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Curated OER

The Chordates

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils study the characteristics of organisms that are a part of the phylum Chordata.  In this organisms instructional activity students identify mammals that are native to Saskatchewan.
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Curated OER

Oxygen

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore oxygen and its physical and chemical propeties.  In this investigative lesson students complete several experiments using oxygen.
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Curated OER

A Thanksgiving Language Lesson!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders, in groups, create restaurants, menus, and advertisements to attract Thanksgiving Day customers.
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Curated OER

Evidence of Change

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students identify evidence of change in species using fossils, anatomical similarities, and embryology. They identify homologous structures and arrange the steps of fossil formation. Students complete a group of selection of organisms...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tracking Physical Fitness

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students record their daily physical activity in a chart. In this physical fitness lesson plan, students and adults exercise and see how many repetitions they can do in a given amount of time. They record this in a chart over a period of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nyon Nea Mask Dan, Liberia & Ivory Coast

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create nyon nea masks. In this African art lesson, students design and create nyon nea-style hats that demonstrate beauty as used by the Dan.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cloze Passage: Muscles

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this cloze worksheet, learners read a passage and fill in blanks with words from a word list. The passage is about muscles.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cell Repair and Cell Cycle

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the cell cycle. They view pictures of different stages of mitosis and explain why cells reproduce. They identify the five phases of mitosis: interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
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Curated OER

Make Sense of Nature

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners participate in this program that heightens their awareness and curiosity of nature as well as their sense of adventure and exploring new surroundings. They identify and choose an object from nature after exploring it with other...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cows, Worms, and Compost

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students study decomposition. In this decomposition lesson, students discuss the background information about decomposition. Students then complete the 'Chew It Twice' worksheet.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Do the Research! Research Activity

For Students 4th - 6th
In this research worksheet, students use a variety of resources to answer a set of 9 questions, indicating the source for each answer. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Neanderthals on Trial

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine a drawing of a Neanderthal artifact that was found in Solvenia in 1996. They attempt to identify the artifact in small groups, and present their ideas to the whole class. They discover what scientists believe the...
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Biology for Kids: List of Human Bones

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about all the human bones in this list and pictures of the skeleton.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Human Skeletal System

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How important is your skeleton? Can you imagine your body without it? You would be a wobbly pile of muscle and internal organs, and you would not be able to move....
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Organization of the Human Body

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Cells, like these nerve cells, do not work in isolation. To send orders from your brain to your legs, for example, signals pass through many nerve cells. These cells...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineering and the Human Body

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The Engineering and the Human Body unit covers the broad spectrum of topics that make up our very amazing human body. Students are introduced to the space environment and learn the major differences between the environment on Earth and...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Human Skeletal System

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduces the skeletal system by discussing the structure and function of bones.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Gravity and the Human Body

For Students 9th - 10th
Our bodies function necessarily under the presence of gravity; how blood pumps, a sense of balance and bone growth are all due to life in a world where gravity is an inescapable reality. Armed with experiments from neuroscientists David...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: "Let's Explore What Our Bones Are For"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson is a hands-on, technology based science lesson. It is very interactive! Young scholars are engaged at all times. Students will explore the human body through a "virtual field trip." While exploring the human body they will...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Diving School: How Do We Move?

For Students 4th - 6th
Mariven lives in Barbados. He is going on a diving adventure to learn all about bones and muscles of the human body.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: The Skull

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive site provides all kinds of information regarding the human skull.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Central Nervous System

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The central nervous system (CNS) is the largest part of the nervous system. It includes the brain and the spinal cord. The bony skull protects the brain. The spinal...