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Human Body

All 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   [top]

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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