Connective Tissues

Number of activities: 6 adapted exercises including matching, marking, guided reading, observation, and multiple-choice questions.

Target audience:
Students with difficulties in reading, abstraction, and interpretation in Science. Designed for Middle School (7th–9th grades) and High School. Also recommended for students with Intellectual Disabilities (mild to moderate), Autism (ASD), ADHD, Down Syndrome, Dyslexia, Apraxia, and those in the process of scientific literacy development.

Format:
Color printable PDF, featuring accessible language, anatomical illustrations, short instructions, and an answer key included.

Objective:
To help students understand connective tissues and their functions in the human body, making biological content more relatable and concrete. The material uses visual and practical representations to explore the concepts of support, protection, connection, and energy storage in the organism.

Content:

Topics: Bone, cartilage, adipose, dense connective, and blood tissues.

Methodology: Short, progressive activities with observation, marking, matching, and guided writing.

Exercises: Identification of tissue types, matching functions, linking body parts to images, and recognizing properties such as rigidity and flexibility.

Highlights:

✅ Simple and visual language that facilitates anatomical understanding.
✅ Direct connection between function and image to reduce abstraction.
✅ Concrete and visual activities that promote fine motor coordination.
✅ Can be used in regular classrooms or special education (AEE) with tactile materials (modeling clay, raised images, dramatizations).
✅ Saves up to 4h45min of teacher preparation time.