Unit 1: The Human Body

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This unit focuses on three key systems: the central nervous system, the cardiovascular system, and the digestive system.

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Basic activities (computer-graded)

Vocabulary Builder Activity

Students will learn the following key terms and phrases:

Reading Activity: The Human body

Students will be able to correctly answer true/false questions after reading and listening to topical short articles and dialogs featuring topical vocabulary.

Extract from Anatomy course lecture Welcome to today's lecture. Last week we looked at the respiratory system and how the lungs separate oxygen from other gasses which we breathe. Today, we will be looking at co-dependence within three of the body's most important systems: the central nervous system (CNS), the cardiovascular system and the digestive system. The nervous system can be… Continue

Multiple Choice Activity

Students will be able to select the best match between unit terms and their definitions.

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Listening Comprehension Activity

Students will be able to listen to short audio clips in English and then spell them correctly.

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Spelling and Recognition

Students will be able to identify and spell a vocabulary term correctly given only the definition.

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Advanced activities (optionally teacher-graded)

Speaking Practice Activity

Students will be able to speak and record 5 example sentences from the unit vocabulary and then submit them for grading by the classroom teacher. If no teacher is available or desired, then the students will be shown good examples of other students' work.

The passenger bled to death as the windshield had cut an artery and paramedics couldn't stop the bleeding.

Pancreatic cancer is any cancer where malignant cells originated in tissues forming the pancreas.

The patient's liver isn't producing enough bile to digest these foods properly.

People are encouraged to donate blood once a year so that the health service always has a stock.

You have to be very careful if you hit your head in case of brain damage.

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Writing Practice Activity

Students will write a short essay to be graded by the teacher. If no teacher is available or desired, then the student is shown previous examples of other writings by students.

Can we say that one organ system is more or less important? Why?

What other relationships can you think of between the systems of the body?

Which system would you like to specialize in? Why?

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