Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Asthma
Thorough overview of asthma. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Do the Lungs Work?
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...
Other
Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System
This site has respiratory system activities and learning games for students at all grade levels.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Looking at Your Lungs
At this very creative site students will love learning about the function of their lungs. Fully illustrated with diagrams and new vocabulary words. Available in Spanish.
Other
Get Body Smart: Respiratory System: Anatomy and Physiology
Students can learn about the human respiratory system's structures and functions through this easy-to-access tutorial. Sections include major zones and divisions, the nose and nasal cavity, the pharynx, the larynx, the trachea and...
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.
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.
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,...
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.
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.
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.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Animals: Human Respiratory System: Lesson 4
This lesson provides an overview that explains the respiratory system in humans. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Animals: Human Respiratory System."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Animals: Human Respiratory System: Lesson 5
This lesson provides an overview that explains the respiratory system in humans. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Animals: Human Respiratory System."
Science Bob Pflugfelder
Science Bob: Body Zone: The Lungs
An introduction to the form and function of the lungs, including the bronchioles and alveoli.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Animals: Human Respiratory System: Lesson 3
This lesson provides an overview that explains the respiratory system in humans. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Animals: Human Respiratory System."
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.