Body Systems Unit Lessons: High School Curriculum + QR Codes: High School Health Curriculum
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This digital download product, is editable in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for print and online on Google Drive.
Engage students with this interactive 3-week Human Body Systems Unit! Everything needed for teaching, whether online or in print, is included. You’ll find step-by-step teacher directions, slideshows, videos, QR-coded research, a card game, a board game template for student creation, a unit assessment, and a "Body Systems Rap/Song/Poem" competition!
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Step-by step PowerPoint and Google Slides Speaker Notes: Guided Teacher Directions are now available in the PowerPoint and Google Slides Speaker Notes pull up tab. Simply click and drag up to view, designed to be a one-stop-shop teaching experience. Open your Presentation and you’re ready to teach!
Three slideshow presentation versions to choose from, depending on your technology needs: PowerPoint, Online (Google Slides) and PDF.
A ’Teacher/Student’ Document pairs with presentations providing exams/quizzes/keys, worksheets, student examples and many more additional resources, when available. Two link options will be provided for accessing Teacher/Student documents: a link to a printable version and/or an online student fill-in version.
Why Purchase this resource:
>> Integrated Skills Based, Content Based / Knowledge Based. The best of both worlds.
>> Meets all HS National Health Education Standards.
>> Meets all HS Technical Subjects Health Common Core Standards.
>> Meets all Washington State’s rigorous Health Education Standards.
- Includes 84 QR Code Group Worksheets with linked websites for research.
- Features a Google Slides “Body Systems WebQuest.”
- Offers The Big 5 Body System African Safari, a unique student-advocacy activity (preview available).
- Packed with engaging photos and interactive group activities that students love.
- Designed for both print and digital platforms (Google Drive and Microsoft Office).
- Includes a Coronavirus Lesson to help students learn through relevant current events.
This resource is taken from our #1 Best-Selling High School Health Curriculum on Teacher Pay Teachers!
What's Included:
- 147 Pages of step-by-step teacher directions.
- 87-Slide PowerPoint to guide each lesson.
- 8 Editable Body Systems Questions with website links for print or online use.
- Coronavirus Lesson: Students fill in a timeline with emojis (provided).
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Body Systems Covered:
- Circulatory
- Respiratory
- Nervous
- Muscular
- Skeletal
- Digestive
- Immune
- Integumentary (Skin)
- Grading Rubric for class presentations.
- 84 QR-Coded Research Links to guide students to informational websites.
- Editable Unit Test and Key: Options for print or Google Forms.
Note: The middle and high school units are not designed to be used to teach to the same students in both programs, as activities may overlap! If you need both middle and high school Health units to teach to the same students, see my "Sequential Middle and High School Health!"
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Daily Breakdown:
Day 1: Body Systems Introduction
- Start with “Can You Do This?” fun body activities.
- Present “Our Amazing Body” slideshow.
- Organize students into teams with 8 “Quick Facts Sheets.”
- Host a team competition with “Choose a Team Name Art.”
Day 2: QR-Coded Group Research
- Introduce students to a “Body Systems Rap Video.”
- Explore the “Virtual Body Website.”
- Optional: Provide the “Body Systems Overview Handout.”
- Guide group research with a “QR Coded Worksheet” for 8 body systems.
- Optional: Share “50 Really Weird Facts About Your Body.”
Day 3: QR-Coded Research Continued
- Begin with 3 optional videos as an intro.
- Continue working on the “QR Coded Worksheet.”
Day 4: Diseases and Body Systems
- Discuss U.S. Non-Communicable Diseases Mortality Rates.
- Provide the “Non-Communicable Diseases Background Information Sheet.”
- Cover the Top 4 Causes of Death in the U.S., 7 signs of cancer, and skin cancer.
- Assign “Family Medical History Homework.”
- Use the “Preventing Non-Comm Diseases Handout.”
- Engage students with the “Disease Risk Reduction/Prevention Origami Heart” activity.
Day 5: Protecting Body Systems
- Continue with the “Preventing Non-Communicable Diseases Handout.”
- Show the “Common Aging Changes” slideshow.
- Discuss nutrition-related illnesses and obesity.
- Guide students through a “Personal Health Risk Assessment.”
- Optional: Play “The Longevity Game” or Kahoot.
- Assign the Body Systems Research Project for homework.
Day 6: Card Game or Create a Board Game
- Teach students to play “Kings in the Corner” card game with a worksheet.
- Optional: Explore 5 additional card games.
- Provide directions for students to create their own body systems board game (templates included).
Day 7: The Preventative Power of Exercise
- Discuss the benefits of exercise with a slideshow.
- Cover a longevity study and the relationship between exercise and the brain.
- Include an exercise video with a worksheet.
Days 8, 9, 10: Group Presentations
- Guide groups through creating presentations using 9 PowerPoint templates.
- Optional: Require a rap, song, or poem about body systems (examples provided).
- Have groups present to the class.
- Use the “Presentation Note Taking Worksheet” for listening students to study for the test.
- Grade presentations using rubrics provided.
Day 11 - 15: Unit Test
- Fun Body Systems WebQuest on Google Slides!
- “Big 5 Body System African Safari” student-advocacy activity (preview available).
- Choose between two tests:
- Test 1: 30 questions with a key (print or Google Forms).
- Test 2: Derived from the “Presentation Note Taking Worksheet.”
THIS UNIT AND ALL ITS MATERIALS ARE INCLUDED IN MY FULL SEMESTER/YEAR PROGRAMS: "HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH" and "MIDDLE/JUNIOR HIGH SCHOL HEALTH CURRICULUM," AND SOME ACTIVITIES ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN MY "NUTRITION," AND "DISEASES" UNITS.
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