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English Exercises: Mysteries of Anatomy

For Students 5th - 7th
Consider this online interactive activity as a way to practice the names that often accompany human anatomy, such as the crown of the head and the roof of the mouth. Learners select an anatomy word with a double meaning from a drop-down...
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Life Cycle: Diversity in a Balance 4th Grade Workbook

For Students 5th
For this life cycle workbook, 5th graders examine plant and animal cells, classification of organisms, human biology, photosynthesis, and natural environments. 21 different activities make up the Life Cycle Workbook.
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Skin: Skin Prints

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars explore human anatomy by participating in a print experiment. In this human skin lesson, students define the term "epidermis" and utilize computer paper, pencils, tape and baby wipes to create a print of their own skin....
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The Magic School Bus Flexes Its Muscles

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn along with Ms. Frizzle's class. In this Magic School Bus lesson plan, students explore the inside of the human body as they compare the bones and joints of a chicken wing with their own hands and arms.
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The Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars learn along with Ms. Frizzle's class. In this Magic School Bus lesson plan, students discover that skin protects our bodies the way apple skin protects an apple.
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Skin and Sports

For Teachers 4th - 8th
The topic is protecting our own protective covering: the skin. In particular, the information deals with sweating as a means of temperature regulation and the need to wear clothing appropriate for allowing the process to occur. Learners...
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Where Does the Blood Go?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate where the blood in our hearts travels by observing a diagram in class.  In this cardiovascular lesson, students examine their own heart by checking their pulse in class.  Students investigate a human body...
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The Muscle System

For Students 9th
In this biology activity, 9th graders define striated and identify if the muscles of chicken's leg are striated or smooth. Then they determine how the muscles of a chicken leg are attached to the bones. Students also cut muscles away...
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Tissues

For Students 9th - 12th
In this tissue worksheet, students are given notes on 6 types of epithelial tissues, 10 examples of connective tissue, three types of muscular tissue and the components of nerve tissue.
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Anthrax Attacks

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students develop an understanding about the disease Anthrax, how it is transmitted, and its effects on the body. By the end of the lesson, students have gained the knowledge that bacterial diseases may invade and damage different body...
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Cells and Cancer

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students idenitfy that cancer is a growth of mutated cells and that cancer cells are only one type of cell that causes disease in our body. They also identify that all eukaryotic cells contain a nucleus, cytoskeleton, and a cell...
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Breaking News English: Pig Organ Transplants Within 5 Years

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Pig Organ Transplants Within 5 Years," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.