SchoolHouse Rock (All Grades)
Principles of the digestive, circulatory, skeletal, and central nervous systems are explained in the songs found at SchoolHouse Rock. Lyrics of the songs can be printed out and sung in class. Students can also listen to the songs on the computer.
http://genxtvland.simplenet.com/SchoolHouseRock/science.hts?lo |
Heartbeat (All Grades)
Students can listen to the beat of a heart with this sound clip. Have students compare this sound to the beat of their own heart, which they can hear using a stethoscope.
http://sw.org/chc/video/rapid_he.wav |
Brain Songs (Pre-K-1)
Students can read and sing along with songs about the brain at this site. Can students come up with their own songs? Suggest the tune of a common song and a human body theme to get them started.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/songs.html |
Pictures of the Nervous System (2-3)
Here children can print out different images of the Nervous System for a class book. Students can also pick one image and research it.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/colorbook.html |
Doctor Over Time (4-5)
How has treatment of the body changed since 1900? Since 1950? In this interactive slideshow, students can see how treatments of common diagnoses have changed over the years. Have students explain in small groups how these changes have affected diagnoses over the years.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/doctor/# |
The Virtual Body (4-5)
Students can watch movie clips explaining the function of different body parts at these sites. From the information, students can write their own questions for a class trivia game.
http://www.medtropolis.com/vbody/
http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/index.html |