Middle schoolers explore digestion/nutrition and utilize scientific investigation skills. They complete meal logs for several days and graph their results. After analyzing their data, they write formal lab reports.

Students participate in a lab that demonstrate one example of how the human body maintains homeostasis. Students collect data from themselves and observe how their own bodies react to exercise.

An all-encompassing, fully interactive, gorgeously animated model of the heart can be used to teach cardiac anatomy, physiology, and even a touch of epidemiology.

Unifying themes in animal anatomy and physiology are displayed slide by slide.  The main concepts involve the differentiation in cells and tissues, and details are given about fuel management, metabolism, and some other essential...

Take your class on a journey through the digestive track with this resource. The physical and chemical processes of digestion are detailed, along with the names of various structures and substances involved, but the processes of the...

Students explore the different blood types, and are introduced to new knowledge through a crime scene simulated activity. They explore the genetics of blood types, and are introduced to immunology/diseases.

In this infectious disease defense worksheet, students will review the immune system including acquired, antibody, and cellular immunity. Students will then compare passive and active immunity to infectious diseases. This worksheet has...

In this circulation worksheet, students review the circulatory system including the structures and functions of this system. This worksheet has 5 word scramble, 4 short answer, 1 fill in the blank, and 6 true or false questions

Students mode the transport of blood through the circulatory system with a water relay. In this circulation lesson, students measure amounts of water and transfer them from one container to another. They use this activity to model the...

Students explore the circulatory system. They participate in media activities to explore blood flow and identify the parts of the circulatory sytem. Students create a model of the circulatory system.

Students conduct Internet research on the different parts of the skeletal system. Then they create a model arm that demonstrates how muscle and bone work together to create movement.

Eleventh graders explore the major organs of the circulatory system. In this circulatory system lesson plan, 11th graders create, identify and describe parts of the system. Students view a list of major organs and predict what their job...

Young scholars model the transmission of neural impulses with dominoes. In this nervous system lesson, students construct a device with dominoes. They use the device to model the way a nerve impulse is propagated from dendrite to axon.

Fourth graders answer the question what happens to the food you eat? They complete a worksheet about the food you eat. They discuss the different types of teeth that we have. Students complete digestion poster in which they color and...

In this digestion worksheet, students will review a diagram showing the parts of the digestive system and the length of the intestines. Students will complete 3 short answer questions based on the diagram.

In this skeletal system worksheet, students match 10 terms with their meanings, answer 20 multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks for 24 questions and answer 6 questions. Topics include structures and functions of the skeleton,...

Fifth graders conduct research on the major organ systems of the human body. They create and present 3D models of a body system, and collect basic first-aid supplies for donation to a third-world community.

Pupils read an article on sharks prior to beginning a dissection lab. As part of the lab, students identify differences between the shark anatomy and human anatomy and hypothesize why those differences exist.

Students examine how the workings of the human circulatory system were discovered.  In this circulation instructional activity students view a  video, divide into groups and act out their given system. 

Young scholars discover the names of 13 major bones in the human skeletal system. They construct their skeleton using paper plates and other simple products. Links to templates are provided within the resource.

Fourth graders explore the muscular system of the human body.

Sixth graders analyze and compare a cell's tissues, organs and organ systems. They watch a video reviewing the body systems and design poster boards showing their functions.

Students examine the function of the immune system. They read and discuss text, complete a K-W-L chart, sequence photos of white blood cells encountering bacteria, develop an outline, and write an essay.

Students 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.