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Body Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The human body is an amazing thing! Explore the body with your high school class as they investigate each system in detail. They learn components of each organ system and disease processes that can negatively affect general health and...
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The Human Body

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the basic body systems and design a commercial advertising one of them. They also create a body systems handbook.
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Human Body Systems

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the systems that comprise the human body. In this human physiology lesson, students create a model of the human body and research a disease from a particular system. Students will then choose to either interview a person...
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Disease Fighters

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study how the human body fights off disease causing agents.  In this human health lesson students study the use of antibiotics and the problems misuse can cause. 
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Organ Systems: Excretory, Digestive, Immune, and Nervous

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify and describe the components of various body systems. They create vocabulary flash cards identifying the excretory, digestive, immune, and nervous systems and describing their functions. Students complete a...
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Health Benefits of Rice

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the health benefits of rice. For this food benefits lesson, 6th graders discover the nutritious benefits of rice. Students research Celiac Sprue disease and how rice benefits the people with this disease.
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Stop the Bleeding

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Learners explore various parts of the heart and blood vessels . They begin with an overview of the components of the cardiovascular system. They see a cross section of an artery and watch how a blood clot develops.
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Food and Food Groups

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders research the importance of diet and its relationship to disease. They examine their own attitudes about the foods they eat.
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Science Concept Maps

For Teachers 7th - 10th
A collection of concept maps has some terms filled in and others left blank for young scientists to fill in. This library can provide you with many pop quizzes for all of your middle to high school science curriculum. 
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Yeast Power!

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine how not all microorganisms are bad and that some can actually be beneficial.  In this yeast lesson students complete an experiment with yeast and answer questions.
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Maternal Nutrition during Pregnancy and Lactation

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners explain the relationship among nutrition, infection and diseases. In this health science lesson, students suggest ways to break the nutrition-infection cycle. They brainstorm solutions to prevent infectious diseases in the...
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Kirk Medical School

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders conduct research on the major organ systems of the human body. They create and present 3D models of a body system, and collect basic first-aid supplies for donation to a third-world community.
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Know your Heart Parts and Functions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students put together a 3-D interactive "heart" puzzle and learn the names of heart parts.
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Pandemic

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine contagious diseases. They explore different types of bacteria and the illnesses they cause.
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Getting Up the Nerve

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the basics of the nervous system through an interactive program. They discover how the brain is linked to muscle movement. They can test cells through the interactive program to see how it reacts to different stimuli.
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Life Science: Human Body Skit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create skits based on the human body systems. Working in groups, they role-play as organs in the various systems. They make costumes or wear signs identifying themselves as the organs in their skits.
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Building a Circulation City

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students identify the different organ systems found throughout the human body. Using a model, they explain and draw the flow of blood and name the parts of the circulatory system. They create their own circulation city in which to show...
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Blood Vessels & Circulation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a layered curriculum designed instructional activity in order to study the cardiovascular system of the human body. The assessments and activities are student centered.
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Sizing Up the Supersize Croc

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine and compare traits of humans and crocodiles.  In this crocodile lesson plan students use a ratio to estimate the height of a person and compare that to a crocodile. 
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Hazard Mitigation: Bioterrorism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss different ways to spread infectious diseases. In this bioterrorism lesson, students model the rate of smoke emission using CalRoad software. They analyze the effects of airborne release of biological...
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Recovering From Bad Eating

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students take a closer look at eating disorders. In this personal health lesson, students research common eating disorders, investigate treatments for the disorders, and make presentations that highlight their findings. 
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Testing for Life’s Molecules

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Want to hear a joke about sodium? Na. Young scientists test various materials to identify if they include protein, starch, and glucose by using the Biuret test, iodine starch test, and Benedict's test respectively. After practicing with...
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Alcohol and Pregnancy Don't Mix!

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders learn about John Kellerman, a youngster who was born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. They learn how alcohol and pregnancy doesn't mix.
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Steps to a Healthier You

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explore the food pyramid. In this dietary health lesson, students examine the food pyramid on the MyPyramid.gov website and discuss healthy eating strategies. There are various links to websites in this lesson.