Body Systems, Structures, and Functions

Grades 6-12.

Teaches about major organs and systems in the human body. Students will first complete an activity that exposes their current knowledge and ideas about the sizes and locations of specific organs. Next, they group Organ and Structure cards and explore the functions of several human body systems, then they create a three-dimensional model of selected body systems. Finally, they color the organ systems on a diagram and test their knowledge of systems and organs as they revisit their earlier ideas. Takes about five class periods to complete. For eight groups of four students.