Teaching English Human Anatomy in a Spanish Primary School
Looking for resources to teach human anatomy (internal body parts) in English to third grade—and maybe even fourth and fifth grade—students? While serving as an auxiliar de conversación (English language teaching assistant), I taught the English internal body parts to third grade students in a Spanish primary school, and I have some great games, songs, activities, and lesson plans to share with you!
The resources below are focused on body systems (respiratory, digestive, circulatory, and excretory systems), human anatomy, and internal body parts. If you’re looking for resources and lesson plans for EXTERNAL parts of the body in English, check out my post, Teaching English Parts of the Body in a Spanish Primary School.
Online Games and Activities
Sort the Organs! - great virtual game for students to sort English organs by body system
Vital Functions Quiz - online quiz activity to test students’ knowledge of internal body systems
Human Body Systems Quiz - another interactive English human anatomy quiz
Other Game Ideas:
Simon Says - use this TPR game to quiz students on English body parts (you can use this activity with internal body parts by asking students to point to these organs in their own bodies)
Hangman - play hangman with English vocabulary words related to human anatomy
Songs:
BONUS ACTIVITY: ask students to raise their hands when they hear an English vocabulary word related to the digestive system
Schoolhouse Rock Do the Circulation
BONUS ACTIVITY: ask students to raise their hands when they hear an English vocabulary word related to the circulatory system
Complete English Lesson Plan
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