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Changing Bodies
Seventh graders investigate the human body by viewing a movie and asking questions. In this sexual maturation lesson plan, 7th graders identify the ways boys and girls develop into men and women through puberty. Students view a video and...
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Introduction to Digestion: What Happens to a Hamburger?
Students explore the human body by analyzing how food is absorbed. In this food digestion lesson, students utilize health vocabulary terms by participating in a guessing game activity. Students discuss their own eating habits and conduct...
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The Nervous System and the Effects of Drugs
For this nervous system worksheet, students read information about how the body receives and sends out information through the peripheral nervous system and central nervous system. Then students complete 3 short answer questions.
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The Heart of the Matter
Students study the heart and the circulatory system. They practice taking their pulse. They create a model of blood cells and squeeze tennis balls to demonstrate just how hard the heart muscle works.
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Importance of the Ear
In this biology worksheet, students identify six important reasons of the ears in humans. They complete a graphic organizer filling in each of 6 circles with one reason of importance.
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The Science of the Heart and Circulation
Young scholars mode the transport of blood through the circulatory system with a water relay. In this circulation lesson plan, students measure amounts of water and transfer them from one container to another. They use this activity to...
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Get to Know Your Body
Students explore the human body. In this science lesson, students name the basic body parts. Students play a game in which they balance using the designated number of body parts.
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Integumentary System
This document can be used as a slide show to introduce your human body systems class to the integumentary system, also know as skin. Topics outlined include the roles of skin, details about its its layers, and color (cause and...
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The Strongest Pump of All
Students examine how the heart functions and the concept of how electrical currents can affect muscle contractions. In this cardiovascular lesson students identify P, QRS and T complexes.
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Cranial Nerves
This page consists of a list of the cranial nerves in triplicate. The diagram of the brain that tops each copy of the list is too small for identifying each nerve. Consider giving your avid anatomists one of these lists with a large...
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Human Body Intro
Students create an "skinny student" model of their own bodies on register tape. In small groups, they record measurements of their bodies then use these measurements to build and decorate the scale models including the positions of...
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Caring for Your Body
In this healthy body activity, students circle the correct answer for the questions about taking care of a human body. Students complete 5 exercises.
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Mirroring Emotions
Do you ever give your class the "teacher look"? Without saying a word, they become silent and engaged (hopefully). How do they know what you're thinking? Explore the concept of nonverbal communication and how it relates to our...
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What Are Cells?
What's in a cell, anyway? Kids read informational text on what makes up both animal and plant cells, including a page of vocabulary terms they will need to be familiar with (cytoplasm, ribosomes, vacuoles, etc.). Full-color images...
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Unlocking the Endocrine System
Fifth graders use an analogy to the mail delivery system to study the workings of the human endocrine system. They discover the interrelationships between the human body systems while comparing them to engineering communicating with...
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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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Introduction to the Circulatory System
Fifth graders analyze the components of the circulatory system. They take notes as they watch a video on blood and circulation. Students discuss the human circulatory system, including blood, veins, arteries, capillaries and the heart.
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What is the Immune System and How Does HIV Affect It?
Student discuss the effect of HIV on the immune system. In this human body lesson, young scholars research the immune system and how the HIV virus weakens it. They create a bulletin board showing how HIV is transmitted.
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Heart Facts
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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The Nervous System
In this biology instructional activity, students find the words that define the workings of the nervous system. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Body Systems in Action
Fifth graders, in groups, create a short skit that shows how body systems work together.
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No Bones About It
Students conduct Internet research on the different parts of the skeletal system. Then they create a model arm that demonstrates how muscle and bone work together to create movement.
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The Domino Effect
Learners model the transmission of neural impulses with dominoes. In this nervous system lesson plan, students construct a device with dominoes. They use the device to model the way a nerve impulse is propagated from dendrite to axon.
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River of Life
Students explore the composition and function of blood through a variety of media and hands-on experiences. This lesson is a very good introduction to blood and the circulatory system.