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Human Body Systems for Grade 7
2017 Science P.L.U.S. Institute
Roper Mountain Science Center
Greenville, South Carolina
Academic Course Description:
Hands-on, inquiry-based activities emphasizing science process skills will provide the vehicles for studying concepts
that correlate to the South Carolina Science Academic Standards for seventh grade life science. Course topics are
designed to enhance the middle school teacher’s life science knowledge base and provide appropriate lessons for the
7th grade science classroom. Activities are aimed at developing awareness in students of how the levels of
organization within organisms support the essential functions of life. Students will additionally demonstrate how
multicellular organisms (including humans) are complex systems with specialized cells that perform specific
functions. Case studies and lab simulations extend the learning experience in order to make connections between the
various body systems and how they serve the needs of the organism. Participants receive a significant quantity of
science materials for performing the activities in their classrooms.
Outline of Course Content:
2014 SC SCIENCE STANDARD
LIFE SCIENCE: ORGANIZATION IN LIVING SYSTEMS 7.L.3 – ​The student will demonstrate an understanding of how
the levels of organization within organisms support the essential functions of life.
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING: 7L.3B - ​Multi-cellular organisms (including humans) are complex systems with
specialized cells that perform specific functions. Organs and organ systems are composed of cells that function to serve the
needs of cells which in turn serve the needs of the organisms.
PERFORMANCE INDICATOR: 7L.3B.2 – ​Construct explanations for how systems in the human body work together to
support the essential life functions of the body.
Unit Driving Question: ​How do systems in the human body work together to support the essential life functions of the body?
Topics
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Lab Safety
Interactive Science
Notebooking
Facilitating Student
Engagement
Claim, Evidence,
Reasoning Draft
Levels of
Organization
Musculoskeletal
System
Nervous System
Activities or Assignments
Introduction Ice Breaker
Inquiry Role Play Cards
What do I Know? Engagement Activity
How to Notebook for Middle School
Lab Safety Rap Video and iMovie
It Starts With…?
Scale to Size – Cell to System
Tissue Tour
Muscle Map
Assessment Tools – ABC’s of the Human
Body
Body Station Labs – Skeletal/Muscular
Bone Inquiry Density Lab
Construct the bone, skeletal system and
Joints
A Working Muscle
They come in Pairs Lab
Neuron Domino
Brain Booklet and Brain Hat
Correlation to SC Science Academic Standards
Develop, use, and refine models to understand or
represent phenomena, processes, and relationships,
test devices or solutions, or communicate ideas to
others.
Relate organization with an organism. The levels of
organization, from the simplest level to the most
complex such as cell, tissues, organs, systems.
The main function of the musculoskeletal system is
to provide movement and support for the body, to
protect internal organs, and to provide attachment
sites for the muscles.
The main functions of the nervous systems are to
receive stimuli from inside and outside the body, to
interpret the stimuli, and initiate responses for
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To Think or Not to Think
What does the Brain See? The Stroupe Test
Brain and Drug Addictions
Ted Talk Brain Research and Padlet
Response
Assessment Tools – Go Formative,
EdPuzzle
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Body Station Labs – Digestive/Excretory
Assessment Tools
Nutrient Breakdown Lab
Peristalsis Demo
Food to Feces Story Script
Chem Matters Food on the Move
Poo Poo Line Digestive Race
Diffusion/Osmosis Lab
Breathe This Way, Exhale This Way! –
Construct a Lung
Assessment Tools – Board Builder
The main functions of the digestive system are to
break down foods into nutrients that can be used by
the body, absorb nutrients that are necessary for
energy, growth, and maintenance, and rid the body
of solid wastes.
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Digestive System
Excretory System
Circulatory System
Respiratory System
Interrelationships
Staying Healthy
Claim, Evidence,
Reasoning Final
Body Station Labs –
Circulatory/Respiratory
Blood – Liquid Life Model
Pump it up!
Heartbreak Hotel
Its Alive!
Red to Blue... I’m Leaving You!
Assessment Tools – TedEd, Amoeba
Sisters
Paper Dolls - Body Systems Foldable
Energy Drinks Case Study
S.O.S
It’s My Perspective
Survey and Pack Up
The main function of the excretory system is to filter
cellular waste, toxins (chemicals that could be
poisonous to the body), and excess water that could
result from cellular respiration.
The main function of the circulatory system is to
transport blood to all parts of the body so that gases,
nutrients, and waste products are transported to and
from the cells.
The main function of the respiratory system is to
provide gas exchange between the blood and the air.
Understand the basic form and function of each of
the body systems as well as the interrelationships
that occur between systems to ensure the survival
of the organism.
Daily Activities:
● Interactive Science Notebooking
● Reflection via Padlet
● Argumentative Writing Techniques using Claim, Evidence, & Reasoning