Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Meet My Muscles Lower Body Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson depicts students following along with their teacher to learn about lower body muscles. Students learn about muscles such as the gluteal and hamstring and how to give them a good stretch and exercise.
Handout
MadSci Network

Mad Sci Network: Visible Human: Annotated References

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of transverse and coronal views of the internal anatomy of the human body. The webpage also has a keyword search for specific organs.
Unit Plan
National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: What's Happening to Your Body?

For Students 6th - 8th
This lesson plan site focuses on the changes that adolescents go through and delves into their nutritional, physical, and mental health needs.
Website
PBS

Pb Skids: It's My Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Articles, illustrations, quizzes, features, games, and polls for kids and teens concerning their bodies, their families, their schools, and their emotions.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Introduction to Human Tissues: How Are Tissues Classified?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this investigation, students will observe slides of unknown tissues and then draw their observations in a science notebook. They will then work in groups to reach a consensus as to the classification of tissues. This lesson plan is...
Lesson Plan
TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Hand Biometrics Technology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson probes how biometrics technologies have been used worldwide to address security and identification systems. After exploring different biometric techniques, students work in teams to find their own hand geometry biometrics, then...
Lesson Plan
TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Heart of the Matter

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about artificial heart valves and the engineering design process used in mechanical heart valve designs. The objective of the lesson is to develop an understanding of the interface between man and machine and the impact of...
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Science for Kids

Science Kids: Science Quizzes: Human Body Quiz

For Students 3rd - 8th
A twenty-question quiz covering knowledge of the human body and its anatomy. Good for test review or for checking students' general knowledge.
Website
Other

Canal Kids: Saude (Health for Kids in Portuguese)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A very informative and fun site children can use to learn about taking care of their health. In addition to information about the body, the senses, the brain, vaccines, and healthy habits, the site provides a brief history of medicine....
Website
National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Dream Anatomy

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a step back in time to see the human body and the field of medicine through the looking glass of history. Experience a different kind of representation of our internal anatomy, and learn about the history of human dissection.
Website
American Academy of Family Physicians

Aafp: American Family Physician

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online medical journal with information on various medical topics. Includes current issues, content collections, the CME quiz, featured articles, and the blog. Provides links to previous editions.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: As Large as Life a Poster of a Human Body System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a student led exploration of the systems of the human body through art and self-expression. Groups will cooperatively develop a poster, the size of a fifth-grade student, and will accurately depict the assigned system of the...
Activity
Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)

Educaplus: Partes Del Cuerpo [In Spanish]

For Students 9th - 10th
Use your logic to find the secret name of the different parts of the human body.
Activity
Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)

Educaplus: Cuerpo Humano [In Spanish]

For Students 9th - 10th
Check your knowledge of the parts of the human body by completing this crossword puzzle.
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: The Human Body

For Students 3rd - 7th
Self-playing slideshow, with an accompanying quiz, introduces students to the concept of the human body as a system of cells, tissues, and organs.
Interactive
Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Interactive Human Body

For Students 9th - 10th
Try to identify each of the human body's major organs in this interactive activity.
Handout
Orpheus Books

Q Files: Life: Human Body

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore the many systems found within the human body.
Website
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Digestive System

For Students 9th - 10th
Make learning about the human digestive system fun with full-color diagrams. Follow the steps food takes through the body, and find out about the role this system plays in human survival.
Website
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.
Website
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Skeletal System

For Students 9th - 10th
Make learning about the human skeletal system fun with full-color diagrams. Read about the structure and function of the body's 206 bones.
Website
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Endocrine System

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and watch a series of videos on how our bodies regulate mood, growth, and development with complex chemicals.
Website
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.
Graphic
Other

Imaios Sas: E Anatomy: Atlas of Human Anatomy

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of pictures, videos, medical imaging, and illustrations of human anatomy. A membership is required to view some of the images, while other images can be viewed without one.
Handout
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Human Biology: Musculatory System

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the three types of muscle tissue, how a muscle contracts, and how muscles are adapted for exercise. [3:40]