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The Human Body: A Life-Size Model On Paper
Students create a life-size paper model of the human body. They identify the major organs and state their fuction. They complete a quiz to end the lesson.
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Move Your Muscles!
Learners, through teacher lecture and class discussion, explore the three different types of muscles in the human body and the effects of microgravity on these muscles. They explain what happens to muscles in outer space and describe the...
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Flex Those Muscles
Students explore the muscular system to examine the different types of muscles in our bodies and how they work with other body systems. They discover how muscles help us chew food and laugh. Videos are used as part of this lesson.
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I, Me, Myself
Students create a big book self portrait of the human body. Inside, students illustrate pictures of the major organs, label, and paste them inside the big book.
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Beams and Bones
Fifth graders learn how parts of the human body interact and how bones and muscles work together.
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The Making of an Organ
Students examine and research how cells make up our organs. They create a model of a tongue showing cells, tissues and the organ.
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Feed Your Cells
Students examine and research the human digestive system and what happens to the food we eat. They read the article, The Passage of Food, participate in an experiment with crackers, and write a paragraph summarizing the function of the...
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I Need Air
Students examine and research the organs of the respiratory system. They participate in a vocabulary card matching game, create a graphic organizer, and participate in an experiment titled, Floating on Air.
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Take Two and Call Me in the Morning
Eighth graders are introduced to the workings of the major systems of the Human Body: circulatory, digestive, respiratory, nervous, skeletal, and endocrine Systems. They learn the major organs of the systems and their functions.
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Anatomy
First graders explore the basic structures and functions of the human body and how they relate to personal health.
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Do the Hokey Pokey in Many Languages
Young scholars replace the body part words in the tune The Hokey Pokey with the same body part words in other languages. They learn the vocabulary more readily because of the connection to music.
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Cranium Cool Down
Students cool down from physical activity and to reinforce the location of bones.
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Get to Know Your Body
Students explore the human body. In this science lesson, students name the basic body parts. Students play a game in which they balance using the designated number of body parts.
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The Human Organism
Seventh graders examine the basic functions of the human body and see how changing demands affect our bodies. In this human organism lesson students participate in several activities that are about the human body and our digestion,...
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Lung Limit
Students determine their lung capacity by completing a science experiment with a bottle of water. In this lung science lesson plan, students discuss the lungs' purpose. Students complete an experiment to determine their lung capacity...
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Human Body Word Chop Worksheet
In this human body words worksheet, learners study a table with 16 words pertaining to anatomy. Students find the pieces that fit together and write the words on the lines. There is no word bank.
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Human Body Group Creative Writing
In this human body writing worksheet, students collaborate with classmates to write a group story. Students have 25 minutes to write the story; all 16 words in the box must be used.
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Food and Digestion
For this food and digestion worksheet, students fill in the table for each food group. Students also complete a diagram illustrating the digestive system.
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Blood as Body Tissue
In this body tissue worksheet, students read about the role of blood in the body. Students then fill in the blanks with the missing words for information about blood. Students then answer questions about red blood cells.
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Crossword Puzzle - Parts of the Body
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, learners use the clues to complete the crossword puzzle with words about the human body. Students complete 10 clues.
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Caring for Your Body
In this healthy body activity, students circle the correct answer for the questions about taking care of a human body. Students complete 5 exercises.
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Parts of the Body
In this human body vocabulary worksheet, students unscramble the human body part vocabulary words. Students spell 16 words and then write 10 sentences using the words from the list.
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Bones in Your Body
In this bone identification activity, students label each bone in the picture with the words provided in the word bank. Students then cut out each bone and fit them together to make a skeleton.
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Bones of The Human Body
For this health worksheet, students find the words that are about the bones of the body and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.