This education kit contains resources for Years 7-12 students focussing on the human body. The study of the human body and the techniques used by medical science to investigate it has curriculum links to Science Knowledge and Understanding, Thinking Processes, and Interpersonal Development.
The kit consists of excursion resources and additional resources.
Excursion resources
These PDF files relate directly to an excursion to the Human Body exhibition in the Mind and Body Gallery at Melbourne Museum. The On-site student activities (see below) focus on various themes, and should be selected and discussed before the excursion.
| Resource |
Year Level |
PDF Link |
| Teacher notes |
7-12 |
60Kb |
| The Human Body Exhibition summary and floor plan |
7-12 |
239Kb |
| On-site student activities |
7-8 |
1.1Mb |
| On-site student activities |
9-VCE |
1.7Mb |
Additional resources
These PDF files provide background information about the human body, and student activities to do in the classroom or at home. The background notes are quite extensive, and are provided for teachers and senior students who wish to understand the human body in some detail.
| Resource |
Year Level |
PDF Link |
| Curriculum links: VELS |
7-10 |
83Kb |
| Curriculum links: VCE |
VCE |
44Kb |
| The Human Body Background notes: |
| Index |
7-12 |
40Kb |
| Notes 1-3: Measuring, surgery, imaging |
Tchrs |
1Mb |
| Notes 4-6: The mind, cells, DNA |
Tchrs |
926Kb |
| Notes 7-9: Digestion, circulation, muscles/skeleton |
Tchrs |
954Kb |
| Notes 10-12: Nerves, hormones, immune system |
Tchrs |
779Kb |
| Notes 13: Reproductive system |
Tchrs |
543Kb |
| Notes 14-18: Immune system case studies |
Tchrs |
499Kb |
| Notes 19-20: Reproductive system case studies |
Tchrs |
336Kb |
| Classroom activities 1-13 |
7 |
900Kb |
| Classroom activities 14-22 |
7-VCE |
1Mb |
| Classroom activities 23-36 |
9-VCE |
1.1Mb |