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LIFE IN SPACE Human Body: An Un-Earthly Home
Students examine an effect of zero gravity on the human body using a baby food jar, balloons and a jar with a large mouth.
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Bird Banter
Pupils listen to examples of common bird songs of birds found in Illinois. As a class, they discover the importance between the differences in songs and calls. They practice making their own bird calls and songs to end the lesson.
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Make Sense of Nature
Learners participate in this program that heightens their awareness and curiosity of nature as well as their sense of adventure and exploring new surroundings. They identify and choose an object from nature after exploring it with other...
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Digestive System
In this digestive system instructional activity, students answer a list of true/ false questions. The students answer questions based on their knowledge of each process of the digestive system.
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Cellular Respiration
In this cellular respiration activity, students compare the following processes: cellular respiration, glycolysis, lactic acid fermentation, and alcoholic fermentation. This activity has 9 short answer, 6 matching, 3 multiple choice, and...
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Protein
Students examine protein, what it is and how it functions in the body. In this protein lesson students study the food pyramid, what a protein is and what it does.
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Water
Students examine water, its function and how much you should consume. In this water instructional activity students study water and why it is important, how much you should drink and what its functions are in your body.
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Thanksgiving: Bird Evolution
High schoolers explore the evolution of birds. In this biology lesson, students research articles that discuss evidence about the ancestry of birds. They discuss their findings with the group and draw a journal magazine cover...
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Reflexes
Students experiment to explain how reflexes, nerve impulses travel to the brain.
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Aerobic Frisbee Golf
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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Cells
Third graders investigate yeast to extend their understanding of living and non-living things.
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Newton's 3rd Law
Students examine how the formal definition of Newton's 3rd law: forces always originate in pairs, equal in magnitude and opposite in direction. They also examine how the informal, qualitative version: Each action has an equal and...
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What Goes in Must Come Out
Learners monitor their calorie intake and energy expenditure. They keep track of daily data in a journal and assess and adjust their diets as appropriate.
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Let's Weigh Air
High schoolers participate in an experiment to measure the weight of air by measuring the weight of the mass it displaces. They lift up a desk and a textbook using a toilet plunger, and calculate the weight of the air, or air pressure.
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You Won't Believe Your Eyes!
Students gain a basic understanding of the sense of sight. They watch a video on sight, then engage in some vocabulary games, and perform some simple experiments which focus on the basics of sight.
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It's All About Me!
Students study the five major body system in this unit. They examine how to keep themselves healthy.
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Hearbeat
Third graders pair up and listen to each others heartbeat. They run in place for one minute and then listen again and calculate the beats per minute resting and after activity. They switch and repeat the activity.
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Hip Replacement
Students take a close examine animals' skeletons to see how their pelvis and femur work together for movement. By investigating their skeletons students discover the placement and functions of our own bodies. They use owl pellets in this...
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Training Table Race
Students investigate the role of the carbohydrates food group in sports performance. The difference between simple and complex carbohydrates, and the performance of cardiovascular activities form the focus of the lesson.
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How Does Radon Affect Human Lungs?
Learners identify the different parts of the respiratory system of the human body. They work together to complete an activity and worksheet about the effects of radon on the lungs. They research lung diseases if time permits.
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What Is The Relationship Between Radon and Breathing?
Students examine the effects of radon on their breathing. They review the anatomy of the respiratory system before completeing this lesson. They also complete equations to show how carbon dioxide forms in their body.
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Body Organization
Seventh graders explore how the body is organized. They create flashcards of key terms and visit stations to view levels of organization in the human body. They examine themselves and rearrange their flashcards in order of increasing...
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Molecular Approaches to Evolution
Students are introduced to working with molecular data. The first activity does both simulated and original data are used to compare amino acid, protein or DNA differences to construct phylogenetic trees or cladograms. These activities...
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Generation of Action Potentials in Nitella Giant Algal Cells
Students observe cytoplasmic streaming in Nitella cells. They examine the conduction of a wave of depolarization across other membranes, such as the axons of neurons. Students predict the effects of sending a small electric current...
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