Curated OER
Alcohol and Pregnancy Don't Mix!
Seventh graders learn about John Kellerman, a youngster who was born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. They learn how alcohol and pregnancy doesn't mix.
Curated OER
Breathing Rates and Exercise
Students work in groups to predict which condition produces more breaths per minute. Groups record their breathing rates during rest periods and periods of activity. They graph their results and make comparisons to their predictions.
Curated OER
Breathing and Exercise
Students observe and record how breathing changes with physical activities. In this physical activity instructional activity students form groups and complete their activity and worksheets.
BBC
Bbc: Human Anatomy: Organs
Explore the anatomy of the human body. Click on an organ or other body part to read more about its structure and function, and then try out an interactive activity for that organ.
SEDL
The Human Body [Pdf]
A large PDF unit that teaches students about the human body systems. Incorporates many activities and integrates math and language arts.
Other
Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System (Grades 7 12 Teacher Resources)
This teacher's resource page accompanies the student website ?Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System? for grades seven through twelve from the Canadian Lung Association. This site walks teachers through the features of the student...
Other
Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System (Professair's Mad Lab)
Have fun learning about the human body's respiratory system while playing games in Professair's Mad Lab! These interactive games have colorful graphics and are broken into three grade groupings: grades one to three, four to six, and...
Other
Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System (Grades 1 3 Teacher Resources)
This teacher's resource page accompanies the student website "Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System" for grades one through three from the Canadian Lung Association. Not only does this site walk teachers through the features of...
Other
Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System (Grades 4 6 Teacher Resources)
This teacher's resource page accompanies the student website "Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System" for grades four through six from the Canadian Lung Association. This site walks teachers through the features of the student...
Other
Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System (Grades 1 3)
Students in grades one through three will love learning about the body's respiratory system through a variety of fun and interactive activities. Particularly engaging is the online storybook that teaches children about the heart and...
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Respiratory System
Make learning about the human respiratory system fun and easy. Explore how this system gets oxygen into the body for gas exchange.
Other
Respiratory System: How Lungs Work
How do the body's lungs work? Get a brief overview of how our lungs do their job. The explanations are accompanied by diagrams.
National Institutes of Health
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: What Are the Lungs?
Find excellent information about the human lungs, and how they contribute to the gas exchange process for the body. Inside, find detailed illustrations and a short, narrated animation of the respiratory system at work.
Other
Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System
Information, activities, and games pertaining to the respiratory system, including more specific topics like lung health and wellness, air pollution, and tobacco.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Fluid Statics: Pressures in the Body
By the end of this section, you will be able to explain the concept of pressure in the human body; explain systolic and diastolic blood pressures; and describe pressures in the eye, lungs, spinal column, bladder, and skeletal system.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Pressures in the Body
From a chapter on Fluid Statics in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter covers the different types of fluid pressures in the human body and how they are measured. Includes problems and exercises.
Other
Get Body Smart: Respiratory System: Anatomy and Physiology
Students can learn about the human respiratory system's structures and functions through this easy-to-access tutorial. Sections include major zones and divisions, the nose and nasal cavity, the pharynx, the larynx, the trachea and...
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Kids learn.org: Circulatory System
What do you know about the circulatory system? This site features several links to help you increase your knowledge of this fascinating human body system.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Breath of Life: Does Exercise Increase Vital Capacity?
When you take a deep breath, the amount of air you are capable of holding within your lungs, is known as your lung capacity. It is not the same for everyone. This lab asks you to find out if it is possible to increase your lung capacity...
Other
Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System
This site has respiratory system activities and learning games for students at all grade levels.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: The Human Body: Respiratory System
Slideshow, with an accompanying quiz, demonstrates how the respiratory system works.
Other
Healthline: Three Dimensional Body Map: Respiratory System
Rotatable view of the respiratory system lets you examine the lungs, larynx, and trachea in 360 degrees.
Other
Biology at Clermont College: The Respiratory System
What do you know about the respiratory system? This site gives a detailed description of this integral human body system. Don't miss out.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.33 Respiratory System Disorders
Understand how some respiratory disorders affect the human body.