TED-Ed
How Do the Lungs Work?
With the thousands of tasks our brain consciously performs on a daily basis, it's amazing that breathing isn't one of them. Learn how human bodies are able to automatically control the exchange of gas that keeps us alive...
Curated OER
Respiratory System - Questions and Answers
Intersperse your viewing of this video with questions that are shown on the screen. Keep your learners engaged by having them take notes and answer the questions. Parts of the respiratory system are shown with pictures and animation...
Curated OER
The Respiratory System - How it Works?
Diagrams and video footage of people help show the structures and functions of the respiratory system. Exercise is highlighted, making this an accessible video for a health class.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Belly Breathe
Colbie Caillat and Common team up with Elmo to help you calm down when you're feeling mad or bad. Use this tune to exercise the belly breathing strategy for keeping calm. [1:56]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Dance to Success: Express Your Emotions
Gain a deeper understanding of emotions through movement and breathing! The "Express Your Emotions" dance sequence leads students through a check-in to better understand what they are feeling and how they can constructively show and...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Respiration and the Respiratory Cycle
This lesson will identify the basics of respiration and the respiratory cycle. Includes two videos as well as their transcripts. [7:12 and 4:59]
Curated OER
Kids Health: The Respiratory System
How does breathing work? This interesting and entertaining animation gives you a brief summary of how the respiratory system works.
Curated OER
Kids Health: The Respiratory System
Watch this short movie to find out the basics of the respiratory system. Fun to watch and lots of good information. From KidsHealth.
TED Talks
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...
Crash Course
Crash Course A&p #31: Respiratory System, Part 1
So we all know that breathing is pretty important, right? Today we're going to talk about how it works, starting with the nameless evolutionary ancestor that we inherited this from, and continuing to the mechanics of both simple...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Breathing Control: Peripheral Chemoreceptors
Find out how the your body uses special cells that are peripheral to the brain (outside the brain) to sense levels of O2, CO2, and pH. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. These videos do not...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lung Introduction: How Does Lung Volume Change?
Do you know the muscles involved and the process that takes place that allows you to inhale and exhale? This video lecture will teach you about how muscle contraction and lung recoil actually help the lungs change their volume with every...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lung Introduction: Inhaling and Exhaling
Find out exactly why air goes in and out of the lungs. [12:59]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Asthma: Breathing Basics
Video lecture helps in the understanding of asthma by learning the mechanics of breathing, and how breathing air in is quite different from breathing air out. [12:03]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lung Introduction: Meet the Lungs
Every time you take a breath, oxygen makes it way into your lungs. Follow along on that journey! Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. [9:36]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Asthma: Asthma
Take a glimpse into your lungs to understand what happens when you have an asthma attack. [4:40]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Gas Exchange: Alveolar Gas Equation Part 2
Find out how to calculate exactly how much oxygen is deep down inside your lungs. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. [7:06]
Curated OER
Kids Health: What Happens During an Athsma Flare Up?
Learn here about what happens to the lungs and the body during an athsma flare-up. [2:26]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Alveolar Gas Equation Part 2
Find out how to calculate exactly how much oxygen is deep down inside your lungs! [7:5]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Circulatory and Respiratory System: Meet the Lungs
Every time you take a breath, oxygen makes it way into your lungs. Follow along on that journey. [9:36]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Central Chemoreceptors
Do you know how your body controls your breathing rate? In this video, learn how special cells that are in your brain senses levels of C02 an pH. [7:43]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Sleep Wake Disorders Breathing Related Sleep Disorders
This video lesson from Khan Academy and the Association of American Medical Colleges provides study content for the MCAT. This resource discusses sleep disorders that negatively impact breathing during sleep.
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Human Body Videos: Human Respiratory System
Narrated animation showing how the lungs work to allow us to breathe and exchange oxygen for carbon dioxide. (Length: 1 min. 18 sec.)
Next Vista for Learning
Next Vista for Learning: Breathing: The Marvelous Murpho
Follow the path that oxygen takes as enters the body with this video. [1:30]