Boost your Human Body Science Curriculum, including a Unit Study or Classical Conversations Cycle 3, with this comprehensive list of free elementary-age links, resources, activities, and videos.
Also see Classic learning Paths which coincide with Classical Conversations Cycle 3 Science curriculum with additional hands-on activities.
SciShow Kids All About US Series (several SciShow Kids are linked below, here is the entire playlist on the Human Body)
Study Jams (Fantastic resources sorted by topic with videos or slide shows, vocabulary, and quizzes) The Human Body, Nervous System, Muscular System, Immune System, Digestive System, Circulatory System, Skeletal System, Respiratory System, Heredity, and the 5 Senses: Seeing, Hearing, Touch, Taste, Smell
Children’s University of Manchester
Modules by topic:
Kids Health How the Body Works
Explore by body part or the categories below.
Centre of the Cell
(Some of the activities on this site are intense and deal with graphic pictures and heavy subjects such as disease, cancer and other health issues etc. I would not let my child on the site unsupervised. The links below are mild and quite informative and fun. )
Build an Organ Activity (Learn about Tissues)
Cell Turnover – work the timer to see how many cells are produced in your body in that time
Organ Surgery – put the patient’s organs back where they belong (cartoon)
Synapse -more for older children
Bones and Skeletal System
The Skeleton (Children’s University of Manchester)
Heart and Circulatory System
Muscular System
Test your Reflexes-Baseball game
The Brain
The Brain (The Children’s University of Manchester)
Memory Test (Test your Brain!)
Reaction Time: How long does it take for the brain to send messages to the body?
The Five Senses
How the Ear Works (The Children’s University of Manchester)
Smell and Taste (The Children’s University of Manchester)
The Sensitivity of Your Skin (The Children’s University of Manchester)
How the Eye Works(The Children’s University of Manchester)
Lungs and Respiratory System
The Digestive System
Find MORE at Classic learning Paths which coincide with Classical Conversations Cycle 3 Science curriculum with additional hands-on activities.
