distance from the...
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Respiration and Gas Exchange
In this body systems worksheet, students complete a word equation for respiration. Students draw and label the human respiratory system. Students draw a diagram of the movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the air sacs.
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Reproductive System: Lesson 6 & 7
Students participate in a class discussion "game" in order to help them determine how to take care of themselves and keep their bodies healthy, as well as develop a healthy, mature attitude.
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Doctor, Doctor, Gimme The News
Seventh graders work together to develop a health-related experiment to display at the school health fair. Using the human body systems, they use the Internet to research a health problem through a controlled experiment. They are...
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How Body Parts Work
In this body parts worksheet, students draw a smiley face if the sentence correctly states a fact about a body part. Students draw a sad face if the sentence is incorrect. Students look at the pictures and list 3 body parts that are...
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The Human Body: Five Types of Human Cells
Learners explore the human body by completing a graphic organizer. In this living cells lesson, students analyze a human body cell's chart and discuss the parts of a cell and what they do for our bodies. Learners complete a graphic...
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Introduction to the Circulatory System
Fifth graders study the circulatory system. In this circulatory system, 5th graders participate in five stations with different activities at each station. Students discuss their findings from each station.
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Circulatory System
In this circulatory system worksheet, students use an internet program to observe the circulatory system and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 21 short answer questions.
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Human Body
Fifth graders determine what muscles do and identify the different types. In this muscle lesson, 5th graders discuss what they know about muscles before looking at the book, The Human Body by Jonathan Miller. They take a teacher made...
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Introduction to the Circulatory System
Fifth graders are introduced to the human circulatory system. After watching a Bill Nye video, they identify any misconceptions they had before watching it. They practice taking guided notes and discuss the video as a whole.
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Your Immune System
In this immune system worksheet, students identify and name treatments that are currently available for the AIDS virus. Then they discuss some potential vaccines. Students also describe how new AIDS drugs are tested.
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The Circulatory System
In this circulatory system learning exercise, students review the functions of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Students label the parts of a human heart on a diagram. This learning exercise has 4 short answer, 13...
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Circulatory System Quiz #1
In this circulatory system quiz worksheet, students complete an on-line game, clicking on questions and matching answer cards and scoring 1 point per correct answer. Printable version available also.