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Reading Comprehension

For Students 8th - 9th
What reading strategies improve comprehension? Give your class a few strategies to try while they read this short passage on education and science. Then, have them complete the multiple choice questions that follow. The answers are...
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Lesson Plan
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All About Me

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine who they are through the arts and sciences. They create a portfolio entitled, " All About Me."
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National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science

A Healthy Retirement?

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Do men and women experience heart disease the same way? High school and college-level biologists examine a case study about a woman, Nancy, who is experiencing intermittent health issues; looking at her diet, exercise, and lifestyle...
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The Skeletal System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify bones off a skeleton during quizzes; assemble disarticulated skeletons; bird, frog and rat. They dissect frogs, remove the muscle tissue, and identify of bones.
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Worksheet
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Evolution worksheet

For Students 10th - 12th
Looking at evolution in detail, this thorough learning exercise has complex questions requiring details and explanations of natural selection and diversity. Various examples of biological characteristics are available, and students...
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Activity
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A Leg to Stand On

For Students 6th - 12th
Give your learners a leg up in their study of engineering. Groups design and create a prothestic for a leg. They test out their designs for strength, stability, durability, and comfort.
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Proper Hygiene

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss the importance of personal hygiene and cleanliness. They examine why good oral hygiene is a significant part of maintaining a healthy body. They focus on the need for daily baths, hair care, and teeth cleaning. They...
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Axial Skeleton and Fetal Skull

For Teachers 10th - 11th
In this science worksheet, students identify bone groups from a given list. Students list each bone included in the axial skeleton. Students answer questions about specific bones, their location and importance.
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Disorders of the Brain

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils, in groups, conduct research about a specific disorder of the brain, create a character study of a person with that brain disorder, and then present the information to the rest of the class.
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Da Vinci's Renaissance

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study the Renaissance through an examination of the life and accomplishments of Leonardo Da Vinci.
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Show 303: New Research into Dyslexia

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore the causes of dyslexia. They view CT sans and MRIs to view the brain and how it responds. Students read reports about dyslexia. They discuss the nature of dyslexia, its cause, how to diagnose it, and its permanency.
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Classroom Identity

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore fingerprints. In this finger prints lesson, students investigate how to classify fingerprints. Students study large pictures of fingerprints and circle the patterns they know how to identify. Students then take their own...
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Adapting to the Dark-Bats and People

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students consider how cavers make adaptations to the cave as do bats.
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Micronutrient Need Intervention

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the real world applications of nutrition. They study the problem of starvation and how it affects different populations. Students work in small groups in order to devise and intervention plan. They also search...
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Brain and Nervous System

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the physical characteristics of the brain and identify its parts through this series of lessons.
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Shells

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders label diagrams of the 6 different classes of mollusks and explain the meaning of the labeled terms. They identify 8 common New Haven shells. They organize their own shell collection during this series of lessons.
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Five Senses - Learning With The Senses

For Teachers K
Students name the five senses, compare learning with and without the senses.
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Jumpy Dolls

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are challenged to design and construct a jointed figure that moves in a motion something like jumping jacks when a string is pulled.
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Mathematics In You

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students construct ratios using the hand as data. They use examples of cortical and trabecular bone found in the long bones to measure circumference, diameter, length, and weight of long bones. They perform computations using growth...
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The Visual Dictionary: Volume 3: Human Body

For Students 9th - 10th
Academic resource where students learn about the human body through images that explain objects. Click on an image to get a fully defined, detailed view of a particular body part.
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Unit Plan
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Human Body

For Students 9th - 10th
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the functions, processes, and anatomy of the human body. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
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Handout
BBC

Bbc: Human Anatomy: Organs

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the anatomy of the human body. Click on an organ or other body part to read more about its structure and function, and then try out an interactive activity for that organ.
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Interactive
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

Ncrel: Human Body Systems Resource

For Students 9th - 10th
What do you know about the different human body systems? This site features information on each of the different systems. Students and teachers will benefit from this comprehensive resource.
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Science for Kids

Science Kids: Science Quizzes: Human Body Quiz

For Students 3rd - 8th
A twenty-question quiz covering knowledge of the human body and its anatomy. Good for test review or for checking students' general knowledge.

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