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About the Human Body
Yucky Gross
& Cool Body
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/
Learn all about what makes the human body work. Why do your
ears have wax, what is dandruff and more.
BrainPop-Health
http://www.brainpop.com/health/seeall.weml
Pick a movie on blood, the heart or some other health issues and learn.
[Please Note: BrainPOP is a free site where viewers may watch 3
movies/day. If you go to 3 subject pages on the site, even the same page 3 times, it counts as watching three movies.
The movies are available on CD-ROM for $.]
BBC's Living Things bones and organs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/05_act.shtml
This site has a great activity where you can put all the organs of the body back
into a person.
BBC's
Interactive Body - advance level
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/
students need to know the location and rotation of our body parts to
play the organs game where you plumb together your organs in a 3D
jigsaw puzzle.
KidsHealth.org—How the Body Works
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/mybody.html
Created and supported by the Nemours Foundation this site has information on the
muscles and bones systems. In
simple terms and with movement the site shows how the systems work. If you have
Shockwave plug-in use this
page.
Body Quest
http://hyperion.advanced.org/10348/
This site, designed for students aged 11-16, allows the
student to find basic information on different body systems, to view graphics of
the systems, add their own annotations, conduct experiments, play quiz game and
much more.
A
Look Inside the Human Body
http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/amcgann/body/
Another well done site with information on the skeletal, muscular, respiratory,
nervous, digestive and circulatory human systems.
Human Anatomy On Line
http://www.innerbody.com/default.htm
This site has an Interactive Anatomy section.
Under this there is a section on the Circulatory System.
Click on either section then move the mouse over the picture of the human
body. When a label is displayed
click to learn more about arteries and veins.
Grander
Academy's Body Systems
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/body.htm
Information on the skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular and other human body
systems can be found here.
The Human Body
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/humanbo.html
This site has a list of great resources on the human body.
Newton’s
Apple: Teachers Guide: Bones
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/newtons/14/bones12.html
NEWTON'S APPLE, the family science program on PBS reveals
how and why our bodies make our bones.
Body Quest
http://library.thinkquest.org/10348/
This site, designed for students aged 11-16, allows the
student to find basic information on different body systems, to view graphics of
the systems, add their own annotations, conduct experiments, play quiz game and
much more.
Muscle Page for Kids!
http://danke.com/kidsmuscles/kidmuscle1.html
This site shows how our what muscles work under our shin
when we do everyday activities.
The Human Digestive System [Macromedia Flash Player]
http://www.arches.uga.edu/~shayle/studio/6200/final/digestion.swf
This website offers a fun, animated tour of the human digestive system --
After a brief introduction to other systems (cardiovascular, skeletal,
respiratory, muscular) the tutorial explains in simple terms, with the help of
colorful graphics, what happens at each point in the digestive system (including
an explanation of mechanical vs. chemical digestion). The website also offers a
"drag and drop" anatomy activity, online crossword puzzle, and multiple-choice
quiz.
Circulatory System and the Heart
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NOVA
Cut to the Heart: Map of the Human Heart
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/heart/heartmap.html
Look here for a great diagram of the heart, a working diagram of how blood flows
through the heart and a link to "amazing heart facts."
Your
Gross and Cool Body: Circulatory System
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000131.html
Jump Into a
Healthy Life
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5407/
Learn about the body's circulatory system, the heart, and take a Heart Quiz.
The Heart Preview Gallery
http://sln2.fi.edu/biosci/preview/heartpreview.html
Visit the Franklin Institute Science Museum and explore the
heart. Discover the complexities of its development and structure. Follow the
blood through the blood vessels. Wander through the web like body systems. Learn
how to have a healthy heart and how to monitor your heart's health. Look back at
the history of heart science. Use
the do, see, learn, go or hear links or scroll to the bottom of the screen and
Begin Your Tour of The Heart--
The Heart: An Online Exploration
http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
The Circulatory
System
http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/systems/circulation.html
The Respiratory
System
http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/systems/respiration.html
Cells Alive!
http://www.cellsalive.com/
Do you want to know why all the cells in the heart beat
together? Click on Cell Biology then
click on “Pumping Myocytes”. Also,
under Cell Gallery there is a picture of red blood cells and one can also see
animated red cells in capillaries in "OUCH!... Anatomy of a Splinter".
Infection and
Diseases of the Human Body [top]
Kids' Health
Problems
http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/index.html
A great site for students on diseases, birth defects, cancers, infections and
more.
Infection Detection Protection
http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/
Learn about infection, bacteria in your cafeteria and the amazing microbe
hunters.
Anatomy of
an Epidemic
http://library.thinkquest.org/11170/?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0502
Click on epidemics and learn about AIDS, Cholera, Diphtheria, Ebola, Hepatitis,
Herpes, Influenza, Mad Cow, Plague, Smallpox, Tuberculosis, Typhoid, and
Whooping Cough.
Problems with Muscles and Bones
Diseases and Infections
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