Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Understanding Variation
Does where we live influence how our bodies express genetic traits? Explore variation in human skin color with an activity that incorporate video and hands-on learning. Individuals model the relationship between phenotypes and genotypes,...
Nemours KidsHealth
Human Body Series - The Five Senses
Get your class up and moving with these engaging hands-on-activities that target their five senses. Children explore four different work stations that require them to look, smell, hear, touch, and taste as they record their responses...
Tasha McKelvey
Clay Whistles
Create clay whistles with your elementary or middle school students. The project is outlined in great detail here, complete with step-by-step photographs, finished examples, a materials list, student handouts, and a rubric. Students...
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Open Your Eyes
This webpage is a great resource for elementary teachers who are looking for activities, lessons, facts, and experiments pertaining to the eye.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Your Eyes
Take a look at this article to learn about the different parts of this amazing part of the body that's at work from the moment you wake up until you close them to go to sleep.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Science Crossword Puzzles the Eye [Pdf]
Find out what you know about the eye by completing this crossword puzzle!
Other
Rabbit Anatomy
Click on the picture of the rabbit and learn about the various parts of the rabbit and their functionality. Other interesting facts about rabbits are presented on this page.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Seeing Your Retina
Try this experiment where you examine the blood vessel network of your retina and the eye's blind spot. Includes a safety precaution.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Seeing Is Believing
In this lesson, students investigate the properties of light using simple materials. Includes handout and video resources.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Pupil
Try this experiment to see how light affects the size of your pupils.