In this slideshow students learn that the skeleton gives the human body a supporting frame and protects the internal organs. The resource illustrates that the skeletal system is attached to the muscular system, and they work together, allowing the body to move.

In this slideshow students will learn about the circulatory system. The resource illustrates that the circulatory system is a huge and complex system within our bodies that transports materials, blood and waste and is made up of the heart and blood vessels.

In this slideshow students will learn about the muscular system. This resource illustrates how the muscular system helps vital organs function, and it also performs another very important job. The muscular system is attached to the skeletal system, and that is what allows a person to move!

In this slideshow students learn about the respiratory system. The resource illustrates ideas that the lungs pull in oxygen through your nose, mouth, and throat. Then, in the lungs, the oxygen is transferred to the blood vessels and the lungs draw waste, carbon dioxide, out of the veins. Then a person can exhale all the waste!

In this lesson students will collect data on their cardiovascular system by measuring their heart rates at different moments (still, walking slowly, walking fast, jogging, running, jumping, doing something that makes them happy or stressed, etc). They will organize the collected data highlighting the relationships and emphasizing particular aspects of the data set to communicate different interpretations through a LiveGap Chart. They will write a paragraph stating their conclusions on how the cardiovascular system is affected by physical activity and emotions.

Our 5th grade team uses this as an activating strategy once the skeletal/ muscular system have been reviewed. It is a part of our unit for this standard.

In this lesson, students learn about the skeletal system by designing and building an exoskeleton or endoskeleton for an animal of their own invention.

In this lesson, students learn about endoskeletons by observing, comparing and contrasting different kinds of chicken bones, and by relating their chicken bon observations to human bones.

In this interactive resource, students can learn about the bones making up the skeleton in the human body. Students will begin with a skeleton tutorial and then can play games where they will place the bones in the correct location of the body.

In this lesson, students work in teams to simulate the movement of blood through the circulatory system by transferring liquid into - and through - a series of containers.

Students learn that there are different systems within the body and that they work independently and together to form a functioning human body.

Students learn about bones and outlines the basic information about each of the major bone groups of the human body. Text for this article is appropriate for the upper elementary grade levels. A Spanish version of the article and a read-aloud option are also provided on the site.

Students learn about the digestive process and describes each major organ in the system. Text for this article is appropriate for the upper elementary levels. A Spanish version of the article and a read-aloud option are also provided on the site.

Students learn about the heart and circulatory system and how to monitor and care for the heart. Text for this article is appropriate for the upper elementary levels. A Spanish version of the article and a read-aloud option are also provided on the site.

Students learn about the lungs and the basic information about inhalation and exhalation. Text for this article is appropriate for the upper elementary grade levels. A Spanish version of the article and a read-aloud option are also provided on the site.

Students learn about muscles and the basic information about the three types of muscles found in the human body. Text for this article is appropriate for the upper elementary grade levels. A Spanish version of the article and a read-aloud option are also provided on the site.