Students consider biomedical ethical issues. In this ethics instructional activity, students examine a case study about a boy with leukemia whose father refuses his blood transfusions based on faith. Students consider the principles of...

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...

Check pupils' understanding of William Golding's modern classic novel Lord of the Flies with this 10 question quiz that covers elements of the story's plot, character recognition, and some literary analysis. As with all Fun Trivia...

Being able to identify the main idea in a text is an essential comprehension skill. After the term is defined, viewers examine a series of paragraphs and are asked to identify the main idea and the supporting details.

Students demonstrate their knowledge of the heart and heart disease by creating and presenting a project at the annual Heart Fair. They design a booth for the Heart Fair and inform people of how to have and maintain a healthy heart.

Students review what the heart does and why the muscles in the body need oxygen. As a class, they measure their pulse rate while they are resting and after they have jogged for three minutes. They are helped by their teacher to convert...

Students listen to "The Kissing Hand," by Audrey Penn to calm their fears of the first days of preschool or kindergarten.

Students sing a song during group time each day to learn the names of the days of the week. They learn the song lyrics and sing them often.

In this heart muscle worksheet, students analyze two pictures of people in action. Students label the pictures with "contracting muscle" or "relaxing muscle". Students study two more pictures of muscle movement and label each one...

In this pulse rate worksheet, students look at the six pictures of the girl sleeping, jogging, reading, walking fast, sprinting, and walking slowly. Students then write the one of the pulse rates for each picture.

In this circulation word search puzzle, students locate and identify words dealing with the circulatory system. A list of 52 words is provided. An answer sheet is available.

In this alphabetical order worksheet, students fill in the 11 blank hearts with the appropriate uppercase letters in order to practice their alphabet skills.

In this alphabetical order worksheet, students fill in the 11 blank hearts with the appropriate lowercase letters in order to practice their alphabet skills.

Students examine how the food pyramid is an important nutritional tool. They classify foods and compare the number of servings per group that are necessary for maintaining good health by placing empty food containers in grocery bags.

Third graders gather information by questioning, forming hypothesis, collecting and analyzing data, reaching conclusions and evaluating results, and communicating procedures and findings to others. Then they demonstrate an understanding...

In this missing words worksheet, students fill in the blanks in two passages from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" from the word list given.

In this coloring worksheet, students color in an illustration titled "I Love the Earth." The picture shows an angel watering a flower garden with hearts.

Students designs and conduct a scientific experiment that identifies the problem, distinguishes manipulated, responding and controlled variables, collects, analyzes and communicates data, and makes valid inferences and conclusions.

In this muscle system worksheet, 9th graders identify and write the name of each type of muscle associated with the body part listed. Then they label the illustration of the leg showing which muscle contracts and which muscle relaxes.

Students review the muscles of the body. They perform the functions of the muscles of the body to the tune of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer".

Students identify human muscles and bones from a cardboard skeleton, named "Mr. Skelly." Using dialog balloons as props, the teacher holds up advice from Mr. Skelly, such as noting he drinks milk to keep his bones strong. The lesson...

In this nutrition activity, students review the organs and enzymes that are part of the digestive system. Then students review the food pyramid by comparing two menus. This activity has 9 fill in the blank, 4 true or false, and 5 short...

Students look at the functions of the body. In this biology lesson plan, students explore the functioning of some body part and construct a "living doll" composed of the body parts discussed.

Fourth graders reflect on the Revolutionary War.  In this Colonial America history instructional activity, 4th graders discuss various battles of the war, specifically the Battle of Cowpens.  Students begin by watching a...