Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Minnesota: Habits of the Heart: About Your Lungs
Learn about your lungs by viewing animations and interactives of the respiratory system and actually see your lungs at work.
Science Bob Pflugfelder
Science Bob: Body Zone: The Lungs
An introduction to the form and function of the lungs, including the bronchioles and alveoli.
WebMD
Web Md: Emphysema Every Breath You Take
This overview provided by WebMD Health gives information on emphysema and discusses the different treatment options people afflicted with emphysema have to explore. A picture, is given along with helpful resources and additional...
Other
Canadian Lung Association: Respiratory System
A chart of the repiratory system and an explanation of the various components.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Body Building: Modeling Breathing Action
Explore the use of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) as a breathing support strategy. Construct a working lung model that simulates the mechanics of breathing.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Processes of Breathing
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Outlines the four steps of respiration.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Jason: Can You Breathe Like a Pinniped?
From Shore to Sea: Pinnipeds are marine mammals that spend a great deal of time in the water. Like all marine mammals, pinnipeds breathe air through their lungs. In order to breathe, they must come up to the surface for air.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Lesson Plan: Catch Your Breath
In this comprehensive site, students will measure their lung capacity and look at factors that affect the amount of air the lungs can hold.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Out of Breath
This lesson goes over the parts of the human respiratory system and the gas exchange process that occurs in the lungs. It also covers changes in the respiratory system that occur during spaceflight, such as decreased lung capacity.
McGraw Hill
Online Learning Center: Respiration
This is a very detailed site on breathing/respiration. It covers system organization, mechanics, exchange of gases, and oxygen transport. A very thorough site.
University of California
The Auscultation Assistant
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Respiratory System Regulation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how the rate of breathing is regulated and controlled.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Respiratory System Diseases
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Respiratory diseases are diseases of the lungs, bronchial tubes, trachea, nose, and throat. These diseases can range from a mild cold to a severe case of pneumonia....
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Asthma
Asthma makes it hard to breathe. Find out more in this article for kids.
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Respiratory System
What do you know about the respiratory system? Check out this site to learn more about this fascinating body system. This resource features slides of the different parts of this system.
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Kids Learn: Respiratory System Internet Workshop
Come and explore this internet workshop that was designed to introduce you to a study on the respiratory system. Students and teachers will benefit from this resource.
Other
Footprints Science: Breathing
This animation illustrates how the diaphragm and muscles around the rib cage work to facilitate inhaling and exhaling.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Breathing and Asthma
A complete, student-led lesson on the respiratory system and asthma. Students learn information and answer interactive review questions along the way. There is a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.
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
This site has respiratory system activities and learning games for students at all grade levels.
Anatomical Travelogue
Story md.com: Asthma
Asthma causes one's airways to become sore and swollen. An attack means a person's lungs are getting less air. Learn about two types of treatment.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Minnesota: Habits of the Heart
A guide to the heart, lungs, and circulatory system, and surgical procedures of the heart. Includes many digital images. Lesson plans with pictures and video instructions are very helpful.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Week of 4 4 16: Go Ahead and Let Out That Long Sigh
Learn why it's important for our lungs to sigh. Includes video.
National Institutes of Health
Niehs: Breathtaking Fun
Learn how your lungs help you breathe by making a model of the way your lungs work using a clear plastic bottle, scissors, and two medium-sized balloons.