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Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Excretory System

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore how the human body rids itself of wastes with the function of the kidneys.
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Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Lymphatic System

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how the body rids itself of wastes and fights off infections with the help of the lymph nodes and white blood cells.
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Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Circulatory System

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and watch how the blood, the heart, and the blood vessels keep the blood flowing through our bodies. [6:00]
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: The Human Body: Respiratory System

For Students 3rd - 5th
Slideshow, with an accompanying quiz, demonstrates how the respiratory system works.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: The Human Body: Muscular System

For Students 3rd - 5th
Self-playing slideshow, with an accompanying quiz, explains how the muscular system works.
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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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Bio Topics

Bio Topics: Locations of the Organs and Systems Within the Human Body

For Students 9th - 10th
A worksheet and notes regarding locations of the organs and systems within the human body.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Nervous System

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The nervous system, together with the endocrine system, controls all the other organ systems of the human body. Learn more about the nervous system in this learning...
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Interactive
University of Washington

The Senses

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site has a collection of learning activities, games, experiments, and lesson plans on the five senses. Organized by grade level and topic, this site is packed with an assortment of interactive and engaging activities, that would...
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Other

Zygote: Zygote Anatomy Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
A 3D anatomical product that allows students to explore the muscles, bones, organs, skin, and blood vessels that compose the human body.
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Other

Healthline: Three Dimensional Body Map: Digestive System

For Students 9th - 10th
Rotatable three-dimensional model of the body with components of the digestive system labeled.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Life Processes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart can be used as a quiz or test covering cells, cell function, and organs of the body.
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Other

Da Vinci's Anatomical Drawings

For Students 9th - 10th
The Geneva Foundation for Medical Education displays a collection of Leonardo's sketches and studies of the human body, internal organs, bones, and an infant in utero. An excellent site for comparing the characteristics of art and...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Science for Kids: Blood and the Heart

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of Blood and the Heart. The Human bodies energy delivery system.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Innate Immunity

For Students 9th - 10th
The human body requires a multilayered immune system to keep it running smoothly. The two main classes of the immune system are the innate immune system and the adaptive immune system, or "acquired immunity". This article discusses the...
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Skin Cross Section Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
An interactive labeling exercise helps students practice naming parts of the largest organ in the human body, the skin.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Homeostasis

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains the process in which organ systems work to maintain a stable internal environment.
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English Club

English Club: Vocabulary: Cloze Games: Health 10

For Students 9th - 10th
Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about terms related to organ systems in the human body. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.
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Graphic
University of Kansas Medical Center

University of Kansas Medical Center: Basic Histopathology

For Students 9th - 10th
These microscopic images of different cells and tissues from the human organs gives an idea of some the pathological processes that occur and the importance of histology.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Science for Kids: Bones and Human Skeleton

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of bones and the human skeleton. How they keep us together and protect us from harm.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Microgravity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this instructional activity middle schoolers will use water balloons to simulate the effects of gravity and microgravity on fluid distribution in the body.
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English Club

English Club: Vocabulary: Cloze Games: Health 9

For Students 9th - 10th
Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about the organs in the human body. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Amazing Heart Facts

For Students 6th - 8th
This feature from the NOVA: "Cut to the Heart" highlights facts about the heart, including its size and placement, and will help you to understand the importance of this wondrous organ in our bodies.
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University of Washington

Neuroscience for Kids Other Translations

For Students 9th - 10th
Translations of Neuroscience for Kids, an excellent site on the brain and brain science by neuroscientists at the University of Washington. Includes Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Portuguese, Italian, Slovene, and Korean. Translations...