Lesson Plan

The Human Body Lesson Plan: Bigs Edition

Read the pioneers, collect real heart rate data, and test the enzymes that digest food.

This is the Bigs Edition of The Human Body: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades 7-8. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: How do digestion and circulation turn a meal into energy for every cell, and how did we figure it out?

The Week

• Mon: Reading the Pioneers (Reading) • Tue: Science and Fairness (Writing & Words) • Wed: Heart Rate Recovery Lab (Science & Math) • Thu: Enzyme Showdown (Hands-on Project) • Fri: Lab Talk and Lung Test (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of The Human Body has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade 7-8 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Bigs (grades 7-8), about 90 to 120 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: Heart Rate Recovery Lab
• Sequence cards (Blood Through the Heart) and a cut-and-sort page (Where Does It Happen?)
• Writing page: Science and Fairness
• Hands-on project: Enzyme Showdown
• Word search, crossword, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 4 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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