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I Hid My Eating Disorder For 8 Years
A 28-YEAR-OLD woman, whose weight dropped to 88lbs at the height of her eating disorders, is publicising her story to show other sufferers that recovery is possible. Lindsey Hall, from Fort Worth, Texas, says her eating disorders first...
FuseSchool
Bacterial Disease
Did you know that it wasn’t until around 200 years ago that people knew what caused infectious diseases? Before that, they believed that one cause was ‘bad air’, and so they carried around bunches of sweet-smelling flowers to sweeten the...
Professor Dave Explains
The Digestive System
We eat food every day, and most of us are aware that we do this so that our body can absorb nutrients that are inside the food, which we need to stay alive. But how does this work? What goes inside the body in between the time we put a...
Visual Learning Systems
Healthy Skeletal and Muscular Systems: Your Muscular System
Action-oriented footage highlights the nature and care of the skeletal and muscular systems. The processes by which these systems work together to help us move are discussed. Specific things we can do to maintain these systems in a...
FuseSchool
What Does The Stomach Do
The stomach is an amazing organ. It varies in size from person to person but can contain up to 2 litres of food and liquid. The stomach is one of the organs in the digestive system. It is essentially a bag of muscle where food is kept...
Visual Learning Systems
Moving Muscles and Bones: Body Organization
Upon viewing the Moving Muscles and Bones video series, students will be able to do the following:
Differentiate between cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.
Provide examples of organs and organ systems in the body.
Understand...
History Squad
A Medieval Surgeon
A gorey portrayal of the surgery performed on Prince Henry, after being shot by an arrow in the face during the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. The film illustrates links between surgery in Ancient Rome and the Middle Ages and includes...
Prime Coaching Sport
Super Sport stars lesson 6
Individual follow-along ideas for PE, including warm-ups, fitness, soccer/football control and passinging, serving), hoop throwing activities, using tall cones, a hoop, and soccer ball
60 Second Histories
Canopic jars
An Egyptian high priest describes the organs that are retained from the body during the mummification process, and explains how they are stored in canopic jars.
Curated Video
Digestive and Excretory System
This live-action program teaches students that, for food to be of use to our body's cells, it needs to be broken down and absorbed into the blood stream. This is the job of the digestive system, a complex series of tools that includes...
Curated OER
How Does Your Body Digest Food?
Marshall Brain uses a sponge, rope, and other common household items to display the workings of the digestive system. This resource would definitely hold the attention of a squirrely junior high class!
Curated OER
Enzymes, Proteins, Carbohydrates, Digestion
Did you know that different types of food are digested in different parts of the body? Proteins are primarily digested in the stomach, fats in the small intestine, and carbohydrates begin to break down in the mouth. This highly...
Nemours KidsHealth
How the Body Works: The Digestive System
Break down the digestive system for your class. This webpage features a video, but also includes an article to read, an interactive assessment, and printables! Through the publisher's website, there are even individual videos about the...
Curated OER
The Respiratory System - How it Works?
Diagrams and video footage of people help show the structures and functions of the respiratory system. Exercise is highlighted, making this an accessible video for a health class.
Curated OER
How the Body Works: The Digestive System
A quick, detailed explanation of digestion is given alongside textbook drawings of the mouth and intestines. This video would most likely help higher learners since there is no animation or simple explanations. Using scientific...
Curated OER
Kids Health: The Digestive System
You'll be entertained and informed by this video on the digestive system.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Digestive System Overview: Lesson 1
This lesson will identify the major structures and functions of the digestive system. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Digestive System Overview."
Curated OER
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.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Stomach Structure/function: Lesson 1
This lesson will examine the structure of the stomach and its role in digestion. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Stomach Structure/Function."