When I was going through school, I absolutely loved learning about the Human Body & specialised in remembering each of the various names of bones & muscles. My parents knew this and they bought me an interactive picture book which included interesting facts about the human body & a skeleton model which you put together and hung from your ceiling.
This love continued into my senior schooling & eventually helped me enjoy much of my undergraduate degree where we explored high level anatomy concepts on cadavers. While this was an outstanding hands on way to learn, as soon as we got outside of the anatomy labs we were stuck with the task of continuing our learning with boring textbooks. The problem was these textbooks hadn’t changed in forever and they sucked the life out of learning.
Fortunately today we have an array of options when it comes to teaching about the Human Body that bring its magic to life. See them in action below;
An absolute classic iOS/Android application that allows you to explore the muscles of the human body in isolation. Users have the ability to zoom into an area on our 3D human body and tap on a muscle to reveal exercises and stretches targeted to the development and/or rehabilitation of that specific muscle. Once identified, just add it to a workout. The app also takes it to the next level by including animations showing how to properly perform each exercise. Over the course of many years I’ve used the app for
- Connecting to the large screen and sharing an interactive tour/explanation of the human body
- Had students use the app and inbuilt exercises to produce their own workouts
- Screen recorded me using the app with Reflector2 & shared the videos to my senior students as a flipped learning activity
Made by the same team behind iMuscle (& many others) this app features a 3D skeleton which you can explore in stunning detail. Another must have.
One of the favourite parts of The PE Geek Workshops include taking teachers through the app ‘Anatomy 4D’. This augmented reality app available for iOS & Android makes it possible to bring to life the human body using nothing more than a piece of paper. See it in action below;
Another exceptional Augmented Reality app that takes the Anatomy 4D concept to an entirely new level allowing you to dive in and explore the human body. Simply pair the app on either your iOS or Android device with a Virtuali-tee with the special t-shirt and be transferred into a truly stunning immersive experience. See it in action in the video from Adam Llevo below;
As you can see from the video you can easily use the augmented reality experience to;
– Isolate the individual physiological systems that perform the functions that keep YOU alive!
– Dive into the bloodstream or small intestine with 360 experiences.
– Combine with a Google Cardboard or Mattel Viewmaster and experience in Virtual Reality!
– Go solo! The app works in the mirror and selfie mode
– Fantastic for groups! Multiple phones and tablets all tracking one t-shirt
Available for FREE on both iOS & Android devices – this virtual reality experience places you directly inside the human body. You’ll learn and identify the human anatomy from the inside and in 3D as if you were navigating inside a minimally invasive procedure.
While we may not be able to get our hands on a Hololens just yet, this incedible hologram based device is going to shake up learning in major ways. Take a look at the future of anatomy teaching below
So what do you think? Which of the tools above do you want to use to teach anatomy to your students? Leave a comment below & I’ll pick a winner on March 12th, 2017 to receive a FREE Virtuali-tee.
