Health | 3rd Grade Unit 2: Growth and Development

This 3rd Grade Health Unit focuses on Growth and Development and is essential to help students with their health and wellness.

There are seven units in all taught in 3rd grade that focus on health.

These units include:

Unit 1 that focuses on Personal Health and Wellness

Unit 2 that focuses on Growth and Development

Unit 3 teaches students about Nutrition and Physical Activity and how to eat right and stay active

Unit 4 that helps students with Substance Use and Abuse and how to avoid bad substances

Unit 5 that will teach students about Injury/ Violence Prevention Control and Safety

Unit 6 that covers what happened during Covid and how to protect themselves while learning about Prevention/Control of Disease

Unit 7 discusses our environment and how to help save our planet with Environmental Consumer Health

These units all about health can be taught out of order. They are only numbered for your convenience. At the end of each unit, there is an assessment to test students’ understanding. 

Through using this Health 3rd Grade Unit 2: Growth and Development, students will be able to study and learn about body organs, our body systems, and their emotional and physical features.

Included in this 3rd Grade Health Unit are the following:

• In this unit, students will learn about several different organs in the body including: brain, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, and the small and large intestines. They will find a worksheet with a blank body and label all these parts after reading about these vital organs.

• Students will also learn about the many different body systems we have which include: skeletal and nervous systems, circulatory system, digestive system, respiratory system, muscular system, and learn about our skin and hair. They will assemble in order how these systems look in a body as they compile a book. They will also label each system after looking a drawings.

• They will explore the emotional and physical features of people when they are sad, surprised, happy, etc.

• Lastly, they will compare their physical features to other classmates and come to understand how our genes are all different.

This unit meets Common Core Standards. It is 13 pages of fun engaging activities!

At the end of the unit, there is an assessment to check for understanding.

There are seven units that cover all the health requirements for 3rd grade. Here are the links to other health units: