Do you want to teach about Human Systems and The Respiratory System through online learning?
I have a great resource for you on teaching the respiratory system and human body systems for middle school science. This resource is aligned with the standards for NGSS MS-LS1-3. and Utah SEEd 7th Grade. Students will learn about human systems and their organization's cells-tissue-organ-system and the respiratory system.
This activity is a good follow up to learning about cells and their parts and function in the human body. Other human systems that are interesting to learn about are the Digestive System and the circulatory system.
This resource is an online unit on the respiratory system. This Google product provides your students with informational text passages, interactive activities, videos, response pages, a lab, and a quiz. Students will make arguments from evidence and will learn about the organization of the human body: cell-tissue-organ-system. They will learn that the human body has systems and each system is a collection of subsystems comprised of specialized cells and tissue. This is an online unit in Google Slides. Perfect for Google Classroom. This resource is formatted horizontally to make it easier to use on a device. Students will be able to write and record ideas and drag and drop in the interactive features right on the slides in edit mode.
This unit includes a hands-on activity to make a model of a working lung out of inexpensive materials. All you will need for this is a straw, plastic bottle, rubber band, two balloons, and some modeling clay. I believe students can make this simple model at home as long as they have the materials, but if they do not have materials, I have included a video of the working model so that you can at least show it to students.
Standards Addressed:
NGSS MS-LS1-3.
Use argument supported by evidence
for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed
of groups of cells. [Clarification Statement:
Emphasis is on the conceptual understanding that cells form tissues and tissues
form organs specialized for particular body functions. Examples could include
the interaction of subsystems within a system and the normal functioning of
those systems.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment
does not include the mechanism of one body system independent of others.
Assessment is limited to the circulatory, excretory, digestive, respiratory,
muscular, and nervous systems.]
Utah SEEd 7.3.3 Construct an explanation
using evidence to explain how body systems have various levels of organization.
Emphasize that cells form tissues, tissues form organs, and organs form systems
specialized for particular body functions. Examples could include relationships
between the circulatory, excretory, digestive, respiratory, muscular, skeletal,
or nervous systems. Specific organ functions will be taught at the high school
level. (LS1.A)
Students will begin by reading informational text.
This resource is online in Google Slides with plenty of interactive activities.
Students will take notes.
There are other activities like videos, worksheet responses (online), and a quiz.
Students will even make a working model of a lung!
Students will love these engaging activities.
This resource also includes a guided relaxation exercise using diaphragmatic breathing by a licensed psychotherapist (full disclosure: he is my husband and he made this video for the resource and it is geared towards middle school students).
Download the entire unit today! Respiratory System Online Paperless Unit NGSS MS-LS1-3 and Utah SEEd 7.3.3
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