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Lesson Plan
Name: Justin Ray
Age/Grade Level: 7th Grade
Number of Students with IEP:
English Language Learners: 0
LIFE SCIENCE

Date: 10/18/16
Number of Students: 27
Number of Gifted Students: 0
Unit/Lesson Title: Human Body Systems 1
Lesson Length: 1:15 minutes

Context
Students have previously studied cells and cell organelles.
Second block is my low block.
o 7 students in this block were retained last year
o They will be given an extra time, beyond this unit plan, to complete the
assignment.
o Notes will be provided on Google Classroom for them.
Learning Objectives(s)
By the end of this lesson students will be able to construct a flow chart describing the
progression from cells to tissue, organs, organ systems, and organisms.
S7L2. Students will describe the structure and function of cells, tissues, organs, and organ
systems.
o c. Explain that cells are organized into tissues, tissues into organs, organs into
systems, and systems into organisms.
o d. Explain that tissues, organs, and organ systems serve the needs cells have for
oxygen, food, and waste removal.
o e. Explain the purpose of the major organ systems in the human body (i.e.,
digestion, respiration, reproduction, circulation, excretion, movement, control,
and coordination, and for protection from disease).
Essential Question(s)
How do cells become Body Systems?
Resources, Media and Technology
Brain Pop Video https://www.brainpop.com/health/bodysystems/humanbody/
Introduction to the different human body systems and that they interact.
Quizizz assessment over brainpop video
Google Classroom
Bell ringer
Graphic Organizer Assignment instructions
Notes for second block
www.Google.com
Smartboard
J. Ray pg. 1

For showing brainpop video.

Chromebooks
Doing Bell ringer
For taking quizizz assessment.
White paper, color pencils, crayons, marker

Procedures
Begin Class with Bell Ringer on Google Classroom (10 minutes)
o What is tissue?
o Is an organ one type of tissue or many?
o What is the most important organ system?
o Can an organ system function independent of other organ systems?
Lesson on cells forming tissue, to organs, to organ systems, to organism. This will be a
combination of lecture along with students being encouraged to google images of cells,
tissue, organs, and organ systems. (30 minutes)
o Like Cells come together to form tissue.
Periosteum cells form periosteum tissue
Compact bone cells form compact bone tissue
Spongey bone cells form spongy bone tissue
Yellow bone marrow cells form yellow bone tissue
Red bone marrow cells form red bone tissue
o Various types of tissue come together to form organs
Periosteum tissue covers the exterior of the compact bone.
Compact bone covers the exterior of the spongy bone.
Spongy bone covers the yellow and red bone marrow.
Blood Vessels penetrate the bone to import and export nutrients and blood
into and out of the bone.
All of this comes together to form bones.
o Various types of organs come together to form organ systems
Different types of bones come together to form the skeletal system.
o Different types of organ systems work together to form organisms
Types of human body systems
Circulatory
Digestive
Excretory
Immune
Integumentary
Lymphatic
Muscular
Nervous
Respiratory
Skeletal
All come together to make the human organism
Show Brain Pop Video shown on smartboard (10 minutes)
o This is to reinforce and give a different perspective to the lesson

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Use Quizizz to check for understanding. The quizizz will be taken on their chromebooks.
(15 minutes)
Questions from assessment
o The human bodys systems are interrelated. In other words:
They depend on each other
o What does your circulator system have in common with your nervous system?
Theyre both networks that stretch throughout your entire body
o What might happen if your endocrine system werent functioning properly?
Your body might not grow or mature properly
o Which system breaks down food so that nutrients and water can be used by the
body?
Digestive system
o From Tims explanation of the respiratory system, what can you infer about the
buildup of carbon dioxide in the bloodstream?
From Tims explanation of the respiratory system, what can you infer
about the buildup of carbon dioxide in the bloodstream?
o Which bodily system is the easiest to see without an x-ray or body scanner?
The Integumentary system
o If a virus got into your body, which systems might work together to fight it.
The immune system and the lymphatic system
o How does the urinary system get rid of chemical wastes?
By flushing them out of the body
o Which system delivers oxygen and nutrients to the body parts that need them?
The Circulatory System
o The heart is to the circulatory system as ___________ is to the nervous system.
Brain
Introduce students to Human Body systems assignment. I will give oral instructions and
the students will have the assignment posted on google classroom. (10 minutes)
o Begin researching body systems for assignment.

Informal Assessment
Answers to bell ringer
Quizizz quiz

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Assignment for future assessment

Human Body Systems Graphic Organizer:
Students are to create a graphic organizer with the following information: Name of system,
basic functions, organs, brief description of how it interacts with another body system.
This is to be done on white paper ONLY. Each student must turn in their own graphic
organizer but you can work together to answer questions and look up information. I will
be available to answer questions as well. Also, you have your chromebooks! There is a
whole internet of information and pictures that will help you with this assignment.
Systems to cover:
Circulatory System
Endocrine System
Immune System
Lymphatic System
Reproductive System
Muscular System

Digestive System
Excretory System
Integumentary System
Nervous system
Skeletal System

This will be a formal assessment and will be taken up at the end of the week.

(NOTE Differentiation: Second block has 7 students who were retained last year. This class is
the low class out of our 4 blocks. They will be afforded more time if needed to complete this
assignment.)

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