Activities-To-Go in the Life Sciences ('E' 'M' 'H') (Standards)
"Activities-To-Go is a place for all science teachers to share
innovative, successful teaching strategies and activities to help
students learn the concepts and processes of the life sciences." You
can find information here for activities on health and the body.
Excellent activities that are correlated to National Science
Standards.
Teacher resources: www.accessexcellence.org/AE/ATG/
Cells Alive ('H')
This site contains descriptions and pictures of various human and
bacterial cells.
www.cellsalive.com/toc.htm
Your Gross and Cool Body ('E' 'M') (Standards)
Body functions and body systems, all written creatively. Unit is
correlated to educational standards. By the Discovery Channel.
yucky.kids.discovery.com/body/
Teacher resources:
yucky.kids.discovery.com/teachercenter/pg000064.htm
The Heart: An Online Exploration ('E' 'M' 'H') (Standards)
This site offers extensive information on the human heart engagingly
presented. It is the next best thing to the actual exhibit at the
Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Contains color photos, heart
mpeg movies, sound files of the heart beating, and classroom
activities. Very good teacher resources, with a 16 page downloadable
guide correlated to National, NJ, PA and DE Science Education
standards.
www.fi.edu/biosci/TOC.biosci.html
Teacher resources:
www.fi.edu/tfi/exhibits/biosci.html and http://www.fi.edu/biosci/activity/activity.html
Human Body and Mind ('M' 'H')
Part of the BBC website with good information and numerous
interactive learning challenges (assemble a skeleton, organ and
muscles games, brain map, and more).
www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/index.shtml
Human Body and How It Works ('M' 'H')
Interactive activities by the National Institutes of Health on these
topics: Circulation Station (guide a red blood cell through the
body), Ophthalmoscope (test your observation skills), Sickle Cell
Anemia (determine the risks), and Chromosomes (how cells reproduce).
Each activity highlights the role of physicians, providing a small
preview of medical careers.
www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/activities/
Kids' and Teens' Health ('M' 'H')
Engaging site that covers many topics on the body, emotions,
nutrition, and can be used for both health information and a study
of the body. Site is divided and geared differently for kids, teens,
and parents. A teacher will find many of the activities to be useful
lesson supplements. "You will find doctor-approved health
information about children from before birth through adolescence.
Created by The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health
Media."
http://www.kidshealth.org/index.html
The Longevity Game ('E' 'M' 'H')
Play The Longevity Game and calculate how long you can expect to
live. A game which gives you some sense of major factors that
influence your longevity and how different behavioral choices may
alter the outcome. By Northwestern Mutual Financial Network.
www.nmfn.com/tnetwork/longevity_game_popup.html
Neuroscience for Kids ('E' 'M' 'H')
Explore the nervous system and immerse yourself in experiments and
activities to help you learn more about it. Lesson plans for
teachers included. Maintained by Eric Chudler, Ph.D., University of
Washington.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
Teacher resources:
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/experi.html
The NPAC Visible Human Viewer ('H')
A JAVA applet, developed at Syracuse University, that allows you to
extract planar views of the Visible Human male dataset. You may need
to spend a little time getting used to the controls.
www.npac.syr.edu/projects/vishuman/VisibleHuman.html
Nutrition On the Web ('M' 'H')
Offers nutrition information for adolescents. Use interactive forms
to compute ideal weight, basal and active metabolic rates, a diet
planner, health quiz and a live chat forum. The site is available in
English, German and Spanish! Designed by students for
Think Quest's educational web project
competition.
library.thinkquest.org/10991/
Versión en Español:
library.thinkquest.org/10991/spanish/index.html
Using Our Senses ('E') (Standards)
Two class sessions for grades K-2 planned by the National Library of
Medicine and the National Institute of Health and correlated to
National Science Education and English Language Arts Standards.
Teacher resources:
www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/resources/lesson_k_2.html
Vision: Visual Illusions ('E' 'M')
Learn about the brain, the senses, and especially, visual illusions
and why they are important. An interactive site. By Questicon,
Australia's National Science and Technology Centre.
www.questacon.edu.au/html/incredible_illusions.html
Teacher resources:
www.questacon.edu.au/html/illusions_teacher_materials.html
What's Happening to Your Body? ('M') (Standards)
Three class sessions for grades 5-8 planned by the National Library
of Medicine and the National Institute of Health and correlated to
National Science Education and English Language Arts Standards.
Teacher resources:
www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/resources/lesson_5_8.html
Your Beating Heart ('E') (Standards)
Three class sessions for grades 3-4 planned by the National Library
of Medicine and the National Institute of Health and correlated to
National Science Education, Math and English Language Arts
Standards.
Teacher resources:
www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/resources/lesson_3_4.html
More health/human body lesson plans in
Sciences:
LESSON PLANS / CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
|
