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Going Places

For Students 6th - 8th
In this going places worksheet, students read the passages provided and answer the given questions. Students answer questions as it relates to the skeletal system, puberty, and microorganisms.
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Brain Watching

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the different parts of the nervous system. In this biology lesson plan, students research methods to diagnose and cure neurological disorders. They present their report to class.
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Small Intestine, Pancreas, Liver, and Gall Bladder

For Students 7th - 9th
In this small intestine, pancreas, liver, and gall bladder learning exercise, students fill in the blanks with information about these structures of digestion. Students research information about organ of the digestive system given.
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Chemical Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
For this science worksheet, students read about enzymes and nutrition. Students also answer 2 comprehension questions about the reading.
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Engineering Bones

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the features of a prosthetic limb and explain how engineers are involved in the prosthetic design.  In this bone engineering lesson students describe the design criteria that goes into choosing the materials that...
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Water Around Us

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a collage of human land use activities around a body of water. Students evaluate the effects of different kinds of land use on wetland habitats, and create a list of pros and cons for each land use.
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Institute for Systems Biology

Introduction to Saline Environments & Microbial Halophiles

For Teachers 7th - 12th
If you do not mind wading through unrelated headings (This is not for a physics or STEM course, as it states.) and content (The instructional activity opens with an article about neurology, not halophiles.), then you will find a valuable...
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Nutrition 3: Got Broccoli?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover why the human body needs food in order to survive. In groups, they analyze advertising for the foods they eat the most and try to identify the nutritional value of them as well. They complete a worksheet showing them...
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Methods of Heat Transfer

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss the forms of heat transfer that relate to the human body. Discussion revolves around the ability of different designs of hats to change the rate of heat transfer to and from the body. Students then experiment...
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Getting the "Yuck" Out

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils examine various types of household materials for their usefulness as filters. They work together in teams to design a filtration system that produces the cleanest water in the shortest time.
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Blood Vessels & Circulation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a layered curriculum designed lesson in order to study the cardiovascular system of the human body. The assessments and activities are student centered.
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Bone Density

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students recognize how the strength and density of bone can reduce fractures. In this bone density lesson, students calculate density as they measure volume and mass of serial bone specimens in a group activity.
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Matching Worksheet: Anaerobic Cell Respiration

For Students 7th - 9th
In this cell learning exercise, students match vocabulary words about cells to their definition. They choose the best definition for each word.
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Digestion Crossword Puzzle

For Students 9th - 12th
For this anatomy crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 4 clues regarding digestion to help them correctly complete the word puzzle.
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Digestion - Part 2

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students read a text on digestion and learn new vocabulary as they read. In this digestion lesson plan, students also complete a picture chart to show the digestive process.
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Blood Web Hunt

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the components of blood. Using internet websites and a handout, 5th graders search for answers to questions about blood. They explore components such as red blood cells, white blood cells, platelet and plasma.
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Muscles in Motion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explain how biceps and triceps work. In this life science lesson, students conduct an experiment to test which muscle (biceps or triceps) is stronger. They calculate class average from the result.
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Blood Highways

For Students 5th
Fifth graders read an informative paragraph about how blood travels through our bodies. Then, they fill in the missing letters for words that label things in the circulatory system. An answer key is provided on page two. An interesting,...
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Biology Chapter 35 Word Search

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms related to biology. There are 41 words located in the puzzle.
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Moving and Growing

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore the types of skeletons in various animals. For this skeletal systems lesson, students watch a video clip about skeletons, view a human skeleton, compare the skeletons of humans, chickens and fish, and learn about...
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Medical Instrumentation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars analyze how medical devices that help the human body function. They work in pairs or groups to draw multiple views of the medical device and describe how engineering is used by biomedial engineers.
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Anatomy of the Heart

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this anatomy of the heart worksheet, students participate in a lab to describe the location of the heart in the body, identify a cardiac muscle tissue and trace the flow of blood through the heart.
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Anatomy and Physiology "Quickies"

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students use a variety of creative writing tools within this assignment: poems on particular organ systems, write a short story and/or create a word graph. They are involved in a demonstration of lactic build up in the muscles, a...
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"ART ZOO 'Blacks in the Westward Movement', 'What Can You Do with a Portrait', and 'Of Beetles, Worms, and Leaves of Grass'"

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study black history, examine portraits and portrait making and create their own portraits, and  investigate their natural environment. This humanities lesson plan provides a text that can be used to teach lessons in black...