Simple images of everyday activities are arrayed for primary learners to evaluate. For each, they determine whether or not the activity will increase one's heart rate. They draw a circle around those that do, a box around those that...

Get children's blood pumping with this primary grade lesson on the human heart. After learning about the important role this muscle plays in the human body, students monitor their heart rates and discover the importance of...

Seismologists use the direction and arrival times of p waves and s waves to determine the distance to the source of an earthquake. The engaging instructional activity has students line up to form human waves. Through different movements...

A pinch of adenine, a dash of thymine and ta-da, you have life! Well, it's not quite that simple, but through this series of activities and experiments young scientists learn about the structure of DNA and how it contains the recipe...

Introduce pupils to the work of Robert Boyle and his influence on medical practice through a series of informational texts and discussion questions.

Explore the levels of organization in the human body.

Understand the structure and function of the peripheral nervous system in the human body.

Understand the human body's inflammatory responses.

Learn about the human body's immune response to pathogens.

Take a look at blood pressure in the human body.

Learn about the blood vessels of the human body.

Understand digestive health of the human body.

Learn how the enzymes in the digestive system help with the digestive process in the human body.

Understand homeostasis and feedback regulation in the human body.

Learn about the different types of muscles in the human body.

Understand the structure and function of different types of joints in the human body.

Understand the human body's nutrient needs.

Learn about the skeletal muscles of the human body.

Understand the human body's sense of touch.

Understand the structure and function of a nerve cell, and how messages are transmitted throughout the human body.

Learn about infectious diseases in the human body.

Learn about some of the nervous system disorders of the human body.

Understand how some respiratory disorders affect the human body.

Find out about some of the vitamins that humans need in their bodies.