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Organs and What They Do - Lecture

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read information about the internal organs and body systems. In this organs and systems lesson, students read descriptions of the heart, lungs, stomach, small and large intestine, and liver and gall bladder. Students study...
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Protection, Support, and Locomotion

For Students 7th - 8th
In this skeletal system worksheet, students will read a graphic organizer and complete 1 short answer question about the five functions of the skeleton. Then students will use a graphic organizer about muscle types to fill in a table...
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Write, Read and Play

For Teachers K - 5th
Students integrate writing, reading and movement skills. They draw from a hat a movement skill (e.g., throwing, catching, kicking, etc.), sport, or related word (e. g., heart, muscle, etc.) and create a book written on the first or...
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The Respiratory and Urinary System

For Students 5th - 12th
In this body systems learning exercise, students read information about the processes involved in the respiratory and urinary systems. Students then answer 1 short answer and 2 multiple choice questions.
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Aerobic Frisbee Golf

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students work cooperatively to accurately throw a Frisbee in order to learn about fitness components and different systems of the human body.
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Mountaineering: How Our Bodies Acclimatize

For Students 9th - 12th
In this mountaineering and acclimatization worksheet, high schoolers read about the changes that take place in the blood as the body acclimatizes to high altitude. They answer three critical thinking questions about acclimatization.
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Vocabulary Review

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this vocabulary review instructional activity, learners circle the letter of the word or phrase that means the same as the bolded word in each of 8 sentences. They work with words such as teeth, spread, breathe, heart and easily.
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Keeping Healthy

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students exercise their muscles to explore concept of heart rate and to explain how blood supplies muscles with oxygen.
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Lub Dub

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students name the vessels and parts of the heart. They trace the path of blood through the heart. Students examine the function of the circulatory system. They recognize the differences between a hear when the body is at rest opposed to...
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Anatomy Card Game

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Print these cards to play any number of games as a way to practice human anatomy vocabulary. There are 20 cards, 10 contain definitions or clues and 10 contain the answers to those clues. They could be used to play memory, a jigsaw...
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Integumentary System: A System, An Organ, the Biggest!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
It is only six short slides, but an acceptable outline of the integumentary system. General facts about the system, layers, sublayers, and functions are listed as bullet-points. What would make this presentation more engaging for your...
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Integumentary System

For Teachers 8th - 10th
This document can be used as a slide show to introduce your human body systems class to the integumentary system, also know as skin. Topics outlined include the roles of skin, details about its its layers, and color (cause and...
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Muscles, Oh My!

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Students explore the human muscular system. In this science lesson, students discuss how engineering is related to the field of bio-mechanics and human movement.
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Circulatory Systems

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Excellent diagrams, labels and summaries make this resource be valuable to your students throughout the topic of circulation. All types of circulation vessels are explained, their structure and function is detailed, and the overall...
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Tissues

For Students 9th - 12th
For this tissue worksheet, students are given notes on 6 types of epithelial tissues, 10 examples of connective tissue, three types of muscular tissue and the components of nerve tissue.
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Digestive System (Online Interactive)

For Students 5th - 6th
In this digestive system activity, students read a 7 paragraph text to learn the functions of the digestive system. Students then answer 10 multiple choice questions. This is an online interactive activity.
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Fueling the Body

For Students 5th - 12th
For this nutrition worksheet, students review the organs and enzymes that are part of the digestive system. Then students review the food pyramid by comparing two menus. This worksheet has 9 fill in the blank, 4 true or false, and 5...
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Muscle Tag

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students get a yarn ball and find a good self space in the playing area (best designated by cones-NOT the walls of a gym). On the teacher's signal students walk and try to tag anyone and everyone in the area.
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Mr. Bones

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students play CD-ROM game My Amazing Human Body, and participate in relay game in Phys. Ed. where they put together skeleton on which body parts are labeled.
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Respiratory System

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this health worksheet, students examine the human body and make mental connections to the target function highlighted in the sheet.
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Sample Flexibility Plan for Beginners

For Students 6th - 12th
Boost flexibility with a set of stretches designed for beginners. Pictures and descriptions guide readers through a variety of stretches while standing, sitting, and lying on the floor. 
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Animals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Unifying themes in animal anatomy and physiology are displayed slide by slide.  The main concepts involve the differentiation in cells and tissues, and details are given about fuel management, metabolism, and some other essential processes.
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Black Tiger Academy Martial Arts Fitness Unit – Lesson 3

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
“A good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help another up.” Black Tiger Academy’s martial arts lesson three of 20 focuses on cardiovascular exercise and activities that get that heart pumping. There are quite a few activities to...
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How Lou Got the Flu

For Students 6th - 12th
Six questions probe participants to discover the possibility of catching a virus from others—even animals. Here, the influenza virus travels from duck to person in a round-about way. The quiz concludes with helpful tips to stay healthy. 

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