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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Respiratory System Organs
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the organs of the respiratory system.
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: Biology: Processes of Breathing
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Outlines the four steps of respiration.
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.
National Institutes of Health
Ninds: Anoxia: Hypoxia
This page from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke website has information on Anoxia and Hypoxia, including definitions, treatment, prognosis, research, and references.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Respiratory System Quiz
Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over the human respiratory system, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Respiration
Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over human respiration, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
Other
Cancer Information Network: Follow Up and Emotional Support
The article stresses the importance of follow-up treatment for lung cancer and the significance of family and group support.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Asthma
Asthma makes it hard to breathe. Find out more in this article for kids.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Handling an Asthma Flare Up
How can you prepare for an asthma flare-up? Find out in this article for kids.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Label the Lungs
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.
Other
American Lung Association: How Lungs Work
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.
Other
Lung Cancer and Lung Health
Describes lung cancer risk factors and diagnosis, plus possible procedures for care and cures.
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Life Science: The Respiratory System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Defines respiration, looks at structures of the respiratory system, and discusses breathing mechanisms.
Teachers TryScience
Teachers Try Science: Lung Capacity
This hands-on experiment shows you how to make your spirometer, a device you can use to measure how much air your lungs can hold.
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.
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Circulatory System Internet Workshop
This site features a circulatory system internet workshop focused on diseases and healthy living. Students and teachers will benefit from the resources linked to this site.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Respiratory System Questions
Answer questions about the respiratory system.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Every Breath You Take
Students estimate the number of breaths they take, then perform an experiment to find the actual amounts.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Pressure Regulation and Fluid Dynamics of the Respiratory System
This passage explains the pressure regulation and fluid dynamics of the human respiratory. Complete a five-question quiz over the information in the passage.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Residual Lung Volume in a Patient
Read this passage and then test your knowledge on the Residual Lung Volume in a Patient with the five-question quiz that follows.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.32 Respiratory System Organs
Learn about the structure and function of the respiratory system organs.