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Worksheet
Curated OER

Human Body: Pushing the Limits-Sensation

For Students 5th - 10th
In this "Human Body: Pushing the Limits-Sensation" worksheet, students watch the movie and respond to 25 fill in the blank and short answer questions regarding information from the documentary.
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PPT
Curated OER

Drugs & The Nervous System

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The medicinal uses of different classes of drugs is listed on the first slide. Following slides list examples of each of the different classes. Symptoms of abuse and side effects are also listed. The format of these slides consists...
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Lesson Plan
Nuffield Foundation

Monitoring the Body's Reaction to Stress

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
When stressed, do you prefer the fight or flight response? Scholars observe, measure, and identify the body's response to stress using a well-researched methodology. They learn about the autonomic nervous system, hormones, and more.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Nervous System Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify features of the nervous system. They explore the needs of the human body by explaining the importance of good health in relationship to the body and explain the functions and care of the human body and its organs.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Organ System Interactions

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders who have studied all of the organ systems now discover how they all are related and work together in the human body. They discuss a variety of situations in which more than one system plays a part. They identify the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Body Parts, Systems & Functions

For Students 4th - 12th
In this body parts worksheet, students match words to definitions, categorize organs into systems, name functions of organs, and more. Students complete 5 activities.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Brain Awareness Week Lessons

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the human brain and nervous system. In this brain awareness lesson, students examine specific terms with regards to the human brain. Students discover the brain's structure and function and how it functions as the body's...
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PPT
Curated OER

The Benefits of Exercise

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Ways are identified in which exercise benefits the nervous, respiratory, and cardiovascular systems of the human body in this presentation. It also includes definitions for and examples of aerobic and anaerobic exercise, as well as...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Controlling the Body Machine

For Students 9th - 12th
In this nervous system worksheet, students review the parts of the body that make up the nervous system and how this body system works. This worksheet has 5 fill in the blank, 5 matching, 3 multiple choice, 5 true or false, and 3 short...
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Baylor College

What Is a Neuron?

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Your class won't get on your nerves while doing this modeling activity! After teaching the structure and function of a neuron using the included diagrams, give individuals some clay and chenille stems so that they can make their own...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Take Two and Call Me in the Morning

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are introduced to the workings of the major systems of the Human Body: circulatory, digestive, respiratory, nervous, skeletal, and endocrine Systems. They learn the major organs of the systems and their functions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Regulation - Human Nervous and Endocrine Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use a KWL graphic organizer to stimulate schema and demonstrate their knowledge of the nervous and endocrine systems. They view a movie, "Biologix: The Neuroendocrine System." Students complete a Venn Diagram as a summative...
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App
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

3D Brain

For Students 7th - Higher Ed
Imagine being able to rotate the brain and view interior structures without dissection! This tool allows anatomy masters to do just that. They also learn about the associated functions, disorders, and symptoms of damage to each structure. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Future Body

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils explain the benefits of cyborg augmentation. In this technology lesson, students research how the nervous system works. They create posters and present them to class.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Nervous System

For Students 9th - 12th
In this biology worksheet, students find the words that define the workings of the nervous system. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Nervous System

For Students 9th - 12th
In this biology worksheet, students find the words that are part of the nervous system and the solutions are found at the bottom of the page.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Nervous System and the Effects of Drugs

For Students 5th - 12th
In this nervous system worksheet, students read information about how the body receives and sends out information through the peripheral nervous system and central nervous system. Then students complete 3 short answer questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Regulation - Human Nervous and Endocrine Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore homeostasis within the nervous and endocrine system with this Smart Board activity. In this biology lesson plan, students will fill in the know and want to know sections of a KWL chart as a class using a Smart Board. The...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Earthworm Nervous System

For Teachers K - 5th
Investigate the nervous system of an earthworm! Your class gets into pairs to test, record, and draw conclusions about the reaction earthworms have to different stimuli (sound, light, and smell).
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Nervous System from A to Z

For Students 7th - 12th
In this nervous system alphabet book learning exercise, students study 26 neuroscience terms as they read the 26 terms and their definitions in the glossary. Some of the terms included are: receptor, unipolar, white matter, axon,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Signal Transmission in the Nervous System

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars determine the speed of nervous transmission in an integrated nervous system. Students understand the differences between signal transmission in a single neuron and in a nervous system. Young scholars create a little group...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Central Nervous System Study Questions

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
In this central nervous system worksheet, pupils define 24 terms associated with the human central nervous system. They answer 28 short answer questions dealing with the structures and function of the CNS.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Questions regarding the Digestive System

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this science related worksheet, students locate and answer thirty three multiple choice questions regarding the digestive system in humans.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Nervous System Quiz #1

For Students 7th - 12th
For this nervous system quiz worksheet, students complete an on-line game, clicking on questions and matching answer cards and scoring 1 point per correct answer. Printable version available also.