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Type: Lesson Plan

Students must help Dr. Cate decide which topic he should write about first to educate young children on their body systems.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.

Type: Lesson Plan

This is a great activity for students to work in cooperative groups, research a topic, and use graphic organizers. The students will investigate the brain, heart, lungs, stomach, skeleton, muscles, and their basic functions by creating a human body from construction paper.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will be able to identify and describe the function of major body parts by listening to a book and using an interactive tutorial. Students will then use their knowledge to create a student-made riddle book.

Type: Lesson Plan

This lesson demonstrates how students can use text features to learn information in nonfiction and informational text. The lesson provides the opportunity for students to apply reading concepts while encountering nonfiction text. This lesson provides students with the opportunity to read and discuss various nonfiction selections about body systems and includes games and activities to engage students during the lesson.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will work in groups of two or three to read an article about one of the major human body parts. They will create a list of facts related to their body part and turn them into questions.

The students will be reading online articles from kidshealth.org. These articles can be read online or printed. Each article describes the major purpose for each body part, how it relates to other systems in the body, and fun facts. Videos are also included.

Each group will present their facts and questions generated with the entire class. The teacher will create an anchor chart for each major body part and post them in the classroom.

Each student will use the key details generated during their group work to assist them in writing a paragraph about their body part. A diagram will be completed to go along with their paper. The questions generated by each group will be compiled into a final assessment for the class.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson students will gain the skills to explain the characteristics and functions of observable body parts.

Type: Lesson Plan

Take a look at some organs in your body and the jobs they do as you complete this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

If you watch this video, your brain will be learning more about itself! Think about it.

Type: Perspectives Video: Expert

Understanding human physiology will allow you to stand under your own power at the end of a long rowing trip.

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Download the CPALMS Perspectives video student note taking guide.

Type: Perspectives Video: Professional/Enthusiast

In this unit, students explore the major parts of the body in different stations. An engineering design process lesson allows students to design and construct a helmet that protects the "main computer" for your body: the brain.

Type: Unit/Lesson Sequence