Life Systems: Grade 5 - Human Organ Systems

Overall Expectations (O.E. column below)
  1. demonstrate an understanding of the structure and function of the respiratory, circulatory, digestive, excretory, and nervous systems, and the interactions of organs within each system;
  2. investigate the structure and function of the major organs of the respiratory, circulatory, digestive, excretory, and nervous systems;
  3. demonstrate understanding of factors that contribute to good health.
Related Web Pages
Site Name Online O.E. Description
PE Central
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This site provides current information about muscular and skeletal systems along with integrated physical education activities.
Health & Nutrition Web Sites 2 This attractive Web site provides links to nutrition related resources.
The Heart: An Online Exploration 2 This site allows for an exploration of the human heart. A worthwhile resource including examples of student projects.
The Human Organ Systems 1 This page is a dedicated to the Human Organ Systems for use of student and public research.
Human Anatomy On-Line 1 Welcome to Human Anatomy On-line, the place for fun,interactive and educational views of the human body.This program contains over one hundred illustrations of the human body with animations and thousands of descriptive links.