National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Respiratory System
Self-guided tutorial where students learn about the structure and function of the human respiratory system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.34 Respiratory System Health
Learn how we can keep our respiratory system healthy.
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.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: The Human Respiratory System
Everything you need to know about the respiratory system. The page includes modules regarding The Pathway, Breathing, Central Control of Breathing, Local Control of Breathing, and Diseases of the Lungs. Designed to be used as classroom...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Hawaii: What Makes Up Our Respiratory System?
Run a race with Sandra and learn what our respiratory system is and how it functions.
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology
Learn about the basic organization of the body's organs and the major organ system.
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.
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: Respiratory System All About Breathing
Check out the respiratory system functions, how it works with other systems, and problems that might affect it.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Respiratory System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the process of respiration and how it differs from cellular respiration.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: As Large as Life a Poster of a Human Body System
This is a student led exploration of the systems of the human body through art and self-expression. Groups will cooperatively develop a poster, the size of a fifth-grade student, and will accurately depict the assigned system of the...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Cardiopulmonary Sys Transportation
Through informational text along with printable notes, animations, video clips, and practice problems, students discover how the structures of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems work together and function as one. Provides lots of...
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute Online: Oxygen Delivery System
This site from The Franklin Institute explains the primary function of the respiratory system - to deliver oxygen to all parts of the body (breathing).
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Imaginary Journey Through a System of the Body
The students will choose one of the systems of the human body, such as circulatory, respiratory, digestive, or nervous system, and imagine that they are inside it. They will write a description of what a journey through this system of...
Other
National Jewish Medical and Research Center: Respiratory, Allergic, and Immune
Top ranked hospital devoted entirely to respiratory, allergic and immune system diseases. Offers links to assist in research.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Respiratory Cycle
This lesson will cover the respiratory cycle by looking at inhalation and exhalation.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Bad for Breathing
A study provides new clues as to why some respiratory diseases are linked to air pollution.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Ewww, Dog Breath! Does Active Play Take a Dog's Breath Away?
A project that requires you to play with a dog cannot be all that bad, right? This scientific experiment entails the respiratory functions of dogs. Learn the chemical and bodily processes going on within your canine companions...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Just Breathe
Students explore the inhalation/exhalation process that occurs in the lungs during respiration. Using everyday materials, they create a model pair of lungs.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Phylum Arthropoda
This general overview of the arthropod phylum, which includes insects and arachnids, looks at such topics as body symmetry, appendages, movement, respiratory and nervous systems, and reproduction.