Systems of the Human Body Grades 6 - 8 NCATE Standards: * Knows that living organisms have distinct structures and body systems that serve specific functions in growth, survival, and reproduction * Knows that multicellular organisms have a variety of specialized cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems that perform specialized functions ( digestion, respiration, reproduction, circulation, excretion, movement, control and coordination, protection from disease)
Internet Teaching Tool A Look Inside the Human Body http://bart.northnet.com.au/~amcgann/body/ This is a good place for a teacher to begin a unit. It provides an Internet worksheet for which the answers can be found by browsing the site. An answer sheet is also provided. This could possibly be a pretest to assess prior knowledge. The information provided is general, but well delivered. Students will enjoy the “scavenger hunt” aspect of searching for answers.
Lesson Plans and Units Lesson Plans Across the Curriculum http://members.aol.com/Donnpages/4LessonPlans.html This site’s homepage is “Mr. Donn’s Pages” and is located at http://members.aol.com/donnandlee/SiteIndex.html The home page contains easily navigable links to every subject, catagorized by grade level. The initial link given is to the 5-8 Grade, Science section. There, you will find an excellent lesson plan about human body systems, as well as fossils, earth & sky, whales, etc. This site is created and maintained by Mr. Donn and his wife. Both are teachers AND history buffs. Teachers, as well as students will find this site useful.
Internet Projects WebQuest – Journey Through the Human Body Systems http://www.scs.k12.tn.us/STT99_WQ/STT99/Bartlett_HS/steakleyc1/steakley/steakley.htm This is a great, interactive webquest for kids. Albert Einstein has been frozen for years, and now its time for you and your group to be minimized and injected into him to inspect his body systems for possible damage from the freeze. Invasion of the Body Snatchers http://www.soms.oldham.k12.ky.us/soms/Curriculum/Computer/snatchers.htm You are an alien sent to earth to learn how to replicate the human body and all its systems. A great webquest, this site not only teaches students the parts of each system, but how the systems work together to make the human body come alive. Students will benefit from this site and will remain interested in the subject matter.
Homework Help Pages The Visible Human Project http://madsci.wustl.edu/~lynn/VH/ Interesting, indeed! Take a guided, narrative tour through the human body by way of various cross sections captured in 2D, then placed in movie format to become 3D. Middle school students will love this: teachers will too when they realize the interest it sparks in the human body systems. A great place for teachers to make learning fun. MindQuest http://www.mindquest.net/ This site caters to grades 6 – 8 because it leads students to “forget” they are learning. The students can do such things as work crossword puzzles and take part in online science chats with students across the country. Teachers will benefit from this site, also, because the activities can be done independently as structured-center learning. This site also has excellent, royalty-free clipart available.
Print Resource Education World – The Human Body: An online tour http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson065.shtml Education World is a site that no teacher should do without. This is a particular article on lesson planning for human body systems. It includes a variety of links to follow – up activities, related web site links, and related articles. This is a great place for teachers to find something unusual to keep students interested. The only drawback to this site is that some of the links are outdated or are not available
Content Resource PATTS: Anatomy http://webschoolsolutions.com/patts/systems/anatomy.htm PATTS (Partners in Training and Teaching Technology and Services) This site is useful for middle school students who are studying anatomy or what additional information about the human body. One of the supplied links is for copyright-free human anatomy clipart. Also contains a webliography.
*Specialized Search Tool BodyQuest A ThinkQuest Internet Challenge 1997 Entry http://library.thinkquest.org/10348/ BodyQuest won the 3rd place award in the Science and Mathematics category of ThinkQuest'97. It is a site created to explore anatomy and is targeted for students ages 11 – 16. This website also leads the student to higher order thinking. This is a great place for students to participate in independent activities that will expand on classroom teaching. * Higher order thinking is an advantage to subject matter retention in middle school students.
Webliography Kid Info – Human Body http://www.kidinfo.com/Health/Human_Body.html Kid Info is a wonderful starting place for subject matter. Included in the links are sites with clipart, movie and animation sites, as well as extensive links to encyclopedia pages. This page would be useful to both students AND teachers due to the variety of resources. The site begins generally, with informative pages about the body, and works down to specific pages dealing with individual organs, cell, systems, etc. Some links are in Spanish, too! Kim Taylor-Large
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