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A Walk Through the Gut
Students explain what happens to food as it passes through the digestive system. They have a 3x5 index card representing food, which he / she carries to stations around the room. Each station represents one of the organs of the digestive...
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Beef (Advanced)
In this beef worksheet, students participate in a variety of activities including completing a digestion dilemma, identifying best meat cuts and selecting a service project to complete.
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Stomach Chemistry
Fifth graders compare physical and chemical changes. They perform a simulation experiment/activity that replicates what happens in the stomach as food is digested by stomach acids.
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Sizing Up the Supersize Croc
Students examine and compare traits of humans and crocodiles. In this crocodile lesson plan students use a ratio to estimate the height of a person and compare that to a crocodile.
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Feed Your Cells
Middle schoolers 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...
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Stop the Bleeding
Learners explore various parts of the heart and blood vessels . They begin with an overview of the components of the cardiovascular system. They see a cross section of an artery and watch how a blood clot develops.
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Nervous System
Get to know the body's central nervous system through an engaging game of nervous system telephone. But this isn't your average game of telephone. Here, pupils must find a way to communicate a message to the brain without speaking....
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Gusty: The Gut Microbiome Card Game
Build up your gut. Groups up to four play a card game to learn more about the microbiome in the gut. Learners try to build a healthy gut with their cards. The player acquiring six microbes without any pathogens wins the game.
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GED Vocabulary: Life Science
In this life science GED worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle given 9 clues about structures of the nervous system, the circulatory system, evolution, the digestive system, molecules and fossils. Students are given a word bank...
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Anatomy and Physiology Workbook
Peruse a workbook for every system in the human body. From cellular makeup to the integumentary system to human reproduction, the 300-page workbook features informative reading passages, guided practice, and humorous comic strips to get...
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Inside Out
Students examine a variety of x-ray paintings from aboriginal peoples. As a class, they brainstorm what happens to the food once one eats in it. Individually, they draw an outline of a body and the shapes of food inside of it. To end the...
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Reproductive System
Fifth graders identify and define parts of the reproductive system. In this health activity, the teacher introduces the parts of the reproductive system, then students match body part cards to the corresponding definition cards.
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Digestive System Crossword Puzzle
In this digestive system worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 21 clues pertaining to digestive system vocabulary.
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Digestive System Crossword Puzzle Answers
In this digestive system worksheet, learners are given the answers to a crossword puzzle with 21 clues pertaining to digestive system vocabulary terms.
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Endocrine Review Sheet
Starting with a diagram of the kidneys and urinary tract of the human, this sheet has questions about excretion, blood concentrations of hormones, gland feedback mechanisms and the effects of some hormones.
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Animal Nutrition
A rather uninspired powerpoint which covers all the information that is required to recap nutrition needs and metabolism but does not include any images or infographics. Some of the information is unusual and specialised to farm...
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Anatomy
Fourth graders describe how health behaviors affect body systems, and describe the basic function of major body systems.
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Food and Digestion
In this food and digestion learning exercise, students fill in the table for each food group. Students also complete a diagram illustrating the digestive system.
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The Human Organism
Students identify their feelings and learn constructive ways of handling conflict. In this human mental health lesson, students identify their feelings, learn how to tell others about their feelings, and learn how to resolve conflict....
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Investigate the Role of Cholesterol from Cholesterol-rich Foods in the Human Body
Eighth graders assess fat content of different food samples. For this biology lesson, 8th graders create a flowchart showing the transport of cholesterol in the bloodstream. They perform tests for the presence of lipids on food...
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Anatomy
Third graders explore the basic structures and functions of the human body and how they relate to personal health.
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Systems of the Body
Third graders gather information by questioning, forming hypothesis, collecting and analyzing data, reaching conclusions and evaluating results, and communicating procedures and findings to others. Then they demonstrate an understanding...
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Teeth: Matching
Chomp chomp! Match the teeth terms to their definitions. Fifteen words are available for anatomy aces to define. Use this learning exercise when teaching the digestive system in your human body systems unit.
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The Language of Medicine
For this health worksheet, students locate 50 terms related to the medical field. The words are hidden in a word search and include parts of the body, and various body systems.