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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Fascinate-U Children's Museum
Through touch and play young students learn about health and science topics at this children's museum.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Millis Regional Health Education Center
Visitors are sure to have fun while they learn about the human body and how to stay healthy at this health education facility.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Anatomy of the heart
Students develop their knowledge of the circulatory system by studying the structure and function of the heart and its vessels.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Development and Science)
By Daniel Isenberg and Sharon Mcdonald.
Comparative anatomy: A continuum
In groups, students will design a presentation that will trace the development of an organ system through the major phyla of the animal kingdom looking for the relationships between structure and function by documenting adaptations.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Development, Information Skills, and Science)
By Joan Warner and Melissa Thibault.

Resources on the web

The busy brain
The purpose of this lesson is to understand how the brain receives and sends signals to the body. This lesson focuses more on answering questions and helping students realize the “job” of the brain and the nervous system in regard to the body as... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science