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Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the basic organization of the body's organs and the major organ system.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Can Your Body Temperature Tell the Time of Day?

For Students 9th - 10th
If you have ever had to adjust to a new time zone, you have noticed that it takes a while before you start to feel normal again. By shifting your sleep and activity schedule, you have altered the pattern of your body's circadian rhythms....
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Orpheus Books

Q Files: Life: Human Body

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore the many systems found within the human body.
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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...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Human Body Inc.: What's an Arm and a Leg Worth?

For Teachers 5th - 9th
In this technology-based project, students will take on the role of a legal defense team and prepare the court defense for a body organ that is currently an employee of Human Body Inc.. Due to recent cost increases, the Human Body has...
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Gas Laws & Human Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity addresses Boyle's Law from a physiological perspective.
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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.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Anatomical Terminology

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides learners with information regarding anatomical terminology. It covers anatomical position, directional and regional terms used, body planes, body cavities and their organs, and the serous membranes.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: I See a Full Moon Rising, and Shrinking, or Do I?

For Students 9th - 10th
The moon appears bigger at the horizon just as it is rising over the treetops, than it does later in the evening when it is overhead. This is because our perception of its size changes based on where it is in the sky. In this human...
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Homeostasis and Regulation in the Human Body

For Students 9th - 10th
This article helps students identify the process by which body systems are regulated so that they remain stable.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Body Control Center

For Students 5th - 9th
Throughout the day, your nervous system monitors and makes endless adjustments to your body's basic systems--all to keep you alive. This interactive feature illustrates the complexity of such a task.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Unlocking the Endocrine System

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students learn how the endocrine system works and compare it to the mail delivery system. Students discuss the importance of communication in human body systems and relate that to engineering and astronauts.
Interactive
Inner Body

Innerbody: Digestive System

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take a look inside the human body's digestive system. This site features diagrams of the digestive tract and each part is accompanied by labels and descriptions. Just select an organ by moving the mouse over its image.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Human Digestive System

For Students 3rd - 8th
Excellently detailed drawing (with labels) of the digestive system with an accompanying explanation of the digestive process. Includes a glossary and a blank label me print-out.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: I Love Ice Cream, but It Doesn't Love Me: Lactose Intolerance

For Students 6th - 8th
Pizza, milk shakes, and ice cream sundaes all contain dairy products, therefore they cannot be eaten by the majority of people around the world. Dairy products contain the sugar molecule lactose, and the majority of people on the planet...
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: The Skeletal System

For Students 9th - 10th
After studying this article, students will be able to identify the functions and structure of bones, types of bones, bone development, parts of bones, types of joints, and bone disorders.
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National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Muscular System

For Students 9th - 10th
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human muscular system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
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National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Lymphatic System

For Students 9th - 10th
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human lymphatic system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Are You Left or Right Sided?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Our brains are split into two parts, right inside our head. One half is the left brain and the other half is the right brain. Each side of your brain controls different parts of your body and most people are more dominant controlling one...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: You Are What You Eat!

For Students 6th - 8th
Thinking about improving your sports performance? Want to help friends and family make the most of their physical fitness activities? One factor to consider is food. Whether you realize it or not, what you eat does change your body. It...
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Estrella Mountain Community College

Estrella Mountain Community College: The Nervous System

For Students 9th - 10th
This online biology book chapter offers definitions and descriptions of the nervous system's components.
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National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Nervous System

For Students 9th - 10th
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human nervous system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Endocrine System

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, video clips, practice problems, and external assignments, students discover the structure and function of the endocrine system of the human body.
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National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Cardiovascular System

For Students 9th - 10th
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human cardiovascular system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.

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