This site shares videos, interactives and other student-friendly educational information about cell  anatomy, communication and more. Shared by the Genetic science learning center at the University of Utah.

Scope and Sequence connection: 6:3 Diversity of Life; 7:3 Dynamic Equilibrium: The Human Animal; 8:1 Reproduction, Heredity and Evolution.

Explore the role of pore size in the diffusion of a substance across a membrane. Shared by the Concord Consortium. 

Scope and Sequence connection: 7:3 Dynamic Equilibrium: The Human Animal.

In this activity, students act out different parts of the human body during the process of metabolizing starch and regulating blood sugar. Although intended for high school students, this lesson can be adapted for middle school students. Provided by Harvard University Life Sciences' HHMI Outreach Program.  

Scope and sequence connection: 7:3 Dynamic Equilibrium: The Human Animal

This site shares student-friendly videos and interactives about digestion, nutrition and how our bodies metabolize different foods. Shared by the Genetic science learning center at the University of Utah.

Scope and Sequence connection: 5:3 Food and Nutrition; 6:3 Diversity of Life;  7:3 Dynamic Equilibrium: The Human Animal.

Anatomist and paleontologist Neil Shubin sees evidence of our ancient past in our anatomy and in our DNA. Join him in this Emmy award-winning three-part series, originally aired on PBS, as he journeys to meet our ancient animal ancestors, while revealing the impact those animals have had on our bodies. Shared by the Howard Hughes Medical Institue.

Scope and Sequence connection: 7:3 Dynamic Equilibrium: The Human Animal; 7:4 Dynamic Equilibrium: Other Organisims and 8:1 Reproduction, Heredity and Evolution.

Biology4kids.com shares a series of web pages to explain the organization within different systems in animal bodies. The text is student friendly and can be helpful for students writing about a specific animal body system.

Scope and Sequence connection:  7:3 Dynamic Equilibrium: The Human Animal and 7:4 Dynamic Equilibrium: Other Organisims.

This interactive explores different anatomical features of the human body and what they reveal about the evolutionary history we share with other organisms, including earlier, long-extinct species. Shared by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
 

Scope and Sequence connection: 7:3 Dynamic Equilibrium: The Human Animal; 7:4 Dynamic Equilibrium: Other Organisms and 8:1 Reproduction, Heredity and Evolution.

The Environmental Protection Agency shares this article about the different layers of ozone.  It also includes an interactive map on different EPA initiatives in specific states in the United States.   

Scope and Sequence connection: 7:3 Dynamic Equilibrium: The Human Animal; 8:4 Human Impact on the Environment and Health: Needs and Tradeoffs.