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Future Body
Students explain the benefits of cyborg augmentation. In this technology instructional activity, students research how the nervous system works. They create posters and present them to class.
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It All Began With a Bean
Pupils explore human anatomy by participating in hands-on activities. In this digestive system lesson, students read the book It All Began With a Bean and discuss the process of food digestion in our body. Pupils utilize soda crackers, a...
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The Human Skeletal System: Inside and Out
Students investigate the body. In this biology lesson plan, students will learn the basics of the bones in their body and about how they can be injured. Students will participate in a total of seven activities designed to improve their...
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Handout: Vision (PreK to Grade 2)
In this human body worksheet, students participate in a vision exercise in which they stare at a green, black, and yellow American flag for 20 seconds. Then, students look at a blank sheet of white paper and record what they see.
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Skin: Skin Prints
Students explore human anatomy by participating in a print experiment. In this human skin lesson, students define the term "epidermis" and utilize computer paper, pencils, tape and baby wipes to create a print of their own skin. Students...
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Immune System Alive
Students examine the function of the immune system. They read and discuss text, complete a K-W-L chart, sequence photos of white blood cells encountering bacteria, develop an outline, and write an essay.
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Nutrition 1: Food and the Digestive System
Students are introduced to how the digestive system works in their body. In groups, they discover they need energy and water to live a healthy life. They discover how the body repairs itself and how it grows. They also examine how...
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DNA and Individual Differences
Middle schoolers list differences between DNA-related terms and create a simple DNA circle map. They order terms including human body, organ, tissue, cell, nucleus, etc. from largest to smallest. They discuss differences and...
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Are You a Golden Ratio?
Learners explore the concept of the golden ratio in nature and architectural design. They discuss examples such as petals on a sunflower and the Parthenon. In small groups they take turns measuring their body parts to find a golden ratio.
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Tongue Map
Young scholars explore human anatomy by conducting a human senses experiment. In this taste lesson, students identify the main purpose of a tongue and how it enhances our eating habits. Young scholars utilize baking coca, lemon juice,...
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DISARTICULATED SKELETON
In this anatomy worksheet, 8th graders cut out the different parts of the skeleton and then put them back together and label it with the help of the example.
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Vocabulary Review
In this vocabulary review worksheet, students circle the letter of the word or phrase that means the same as the bolded word in each of 8 sentences. They work with words such as teeth, spread, breathe, heart and easily.
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Compare Human-made Objects with Natural Objects
Students examine and observe how many human-made objects get their basic design from things in nature. They listen to the book "Nature Got There First," compare/contrast hollow bones with drinking straws, bird beaks and tool pliers, and...
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Skeletal Tissue
In this skeletal system worksheet, students match 10 terms with their meanings, answer 20 multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks for 24 questions and answer 6 questions. Topics include structures and functions of the skeleton,...
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GED Vocabulary: Life Science
In this life science GED worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle given 9 clues about structures of the nervous system, the circulatory system, evolution, the digestive system, molecules and fossils. Students are given a word bank...
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Student Investigation on the Immune System and Hemeagglutination
Students perform an experiment to demonstrate the principles of antibody-antigen binding, the secondary immune response, cross reactivity, and complement fixation. The materials to be used include antibodies from a rabbit that was...
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Anatomy Review
In this biology learning exercise, students examine the internal functions of the human body while considering the factors needed to explain the physiological reactions.
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Skeletal Flash Cards
In this skeletal system worksheet, students are given 19 diagrams of different bones or parts of the skeletal system. They label all the structures of each bone or set of bones such as the skull and use the flashcards to study the parts.
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My Body
In this body parts learning exercise, students use a word bank given at the bottom of the page to label body parts shown. A reference web site for additional activities is given.
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Building Bodies
Learners identify key anatomical similarities and differences between great apes and humans. They infer likely anatomical features in ancient human ancestors and list principal anatomical changes in primates necessary for adaptation to...
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Animal Nutrition
A rather uninspired powerpoint which covers all the information that is required to recap nutrition needs and metabolism but does not include any images or infographics. Some of the information is unusual and specialised to farm...
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The Silk Road, An Ancient Internet
Students examine how goods and ideas moved along an ancient trade route between China and Europe. They make charts of items, ideas, etc. that were transported along the Silk Route.
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Change the Beat
Brainstorm the reasons why a healthy heart is important. Using a diagram, label and locate the heart and discuss its function. Practice finding your heartbeat and describe the effects of physical activity on the heart. Also perform an...
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Inside Out
Students examine a variety of x-ray paintings from aboriginal peoples. As a class, they brainstorm what happens to the food once one eats in it. Individually, they draw an outline of a body and the shapes of food inside of it. To end the...