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The Visual Dictionary: Volume 3: Human Body
Academic resource where students learn about the human body through images that explain objects. Click on an image to get a fully defined, detailed view of a particular body part.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Simplified Mri
Explore Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and find out how an MRI can see inside the body.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Medical Imaging
Learn here all about medical imaging, non-surgical methods to look inside the living human body.
National Institutes of Health
Visible Human Project: Anatomic Images Online
Medical quality 3D images of the male chest area and cut away views of the entire male body. Fantastic for anatomy classes!
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota: Anatomy Image Bank
Hundreds of anatomy diagrams for classroom or medical use. Each image represented is a simple black-and-white professional drawing of a specific part of the human body.
British Library
British Library: Bodies of Knowledge
Series of illustrated essays on the different ways that the human body has been represented in art and science across history considers medieval astrology, the ancient Chinese practice of acupuncture, Vitruvius's notion of body symmetry,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Mapping Landforms and Water Bodies: Lesson Plan
Learn about different landforms and water bodies and the various characteristics that make them distinct from one another in this lesson plan from WGBH. Navigate around a virtual island to unlock information -- including videos and...
Curated OER
Kids Health: What's the Right Weight for Me?
It is easy to compare yourself with the celebrities and models you see every day on TV and in magazines. These pictures sometimes help shape our body image and we begin to think that we should look like these people. The truth is that...
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Rader Programs: Media and Eating Disorders
Advertisements, television, and magazines often boast beautiful individuals that make a particular product seem as attractive as the model. This trend has caused many individuals to question their body image and attempt to change it in...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Hearing Between the Lines
Examine the messages conveyed through popular songs about self-esteem, body image and eating disorders.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri
In MRI, magnetic fields and radio wave pulses combine to get a unique, and medically beneficial, response from your body's hydrogen atoms. Take a peek in this tutorial.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Diet Wars
Identify health issues facing Americans today and evaluate one's own food consumption. Examine the USDA food pyramid and the impact it may have had on weight gain and explore the impact of body image on young people.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Teacher's Corner: If Those Dolls Were Real People
A lesson exploring how the media influences body images. Students take measurement of dolls and characters to compare them with a chart on the website to show what the dolls and characters would look like if they were the height of an...
Curated OER
Kids Health: How Can I Feel Better About My Body
Many kids don't like the way they look. If you are unhappy with yourself because you do not like your looks, read here to find some ideas about feeling better about yourself.
EL Education
El Education: Our Favorite Body Parts
Students choose favorite parts of their bodies and explain why each part is their favorite. Teachers take digital photographs of the different body parts and write down each student's reasons for choosing it. The pages are put together...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Female Athlete Triad
The female athlete triad is composed of three disorders that all stem from a woman's obsession with how she looks. Conditions in this triad result in weakness and damage to one's body. This condition is outlined in a detailed manner in...
Childnet
Childnet: Online Safety: Pshe Toolkits for Ages 11 14
This is a set of practical online safety PSHE toolkits to explore online issues, including links to Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE), with pupils aged 11-14 years old. Crossing the Line covers the topics of cyberbullying,...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Visualizing Hidden Worlds Inside Your Body
How do we see things too small to be detected by the human eye? What about things inside our own bodies? Dee Breger uses a scanning electron microscope to give us a glimpse of images including blood clots, thyroid glands, and lungs with...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Fat: Ideal Weight, Cultural Stereotypes and Eating Disorders
Explore the societal stigma that accompanies people who are overweight, and research current medical thinking on "ideal weight." Identify how the perception of body image can lead to eating disorders.
Kidsource OnLine
Kid Source on Line: Supporting Girls in Early Adolescence
The time period of adolescence for girls is covered in this paper with topics such as self concept, self-image, and body image.
Other
Imaios Sas: E Anatomy: Atlas of Human Anatomy
A collection of pictures, videos, medical imaging, and illustrations of human anatomy. A membership is required to view some of the images, while other images can be viewed without one.
PBS
Pbs: How Art Made the World: Human Body in Egypitan Art
PBS documentary considers how ancient Egyptian artists chose to represent the human body and answers questions about how the cultural values of a society, such as the desire for order, shape its art. With close-ups of Egyptian art that...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Lesson Plan: Body Symmetry of Animals
Students will watch a slideshow about the body symmetry of animals. Included is a short quiz of animals and images. The students will determine the symmetry of each animal. Students then design their own animals. They should design one...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
Stem cells have an enormous impact on the structure of a living creature. This site features still images as well as short videos of these cells in action.
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