Body Lab Grades 3 to 5
12 weeks of body systems: build models, take your pulse, test your reflexes.
Free, start to finish. No card. Every week opens without signing in.
- Grade
- Grades 3 to 5
- Length
- 12 weeks
- Pace
- 6 short lessons a week, about 15 minutes each
- Price
- Free, every week
About this course
Body Lab Grades 3 to 5 is a 12-week science course about how the human body works. Kids move from cells to whole systems: the skeleton, muscles, heart and blood, lungs, digestion, brain and nerves, the senses and the body's defenders. Each week has short daily lessons, quick checks that give a hint before the answer, hands-on models and a Body Lab Day with the family. Every week is free.
Kids will
- Explain how cells, tissues, organs and systems fit together
- Describe how bones, joints and muscle pairs make movement
- Measure pulse and breathing and graph how exercise changes them
- Trace the path of food and of blood through the body
- Explain how the brain, nerves and senses take in information
- Plan a healthy day that supports every body system
The 12 weeks
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Week 1
Cells to Systems
How a body is built, from tiny to big
NGSS 4-LS1-1
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Week 2
The Skeleton
The living frame that holds you up
NGSS 4-LS1-1
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Week 3
Muscles
The pullers that move you
NGSS 4-LS1-1
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Week 4
Heart and Blood
The pump and its delivery roads
NGSS 4-LS1-1
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Week 5
Lungs and Breathing
Oxygen in, carbon dioxide out
NGSS 4-LS1-1
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Week 6
Digestion
Food's long trip, powered by the Sun
NGSS 5-PS3-1
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Week 7
Brain and Nerves
The control center and its messengers
NGSS 4-LS1-2
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Week 8
Eyes and Seeing
How light becomes a picture
NGSS 4-PS4-2
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Week 9
Ears, Hearing and Balance
Good vibrations and a steady body
NGSS 4-LS1-2
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Week 10
Skin, Touch, Smell and Taste
The senses that touch, sniff and sample the world
NGSS 4-LS1-2
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Week 11
Body Defenders
Skin, tears, mucus and white blood cells
NGSS 4-LS1-1
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Week 12
Healthy Body Capstone
Sleep, movement, water and food for every system
NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1
Standards practiced. NGSS: 4-LS1-1, 5-PS3-1, 4-LS1-2, 4-PS4-2, 3-5-ETS1-1. Each week has short lessons Monday to Friday and a Body Lab Day with the family on Saturday.
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