Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Mn Lesson Plan: Lung Model
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.
Other
Canadian Lung Association: Respiratory System
A chart of the repiratory system and an explanation of the various components.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Parts of the Microscope: Lesson 4
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."
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.
Inner Body
Innerbody: Diaphragm
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
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.
Bio Topics
Bio Topics: The Human Respiratory System
Print this resource off as a worksheet 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 breathing,...
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Getting the Wind Knocked Out of You
Find out what happens to your body when you get the wind knocked out of you 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.
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.
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.32 Respiratory System Organs
Learn about the structure and function of the respiratory system organs.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.31 Respiratory System
Learn the basic functions of the human respiratory system.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Lesson Plan: Ins and Outs of Respiration
In this effective site, students will measure their respiratory rate and examine the factors that affect the breathing rate.
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.
Other
Footprints Science: Breathing
This animation illustrates how the diaphragm and muscles around the rib cage work to facilitate inhaling and exhaling.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Parts of the Microscope: Lesson 2
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."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Parts of the Microscope: Lesson 3
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."
Inner Body
Innerbody
Explore the human body like never before. Resource presents hundreds of interactive anatomy pictures and descriptions of thousands of objects in the body.
Science Bob Pflugfelder
Science Bob: Body Zone: The Lungs
An introduction to the form and function of the lungs, including the bronchioles and alveoli.
Other
Biology at Clermont College: The Respiratory System
What do you know about the respiratory system? This site gives a detailed description of this integral human body system. Don't miss out.
My Science Site
Bj's Science: Microscope Word Search [Pdf]
Site provides a helpful word search teachers can use to help their students familiarize themselves with a microscope and have some fun at the same time.