Series

Operation Ouch!

63 episodes

Two doctors, real hospitals, and a cheerful willingness to look at what is happening under the skin. The titles here range from short clips to hour-length compilations: a tour of the whole skeleton, a deep dive on blood, what nerves actually do, why allergies happen, how bacteria cause infection and how the body's defences push back. Some go behind the scenes in an emergency department to watch a medical team work quickly. Free on the show's official channel and pitched at grades 2 through 6, they pair naturally with a body-systems unit, though the real medical footage in a few is worth previewing.

what this series covers

What Operation Ouch! covers

63 episodes in the library, tagged for 2nd–6th. Heaviest coverage: Science, Health and Social-Emotional Learning. Between them they line up with 14 distinct standards across 3 frameworks.

Episodes per grade

2nd: 2
3rd: 54
4th: 61
5th: 63
6th: 63

Episodes per subject

Science: 59
Health: 25
Social-Emotional Learning: 1

NGSS (Science) 3

4-LS1-1Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
4-LS1-2Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.
3-LS4-3Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.

CASEL (Social-Emotional) 1

CASEL.SA.3Recognize your own strengths, interests, and the assets you bring from your family and culture.

National Health Education 10

NHES.1Standard 1: Students comprehend functional health knowledge to enhance health.
NHES.7.5.1Demonstrate age-appropriate observable health and safety practices.
NHES.1.5.4Compare and contrast safe and unsafe situations, people, and events.
NHES.1.5.7Explain ways to prevent common childhood injuries and health problems, such as swimming safety or managing emotions.
NHES.1.5.5Describe practices and behaviors that prevent or reduce health risks, such as eating vegetables and fruit daily.
NHES.1.5.6Explain ways to take part in healthy practices and behaviors, such as daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.

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NHES.1.8.6Analyze how personal practices and habits reduce or prevent health risks.
NHES.3.8.3Interpret numerical and graphical information to make an informed health decision.
NHES.4.5.4Ask for help to support personal health.
NHES.5.5.2Assess when help is and is not needed to make a health decision.

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