Worksheet
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Breathing

For Students 5th - 8th
In this breathing worksheet, students will review vocabulary words and topics relating to the lungs and the parts of the breathing system in humans. Students will explore how exercise effects the carbon dioxide that is exhaled. This...
Lesson Plan
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Pollution and Lung Health

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners study how lungs and a diaphragm work to make them breathe.  In this pollution lesson plan students build a lung model and learn three things they can do to protect themselves from the effects of fossil fuels. 
Lesson Plan
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How Might Radon Affect Me?

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in an experiment in which they discover the relationship between the lungs and radon. They identify the helpful and harmful aspects of radiation. They also research any illnesses related to exposure to radon gas.
Lesson Plan
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Balloon Lungs

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the function of lungs. In this lung function lesson plan, students complete an experiment using balloons to study the way lungs work. Students study a diagram of their lungs and make a hypothesis for their lung capacity...
Worksheet
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Words For Playing Silent Scrabble

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this literacy worksheet, learners work to create a game board to use the words on this list. They should practice reading and spelling them.
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Light Microscopes

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study the parts of a light microscope, and its proper use. They identify each part and explain why it is important to know how to use this tool. They practice observing newsprint on a wet mount slide.
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Microscope Mania Quiz

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the parts of the microscope.  In this microscope lesson students are given a quiz on the parts of a microscope.
Lesson Plan
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CO2 Blow Out!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders determine that carbon dioxide is a gas given off during respiration and that oxygent is the gas that is absorbed during respiration. They determine the air capacity of the lungs.
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Microscope Basics

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine a microscope and learn its parts.  In this microscope lesson students study the different parts of the microscope and see the differences in the adjustments then make their own wet slide. 
Lesson Plan
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Mechanism of Our Eyes

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study the eye as the organ of vision, They look at a drawing of the eyes and study the names of the parts. While working with a partner, they observe what happens when the lights are turned lower and lower. Finally, they look at...
Lesson Plan
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Microscopy

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
In this microscope worksheet, students complete 15 review questions of labeling, defining and short answer after finishing a compound microscope lab. Lab included.
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Diaphragm Description

For Students 9th - 10th
A post from 'Vocalist' written by Lloyd Hanson, a professor of voice, explaining the diaphragm muscle system.
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Inner Body

Innerbody: Diaphragm

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Innerbody.com has an illustration as well as detailed text explaining the function of the Diaphragm. See Images - Diaphragm and Descriptions - Diaphragm
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Do the Lungs Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
When you breathe, you transport oxygen to the body's cells to keep them working, while also clearing your system of the carbon dioxide that this work generates. How do we accomplish this crucial and complex task without even thinking...
Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Axial Muscles of the Abdominal Wall and Thorax

For Students 9th - 10th
It is a complex job to balance the body on two feet and walk upright. Learn here all about the axial muscles of the abdominal wall and thorax.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Parts of the Microscope: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will illustrate the different parts that make up a microscope, and explain how it works. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Parts of the Microscope."
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Pressure Regulation and Fluid Dynamics of the Respiratory System

For Students 9th - 10th
This passage explains the pressure regulation and fluid dynamics of the human respiratory. Complete a five-question quiz over the information in the passage.
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Akron Children's Hospital

Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Getting the Wind Knocked Out of You

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what happens to your body when you get the wind knocked out of you in this article for kids.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Label the Lungs

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you know the parts of the lung? Check out this lung diagram that can be printed out for students to label the various parts.
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Bio Topics

Bio Topics: The Human Respiratory System

For Students 9th - 10th
Print this resource off as a learning exercise or use it as a teaching tool. The site provides viewers with the ins and outs of the human respiratory system. Label diagrams, list the order of the route of air, note the mechanism of...
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Piston Pump vs. Diaphragm Pump

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the difference between a piston pump and a diaphragm pump, both of which are positive displacement pumps. Includes chart listing characteristics for each, their different types, and their advantages and disadvantages.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Parts of the Microscope: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will illustrate the different parts that make up a microscope, and explain how it works. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Parts of the Microscope."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Parts of the Microscope: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will illustrate the different parts that make up a microscope, and explain how it works. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Parts of the Microscope."
Handout
Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: Body Zone: The Lungs

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the form and function of the lungs, including the bronchioles and alveoli.

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