EAL Nexus Resource Organs and systems Cloze activity Subject: Science Age group: 12 – 14, 15 - 16 Topic: Cells, organs and life processes © Bell Educational Trust 2016 EAL Nexus – free downloadable teaching materials https://eal.britishcouncil.org/ This resource was originally developed by Z. Davies and has been adapted for EAL Nexus.

Systems are made up of organs Organs are made up of tissues Tissues are made up of cells tissue organ system cells muscles heart circulatory system

Fill in the missing words: The _____ body is made up of many cells. The cells in the body join together to form _______. These tissues then join to form an _____. The organs are parts of a ______ and they each have an important _______. All of the _______ work together to keep the body _______. The human body has many _____ and _______. For example, in the human body the _____, gullet, _______ and __________ make up the digestive system. Display or give to learners if they are completing the activity independently.

Fill in the missing words The _____ body is made up of many cells. The cells in the body join together to form _______. These tissues then join to form an _____. The organs are parts of a ______ and they each have an important _______. All of the _______ work together to keep the body _______. The human body has many _____ and _______. For example, in the human body the _____, gullet, _______ and __________ make up the digestive system. This is a differentiated version of the previous slide. Print out and use as a worksheet.

Useful words for gap-filling intestines systems (x2) mouth function stomach human healthy organs tissues organ system To check EAL learners’ knowledge of the topic and consolidate it, complete the cloze activity. Display and/or give a copy of the slide to the EAL learners.

Digestive system mouth gullet stomach intestines Display or give copies of this slide to the EAL learners to use as reference when completing the cloze activity. intestines

Fill in the missing words: Answers The human body is made up of many cells. The cells in the body join together to form tissues. These tissues then join to form an organ. The organs are parts of a system and they each have an important function. All of the systems work together to keep the body healthy. The human body has many organs and systems. For example, in the human body the mouth, gullet, stomach and intestines make up the digestive system. Display or give to learners if they are completing the activity independently.

Image attributions Muscles: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zjootsuite/2357291507 By Ton Haex, via Flikr, creative commons permission to re-use with attribution. Heart: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CoeurHumain.svg By Meul (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or FAL], via Wikimedia Commons. Digestive system: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Digestive-system-for-kids.png By Leysi24 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Stomach: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stomach.png By Mikael Häggström (File:Gray1050-stomach.png) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Intestines: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Intestine_-_sized.png By Mikael Häggström [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Human: https://pixabay.com/en/yoga-person-sitting-body-position-23897/ public domain via Piaxabay Function: https://pixabay.com/en/gears-cogs-machine-machinery-1236578/ By MustangJoe public domain via Pixabay Mouth: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xeolhades_mouth.svg By xeolhades [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons