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Kids Health: What Happens During an Asthma Flare Up?
Watch this movie to find out exactly what happens during an asthma flare-up. See the difference between healthy airways and airways of someone who has asthma.
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Kids Health: The Digestive System
You'll be entertained and informed by this video on the digestive system.
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Kids Health: The Endocrine System
Check out this informative and entertaining video on the endocrine system. This animated video addresses the function of each gland.
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Kids Health: Immune Cells
Check out this entertaining and informative animation. The animation specifically shows the series of steps that must take place for immune cells to deal with a cold virus. The movie does mistakenly call a virus a cell, but otherwise is...
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Kids Health: Body Mass Index
Determine your body mass index using this online calculator. This handy tool will even plot your BMI data on a graph.
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Kids Health: A Boy and a Birthmark: Evan's Story
This is an interview with a boy named Evan who has a large port wine stain birthmark on his face. The interview shows how he copes with being different and describes the book that he and his mom wrote together to help other kids with the...
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Kids Health: Marfan Syndrome
This comprehensive article details what Marfan Syndrome it, how kids get it, how it is diagnosed, what a doctor can do, and what life is like for someone with Marfan Syndrome.
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Kids Health: The Circulatory System
This short movie gives you a fun way to learn the basics of the heart and how the circulatory system works. From KidsHealth.
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Kids Health: The Digestive System
A great little movie that follows your food from the time you eat it onward through your digestive system. Good basic information. From KidsHealth.
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Kids Health: The Endocrine System
A basic overview of the endocrine system shown in a cartoon-like movie. Easy to understand for elementary students and a quick review for older ones.
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Kids Health: The Immune System
Will the body's defense system fight off the foreign invader? Animated cartoon characters explain the human body's immune system in action. [8:30]
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Kids Health: The Nervous System
This brief movie from KidsHealth outlines the nervous system, the brain, and how the nervous system works. Fun to watch to get basic information.
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Kids Health: The Respiratory System
How does breathing work? This interesting and entertaining animation gives you a brief summary of how the respiratory system works.
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Kids Health: The Respiratory System
Watch this short movie to find out the basics of the respiratory system. Fun to watch and lots of good information. From KidsHealth.
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Kids Health: Skeletal System
A quick introduction to the skeletal system, featuring the major bones of the body. [1:25]
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Kids Health: How the Body Works
Sometimes the doctor might want you to give a urine specimen. This short movie tells you exactly how to do this. Very straight forward information. From KidsHealth.
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Kids Health: How the Body Works: Movie: The Skeletal System
This short movie explains what the skeletal system does and show some of the major bones.
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Kids Health: Going to the Doctor
This article tells what it is like to have a check-up at the doctor's office. Knowing what to expect takes away your fear and worry.
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Kids Health: Down Syndrome
Article that helps children to understand what Down Syndrome is, why it happens, what the problems are, and what life is like for children with Down Syndrome.
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Kids Health: Urinary Tract Infection
KidsHealth suggests ways to avoid getting a urinary tract infection (UTI).
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Kids Health: Your Heart and Circulatory System
Get an overview of the function of the whole circulatory system by watching this video. [2:29]
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Kids Health: The Urinary System
Watch this movie from Kids Health to learn all about the urinary system including where pee comes from.
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Kids Health: Figuring Out Food Labels
Here is help in figuring out the information provided on food labels. Be sure you are getting the nutrition you need from the foods you eat.
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Kids Health: Being Safe in the Kitchen
This site has tips on safe food preparation and and kitchen safety designed for young cooks. Links to pages on fire safety and treating cuts and scrapes, too.