In my school, 2nd grade and 5th grade have units on the human body. To satisfy their different maturities, I’ve developed two lists of websites to complement this inquiry. I put them on the class internet start page so when students have free time, they can visit (check here for updates):
2nd-3rd Grade
- Blood Flow
- Body Systems
- Build a Skeleton
- Can you place these parts in the correct place?
- Choose the systems you want to see.
- Find My Body Parts
- How the Body Works
- Human Body Games
- Human Body websites
- Human Body—by a 2nd grade class—video
- Human Body—videos on how body parts work
- Inside the Human Body: Grades 1-3
- Kids’ Health-My Body
- Matching Senses
- Muscles Game
- Nutrition Music and Games from Dole
- Senses Challenge
- Google Human Body
- Weird stuff your body does
4th-5th Grade
- Brain’s Secret Life
Google’s Ebody is a virtual tour of the human body - Choose a System and Learn About it
- ESkeltons.org
- Google Human Body
- The heart
- Human body—explore it
- Human Body—Fast Facts
- Human Body websites
- Inside the Human Body: Grades 4-6
- Neuroscience for Kids
- Virtual Body
- Virtual Knee Surgery
Do you have any others to add? I’d love to hear them.
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That looks like an excellent structure and a good base for lesson plans. I am amazed by what teachers do.
There are great human body websites for students. This is always a fun unit.