|
Title:
| Human Body Systems: Interaction |
|
Description:
| Learn about human body systems and how they work together on these websites. Take a virtual tour of the body to see what it looks like from the inside. There are videos, interactives, and quizzes. Included is an eThemes resource on individual human body systems. |
|
Grade Level:
| 4, 5, 6, 7 |
|
Resource Links:
| Your Gross Cool Body
Use the drop-down menus at the top to find out about different body functions and systems.
Virtual Body
This fun, multimedia site allows you to take a guided tour of the skeleton, brain, heart, digestive tract, and their functions. You can build your own skeleton, take a narrated tour of the brain, see an animated heart, or zoom in on the digestive system to get a closer look.
The Visible Human Project
This site contains numerous anatomically detailed photographs and three-dimensional representations of the human body. Click on "A sampler of images and animations from the Project" to see an animated trip through the Visible Human male body.
Exploratorium: Revealing Bodies
Move the slider to look inside the human body and see where different organs and systems are located.
You Have to Have a System
Here is a series of hyperlinked articles that explain how different bodily systems interact with each other and how they relate to the heart.
ThinkQuest: Body Tour
Explore human anatomy on this site. Click the "Tour" link for a quick tour of the body's systems. NOTE: This site has a guestbook.
Merck Manual: Organ Systems
This article explains what the different body systems do and how they interact. Includes a chart of major organ systems. NOTE: Reading level is for older students.
Systems of the Human Body
Students can learn about the different systems within the body and that they work independently and together with this lesson plan. Includes an interactive game and worksheet.
A Look Inside the Human Body
This site for fourth graders focuses on four major body systems and includes fact sheets and illustrations.
Neuroscience for Kids
Here is a chart that explains how the nervous system interacts with ten other body systems, including the respiratory, endocrine, and integumentary systems.
How the Body Works
Click on an icon for a short video tutorial about that particular body system. Requires Flash Player.
Health Trivia
This page has facts and statistics about the human body, including nine major systems.
Quia: Interactions of Human Body Systems
Test your understanding of how body systems interact with this quiz.
eThemes Resource: Human Body Systems
Learn about the different human body systems and how they function in these sites that are written for elementary students. Includes illustrations, animated movies, and online quizzes. There are links to several eThemes Resources on anatomy.
|
|
Education Standards:
|
AR Standards:
LS.2.4.3.a, LS.2.4.3.b, LS.2.4.3.c, LS.2.7.6.a, LS.2.7.6.b, LS.2.7.6.c, LS.2.7.6.d, LS.2.7.6.e, LS.2.7.6.f, LS.2.7.6.g, LS.2.7.6.h, LS.2.7.6.i, LS.2.7.8, LS.2.7.9
IL Standards:
12.7.02
ME Standards:
C.4, C.3, C.5
MO Standards:
3.2.C.a
NV Standards:
L.5.B.1
OH Standards:
2.A.1
UT Standards:
III.1.e, III.2.d
If you are an eMINTS teacher and standards have not been defined for your
state, click the button below to request that they be assigned to this resource.
|
