Human Body Systems and Nutrition

Human Body Systems and Nutrition

Course overview

This course helps Grade 6 students understand how the body breaks down food, moves oxygen and nutrients, and stays healthy through nutrition and hygiene. Students learn that body systems are connected, so digestion, circulation, and breathing each matter to the whole body.

What students will learn

• Explain how digestion turns food into useful material.
• Describe how the circulatory and respiratory systems work together.
• Identify healthy habits that support nutrition and disease prevention.

Lessons

• Digestion and Nutrition - Learn how food is broken down and how nutrition helps the body grow.
• Circulation and Breathing - Learn how blood and air move through connected body systems.
• Health Habits and Germ Prevention - Learn how clean hands, rest, and food choices help protect the body.

Parent guide

Move through the lessons in order. Start with digestion and nutrition, then connect circulation and breathing, and finish with daily health habits. Ask your child to explain each system in plain language before they move on.

Completion

A student finishes this course when they can describe digestion, explain how circulation and breathing work together, and name habits that help the body stay healthy.