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...

Information, activities, and games pertaining to the respiratory system, including more specific topics like lung health and wellness, air pollution, and tobacco.

This article describes the structure and functioning of the lungs and the respiratory system, as well as related diseases.

Learn about your lungs by viewing animations and interactives of the respiratory system and actually see your lungs at work.

An introduction to the form and function of the lungs, including the bronchioles and alveoli.

Click on each key part of the respiratory system to learn about the role it plays in breathing. Also learn how all these parts work together to make the respiratory system work.

The mechanics of lung function are explained. Numerous definitions and examples are provided including Poiseuille's Law, blood flow, ventilation, and fluid mechanical properties.

This organization, founded in 1972, is dedicated to providing updated information, through research on lung cancer.

Information provided on the common cold. The causes of a common cold, symptoms, prevention, and treatment information is presented.

Provides information about the infectious disease Tuberculosis. Click on the pulldown menu beside the word 'Tuberculosis' to access additional information.

Designed for medical students, this site gives a detailed description of the sounds of the heart and lungs, including disorders, while playing read audio of those sounds with each description. Suitable for upper level high school...

In this lesson plan site, students do an experiment, read, and view pictures to learn about the parts of the body that are involved in the breathing process. Contains related links.

Learn about all aspects of obesity and being overweight! Click on the main topics along the menu bar to access detailed facts ..including causes, risks, who is at risk, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention. Links to related sites...

This site provides a very brief bio on Dr. John Gibbon, inventor of the heart-lung machine that he used to "complete the first open-heart operation." Learn about the invention's impact on the medical world.

A chart of the repiratory system and an explanation of the various components.

Answer your questions about asthma and learn how to manage your asthma through education, environmental controls, and medications.

Students explore the inhalation/exhalation process that occurs in the lungs during respiration. Using everyday materials, they create a model pair of lungs.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage includes six reasons why people should not smoke. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Questions are provided as supplements to the passage.

Home page of a group of medical professionals who are dedicated to educating the public and other medical professionals about the treatment and prevention of Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseases.

Learn about one of the largest organs in your body: the lungs. In Spanish.

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...

Students are introduced to the respiratory system, the lungs and air. They learn about how the lungs and diaphragm work, how air pollution affects lungs and respiratory functions, some widespread respiratory problems, and how engineers...

The innovative resource has learners investigate, diagnose, and assess the severity of emphysema in the lungs of three patients using transverse CT images of the upper and lower lungs. The activity has an interactive online version and a...

An in-depth look at chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by WebMD. Content discussed includes what COPD is, what causes it, its symptoms, how it is diagnosed, and how it can be treated.