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Body Systems

Fifth graders learn how the body’s systems work together — skeletal, muscular, respiratory, circulatory, and digestive — each with an important job that keeps them alive, moving, and healthy.

Grade 5Body Systems40 minutes1 class periodSHAPE / Skills-BasedExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Name the body systems.
  • ✓Explain each system’s job.
  • ✓See how they work together.
  • ✓Care for your body.
Essential Question

Your body is like an amazing machine with many systems working together! What are the main body systems, and what does each one do?

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Interactive Task
Match It · Interactive

Match the Body System

Project this and match each body system to its job — tap a system, then tap what it does.

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System
What It Does
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The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

40 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Warm-Up — An Amazing Machine

5 min

Your body has many systems working together — what are they?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Feel your heartbeat.
  • Ask what’s inside.
  • Get ready.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Feel it.
  • Wonder.
  • Get ready.
2

Learn — Body Systems

10 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Match the Body System.
  • Note each job.
  • See them work together.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Note it.
  • Explain.
3

Practice — Practice

11 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a system’s job.
  • Show a system in action.
  • Explain teamwork of systems.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name it.
  • Show it.
  • Explain.
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Apply — Apply

9 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Explain how exercise helps a system.
  • Care for your body.
  • Explain a habit.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Explain it.
  • Care.
  • Explain.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a body system.
  • Say its job.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to SHAPE America National Health Education & Physical Education Standards.

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HE.1

Comprehend concepts about body systems.

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PE.2

Understand how the body works during activity.

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HE.7

Practice caring for the body.

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PE.3

Value a healthy, active body.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • System + job cards.
  • Sentence frame: “The ___ system ___.”
  • Use a body diagram.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with skeletal and muscular.
  • Use a diagram.
  • Match one pair.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add the nervous system.
  • Explain how systems connect.
  • Label a body diagram.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Projector / board
  • 🧍A body diagram
  • 💻Match the Body System
  • ❤️A heartbeat activity
  • ✏️Pens
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

body systema group of parts with a jobskeletalthe bonesmuscularthe musclesrespiratorythe lungs and breathingcirculatorythe heart and blooddigestivefood into energyorgana body part with a joboxygenthe air your body needs
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What does the muscular system do?
It has muscles that help you move.
QUESTION 2
What does the circulatory system do?
The heart and blood carry oxygen around your body.
QUESTION 3
What does the digestive system do?
It turns food into energy your body can use.

Cool-Down: systems at work.

Have students name one body system and explain how exercise helps it stay healthy. A printable body-systems sheet is in the PE & Health library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: body system, circulatory, digestive, muscular, organ, oxygen, respiratory, skeletal
  1. the air your body needs
  2. food into energy
  3. the bones
  4. the muscles
  5. a group of parts with a job
  6. a body part with a job
  7. the heart and blood
  8. the lungs and breathing

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does the muscular system do?
  2. What does the circulatory system do?
  3. What does the digestive system do?
Answer key — Part A: 1) oxygen · 2) digestive · 3) skeletal · 4) muscular · 5) body system · 6) organ · 7) circulatory · 8) respiratory
Part B: 1) It has muscles that help you move. 2) The heart and blood carry oxygen around your body. 3) It turns food into energy your body can use.