Thirty-six human body words on unique printable cards: bones, muscles, the heart and lungs, the senses and the body systems, for a science unit on how our bodies work.
36 items · a 5 × 5 card with a free space needs 24 or more. More items make the cards differ.For review bingo, type answer | clue (“56 | 7 × 8”): the card shows the answer, the caller reads the clue. Two columns pasted from a spreadsheet work too. Start a line with an emoji (“🐶 dog”) for a picture square.
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30 different cards. No two are the same. The card number and set number on every card let the caller check a winner (press C while calling).
About this set
A human body unit travels through the systems one at a time, and this list follows the same route. The skeleton and muscles come first (skull, ribs, spine, bones, joints, muscles), then the heart and blood (heart, pulse, heartbeat, blood, veins, blood vessels), the lungs and breathing (lungs, oxygen, breathing), digestion (stomach, intestines, liver, kidneys, digestion), the brain and nerves, and the senses on the outside (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin). Words such as cells, organs, immune system, exercise and sleep give older students the bigger picture. It names no reproductive anatomy; schools teach that on their own schedule, and this set leaves it to them.
Grades: 1st to 6th grade. Best in: October, February, March.
Point to it: when a body part is called, students touch or point to it on themselves, or on a diagram, before covering the square.
Feel your pulse: when “pulse” is called, students find their pulse on the wrist or neck, count for fifteen seconds, and compare after running in place.
System sort: after the game, students sort the squares into systems: bones and muscles, heart and blood, breathing, digestion, brain and nerves, and senses.
Which organ? Read a job (“I pump blood around your body”) instead of the name, and students cover the heart.
Healthy habits: when exercise or sleep is called, the class names one thing they do to take care of that part of the body.
Is this suitable for a class that has not done a body unit?
Yes. Every word is a plain body or health word that children already use. Blood is on the list because it is part of the heart and circulation lesson in every elementary science program. Delete any word you prefer to skip.
How do I make a skeleton-and-muscles-only game?
Delete everything except skeleton, skull, ribs, spine, bones, joints, muscles and a few health words, then choose 3 × 3 cards. The cards are rebuilt as you edit the list.
Can I change the words?
Yes. The 36 words are in the box above the cards. Delete, add or edit any line and the cards are rebuilt at once. Nothing is saved on our servers.
How do I call the game?
Press “Call the game”. Each press of the space bar tumbles the ball cage and pops out the next item in very large type, with the list of items already called beside it. Press C and type a card number to check a winner, P to change the win pattern, V to have each call read aloud, and F to fill the projector.
How do I save the cards as a PDF?
Press Print and choose “Save as PDF” as the printer. Each page can also be saved as a PNG picture from under its preview.
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