Curated OER
What Is The Relationship Between Radon and Breathing?
Learners examine the effects of radon on their breathing. They review the anatomy of the respiratory system before completeing this lesson. They also complete equations to show how carbon dioxide forms in their body.
Curated OER
Anatomical Female Reproductive System
Students dissect internal female reproductive organs and take digital pictures that are exported onto a disc for use with power point technology.
Curated OER
Soybeans in Space
Students work together to design an experiment that compares and contrasts differnet plant cultivation systems. In groups, they evaluate the results of the experiment to discover if the cultivation system could be used in space. They...
Curated OER
The Microscope
In this microscope lesson students explore the compound light microscope. Students discover techniques concerning cleaning, storage and proper use of the microscope. Students discover the working parts of the compound light microscope as...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Effects of Exercise: Changes in Carbon Dioxide Output
Everybody knows that your body needs oxygen to keep going, and that you breathe out carbon dioxide as waste. What happens when you exercise? You've probably noticed that you breathe faster, and your heart beats faster. What triggers your...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Development of the Heart
Study the embryological development of heart structures including the five regions of the fetal heart with these learning exercises.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy and Physiology: Homeostatic Regulation of Vascular System
Students can learn about the homeostatic regulation of the vascular system, and find out how exercise affects it.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Adaptive Immune Response: T Lymphocytes
With these learning exercises, students explain the advantages of the human adaptive immune response over the innate immune response including the types of T cells, development, and their functions.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Blood Flow, Blood Pressure, and Resistance
Learn about the components and measurement of arterial blood pressure, as well as the variables affecting blood flow and blood pressure in this learning exercise.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Modifications in Respiratory Functions
Students learn how the human respiratory system undergoes modifications when the conditions change. Included are the processes of hyperpnea, hyperventilation, and acclimatization.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Human Physiological Development
Free-standing questions on human physiological development.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Physiological Needs and Pregnancy
Read this passage and study the chart to complete the five-question quiz concerning physiological needs and pregnancy.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Exercise and Muscle Performance
Physical training alters the appearance of skeletal muscles and can produce changes in muscle performance. Conversely, a lack of use can result in decreased performance and muscle appearance. This site helps students understand exercise...
US National Library of Medicine
Medline Plus: Stress Echocardiography
A stress echocardiogram can help a doctor see how the heart responds to exercise. This tutorial explains how the test works and its risks and benefits.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Tim Noakes
A short biography about Tim Noakes, the South African scientist who has run more than 70 marathons and ultramarathons, and is the author of several books on exercise and diet.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Is Lactic Acid a Four Letter Word?
This essay by exercise physiologist Patti Finke and fitness consultant Warren Finke describes the process by which our bodies transform food energy into energy that our cells can use.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Walk, Run, Jump!
In this activity, students participate in a series of timed relay races using their skeletal muscles. The compare the movement of skeletal muscle and relate how engineers help astronauts exercise skeletal muscles in space.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Physical Activity and Health
A six-chapter report by the Surgeon General in 1999, "Physical Activity and Health" provides research on the health benefits linked to physical activity. Though this article is very long, key ideas and facts can be easily obtained...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Clindamycin Resistance in Staphylococcus Aureus
Read this passage and study the graphics to complete a five-question quiz related to the structure, growth, physiology and genetics of prokaryotes and viruses.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lactate Dehydrogenase and Exhausted Athletes
MCAT style passage and practice questions over lactate dehydrogenase and exhausted athletes.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Muscles, Muscles Everywhere
This activity helps students learn about the three different types of muscles and how outer space affects astronauts' muscles. They will discover how important it is for astronauts to get adequate exercise both on Earth and in outer...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: New Town Health Club
Over the course of the year, the learners in Human Anatomy and Physiology will design a health club. As part of this year-long project, the students will develop a brochure or print advertisement for the health club. This project will...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Swine Flu and Laser Treatment
Read this passage and study the graphics to answer the five-question quiz concerning structure, growth, physiology, and genetics of prokaryotes and viruses.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Virulence Factors in Outbreak Strain Cholera
This study resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the MCAT. Questions related to the structure, growth, physiology and genetics of prokaryotes and viruses.