Students examine what makes a speech persuasive. In this speech instructional activity, students recognizes what is needed to make a good persuasive speech and create their own persuasive speech about something related to the human...

Students study the respiratory system, the lungs and air.  In this respiratory lesson students describe technologies that engineers have found that improve the health of the respiratory system. 

Students research the human body. In this human body instructional activity, students brainstorm the connections between the parts of a bike and a human digestive system. Students work in small groups and research a specific body system....

Learners study what a body system is, how they function and how the systems work in unison.

Fourth graders practice reading in the content areas (science) in order to explore the interdependence of the body systems. They answer written questions after reading.

Eighth graders identify and describe the components of various body systems. They create vocabulary flash cards identifying the excretory, digestive, immune, and nervous systems and describing their functions. Students complete a...

Third graders recognize the bones that make up the human body. They become more aware of the human body. Students experiment with this concept with a variety of items. They also work on this concept with dribbling a ball.

In this spelling worksheet, students analyze the names of 20 body parts which have been scrambled. Students unscramble the words, putting the correct body part name on the line.

In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell parts of the body by first analyzing 20 names which have missing letters. Students add some letters to complete each word.

In this anatomy worksheet, students read a passage about the different parts of the human body. They then answer the 10 questions on the page.

In this anatomy worksheet, students label the autonomic nervous system. Students focus on the sympathetic division of the system. The locations along the spine are linked with pictures of the organs.

Students explore biology by completing a human body worksheet. For this human brain lesson, students identify the different anatomy within the brain and the functions those pieces form. Students read an article about signals in the brain...

In this science worksheet, learners investigate the human skeletal system. Students read factual paragraphs with details about the bones in the human body and in some other species as well. Learners complete a crossword puzzle.

Young scholars investigate personal health issues by discussing germs.  In this contagious disease lesson plan, students identify ways germs infect our bodies and how we can best protect ourselves.  Young scholars discuss food...

Young scholars study bone size, structure and shape. They use various geometrical shapes to make a skeleton and produce a poster depicting the skeletal system and its functions. They arrange the pictures into the five sections, glue on...

Students investigate various aspects of the human body  in this imaginative Tree House Detective episode about the biological biosphere. In a series of They take measurements, analyze data, and use technology. The lessons...

Students design a prototype game as they simulate being game designers for a major corporation. They base the game on the major body systems.

Biology or health nuts select a disease to research and produce a pamphlet that can be used to inform the public. The tri-fold product is worth 100 points according to the included grading page.

Use this attractive PowerPoint to introduce all the hormones and their functions to your students. As students view each slide, they should be able to see the relevance of many of the chemicals and their interaction with the human body....

Would you believe that your digestive system stretches to five times your height?! Help your pupils to understand this relationship as they work through the laboratory exercise. The first instructional activity of a 12-part series is a...

Explore homeostasis in animals with this all-encompassing worksheet. Advanced biology pupils consider a variety of mechanisms for maintaining internal conditions such as temperature and waste products. Eighteen short-answer questions...

Take a deep breath and have your class construct working models of a lung! Using 500ml plastic bottles as the chest cavity, and balloons for the lung and the diaphragm, learners work in groups to make a model. The models help them to...

Second graders research each body system and writer a letter t Joe, the CEO of the Human Bdy, Incorporated, who is downsizing. In their letter, 2nd graders tell him which body parts to keep as employees.

Eighth graders explain the functions of various body systems. Using a concept map, 8th graders identify and explain the fuctions of the skeletal, skin, and muscular systems of the body. After completing their concept map, students...