Curated OER
Endocrine System - Hormones
Use this attractive PowerPoint to introduce all the hormones and their functions to your students. As students view each slide, they should be able to see the relevance of many of the chemicals and their interaction with the human body....
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Endocrine And Reproductive Systems
Young scholars investigate the hormonal levels that are created with the endocrine system and tie it to the act of sexual reproduction. The lesson discusses how the respiratory system is organized as a comparison to the endocrine system...
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Using Imagery To Introduce the Endocrine System
Students listen with closed eyes to a story that starts in a relaxed tone and ends in a scream. They list the body reactions they experience: fast heart rate, shaking, etc. and hypothesize the reason for the reactions. They explore the...
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Human Biology: Organ Systems
For this anatomy worksheet, students use their textbook, notes, or Internet to complete required information for 11 different human organ systems.
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The Endocrine System
In this endocrine system worksheet, students study and read in a room with the thermostat listening for the furnace sound. They place a thermometer beside the thermostat and observe its reading. Students also record the time and...
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The Endocrine System
In this endocrine system activity, students describe the function of each of the glands listed of the endocrine system and label the figure. Then they describe how the endocrine system controls its output of a hormone.
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Endocrine
In this biology worksheet, students find the words that are related to the endocrine system and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
Curated OER
Science NetLinks: Changing World 1: Endocrine Disruptors
Students investigate how environmental surprises and endocrine disruptors influence perceptions of benefits and costs. The decisions of science are under these type of influences and must be thought out with a definite method.
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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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Not Just a Fish Tank
Students learn about a specific species of fish, study the effects of outside substances on the reproductive development of a fish, and explore the process of a wastewater treatment facility.
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Endocrine System
Self-guided tutorial where students learn about the structure and function of the human endocrine system.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Endocrine System
Through informational text, video clips, practice problems, and external assignments, students discover the structure and function of the endocrine system of the human body.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Endocrine System
The endocrine system and the different glands that are part of it are explained, as well as disorders and diseases of the endocrine system.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: An Overview of the Endocrine System
Find out about the types of intercellular communication, their importance, mechanisms, and effects. Then continue on to the next sections to learn about hormones, the different endocrine glands, the organs with secondary endocrine...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Organs With Secondary Endocrine Functions
Students learn about the organs with a secondary endocrine function, the hormones they produce, and the effects on human physiology.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Biology: The Endocrine System Posttest
A five-question post test over the endocrine system. After students submit answers, they can review their results.
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Glands
Examine the microscopic specimens of various types of glands.
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Endocrine System
Investigate this collection of microscopic samples of tissues and cells from the endocrine system.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: The Endocrine System
Identify the main functions of the endocrine system and the structures that produce hormones.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: The Endocrine System: Self Check Quiz
Try these five multiple-choice review questions over the endocrine system. A self-checking feature is available for students who seek further review.
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Endocrine System
Read and watch a series of videos on how our bodies regulate mood, growth, and development with complex chemicals.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Development and Aging of Endocrine System
Find out about the structure and function of the human edocrine system, and how it develops and changes with age.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Endocrine Excitement!
In this activity, students are divided into a group of hormones and a group of receptors. The hormones have to find their matching receptors, and the pair, once matched, perform a given action. This activity helps students learn about...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Unlocking the Endocrine System
Students learn how the endocrine system works and compare it to the mail delivery system. Students discuss the importance of communication in human body systems and relate that to engineering and astronauts.