Our children studied Human Anatomy and Physiology using Apologia Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology and had a fabulous homeschool learning experience through the hands-on lessons, models, and games.
While these lessons could be used in conjunction with any human anatomy and physiology curriculum, I recommend using Junior Notebooking Journal for Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology to guide elementary-aged children through the science lessons.
Some of the lessons include free anatomy lesson powerpoints, printables, and other ideas for making your homeschool science lessons more interactive and fun.
Enjoy!
Human Anatomy and Physiology Lesson Plans
- Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology
- Human Skeletal System
- Human Muscular System
- Human Digestive System
- Nutrition
- Human Respiratory System
- Human Circulatory System
- Cardiovascular System
- Nervous System
- Human Brain
- The 5 Senses
- Skin
- Lymphatic & Immune System
- Genes & Chromosomes
Additional Resources for Human Anatomy and Physiology…
Human Skeletal System
Muscular System Resources
- Studying Muscles with Spell Outloud
- How Do Muscles Work with Kids Activities Blog
Digestive System and Nutrition Resources
- Kids Eating Healthy (video)
- Vegetables on My Plate (video)
- Choose My Plate (website)
- Talking My Plate (interactive website/game)
- Place Setting Template (printable from Education.com – great with pictures cut from magazines)
- Spell Outloud Nutrition Lesson
- The Power of Choice PDF Curriculum from the USDA
- Printable activities for various ages at Super Kids Nutrition
- Nutrition Math at Kidzmet (links and ideas)
Human Respiratory System
- Respiratory System 3D (video)
- Heart & Lungs Buddy Book (PDF – coloring book)
- Human Respiratory System at Spell Outloud (lesson post)
- Working Respiratory System (animation)
- Free Powerpoint Presentations (website with links)
Circulatory System
- Various printables for reading comprehension based on the study of blood and/or the circulatory system at Ed Helper
- Recipe for homemade blood from Science Sparks
- Examination of the marrow in a chicken bone from The Homeschool Den
Cardiovascular System
- Free Online Coloring Pages of the heart
- Create an Inflatable Heart Craft
- Learning About the Heart Lesson from Spell Outloud
- How the Body Works: Heart website
- Unit Lesson for Studying the Heart
- Healthy Kids Heart Healthy Lesson Plans
- Electric Beats (for middle and high school biology or health classes)
- Here’s To Your Healthy Heart!
- Lesson Corner (tons of links)
- Annual Education Kits from American Heart Association
Skin Resources
- Skin File Folder Game from File Folder Fun
- A Model of the Skin from Flower’s in Mary’s Garden
- Lesson review at The Homeschool Scientist
Nervous System
- Nervous System Tutorials and Quizzes
- Nervous System Notebooking Pages at Cynce’s Place
- The Nervous System lesson at Spell Outloud
- Nervous System at YouTube
Human Brain
5 Senses Resources
- 5 Senses Sorting Game from Lakeshore Learning
- 5 Senses Poster Set (free) at Teachers Pay Teachers
- 5 Senses of the Human Body (video) on YouTube
- 5 Senses Sing-a-long on YouTube
Lymphatic & Immune Systems
- Detailed illustrations and study guide
- How germs spread activity
- Ideas and printables from The Home Teacher
- Human Body Lapbook by 1+1+1=1
- Giant Germ Lapbook by Yee Shall Know
- My Body Lapbook at Homeschool Share
DNA, Genes, and Chromosomes
- Mendelian Genetics
- Genetics Documentary
- Gender Determination in Humans and Animals
- What are Phenotypes?
- Relationship of Cells, DNA, Chromosomes, etc
- Transcribe a DNA Strand at The University of Utah
- Virtual Labs and Interactive Tools at The University of Utah
- Easter Egg Genetics at Science Matters
- Genetics & Genomics Research & Lesson from The Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
- Mitosis: Chromosome Replication and Division Lesson Plans at Biology Lessons
- Probability & Genetics at Kids Do Science
