Teaching the Human Body Systems in Elementary

Science

Are you teaching about the human body systems in your classroom this year? Our human body unit is always one of the biggest hits of the year! Our students love getting to learn about how their bodies work. It wasn’t always this way though!

Finding age appropriate resources about the human body can be hard. We needed to find a balance between making it clear and understandable for young learners but also giving enough detail and scientific background so that it would be interesting. We struggled for years to find the perfect balance so we finally just made our own!

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Our Human Body Systems Units cover 6 different body systems, integrating science with literacy. The best part? They’re available in two different versions! Learn more about them here!

What is included in each Human Body unit?

Printed pocketbook unit about the digestive body system.
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  • Ready for you lesson plans
  • Informational PowerPoint presentation
  • Posters
  • Reading Comprehension Workbook
  • Vocabulary Activities
  • Graphic Organizers & Writing Papers
  • Supplemental Pages & Early Finisher Activities
  • SMART ART Writing Activity

How does the pocketbook work?

We love using Pocketbook Units since they keep everything organized and are easy to put together!  Instructions for creating the pocketbook are included in your download. They are really easy to make!  All you need is a binding machine (most schools already have one), binding combs, and construction paper. If your school doesn’t have a binding machine you can use, we like this binding machine.  It is a great deal and comes along with 100 binding combs! When your binding combs run out, grab our favorite ones here.  *Affiliate links included

The best part about Pocketbooks is they let you seamlessly move through content with your students, and each child will be able to create their own portfolio along the way to store their work. That’s right, no more losing student work because everything fits into the Pocketbook!  Students, parents and administrators LOVE the impressive final product, and it will be a keepsake that they will be proud of and love to show off!!

Example of reading comprehension pages included about the human body systems.
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We’ve bundled all 6 Human Body units together! Grab the bundle here. If you’re looking to purchase them separately, click the links here.

Muscular System

Respiratory System

Digestive System

Nervous System

Circulatory System

How does the digital unit work?

Powerpoint slide showing vocabulary about the skeletal body system.
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Digital units have become a staple in teaching and they aren’t going anywhere. We are all familiar with how they are used for distance learning but we also love them for in person instruction! With our digital units, you get all of the resources listed above in easy to use formats. Easily assign each activity through Google Classroom or SeeSaw!

If you’re looking for easy differentiation, digital units are for you! Our digital units come with editable powerpoint presentations and an editable version of the reading comprehension booklet. This lets you easily differentiate materials for all of the learners in your classroom!

You can get all 6 digital units bundled together here or click the links below for the individual units.

Circulatory System

Digestive System

Muscular System

Nervous System

Respiratory System

Skeletal System

We would love to see images of these Human Body System Units in your classroom! Send us an email at doubledoseoflearning@gmail.com with your pictures.

Looking for other science units? Check out these blog posts:

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Printed pocketbook unit about the digestive body system.
Example of reading comprehension pages included about the human body systems.
Powerpoint slide showing vocabulary about the skeletal body system.
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