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How the Body Works: The Heart
Where is the heart? What does it do? What other organs help it carry out its function? Here is a hearty little video that answers such questions! With a casual tone and colorful animation, elementary and middle schoolers will fall in...
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Kids Health: What Happens During an Asthma Flare Up?
Watch this movie to find out exactly what happens during an asthma flare-up. See the difference between healthy airways and airways of someone who has asthma.
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Kids Health: The Digestive System
You'll be entertained and informed by this video on the digestive system.
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Kids Health: The Endocrine System
Check out this informative and entertaining video on the endocrine system. This animated video addresses the function of each gland.
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Kids Health: Immune Cells
Check out this entertaining and informative animation. The animation specifically shows the series of steps that must take place for immune cells to deal with a cold virus. The movie does mistakenly call a virus a cell, but otherwise is...
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Kids Health: The Circulatory System
This short movie gives you a fun way to learn the basics of the heart and how the circulatory system works. From KidsHealth.
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Kids Health: The Digestive System
A great little movie that follows your food from the time you eat it onward through your digestive system. Good basic information. From KidsHealth.
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Kids Health: The Endocrine System
A basic overview of the endocrine system shown in a cartoon-like movie. Easy to understand for elementary students and a quick review for older ones.
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Kids Health: The Immune System
Will the body's defense system fight off the foreign invader? Animated cartoon characters explain the human body's immune system in action. [8:30]
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Kids Health: The Nervous System
This brief movie from KidsHealth outlines the nervous system, the brain, and how the nervous system works. Fun to watch to get basic information.
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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.
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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.
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Kids Health: Skeletal System
A quick introduction to the skeletal system, featuring the major bones of the body. [1:25]
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Kids Health: How the Body Works
Sometimes the doctor might want you to give a urine specimen. This short movie tells you exactly how to do this. Very straight forward information. From KidsHealth.
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Kids Health: How the Body Works: Movie: The Skeletal System
This short movie explains what the skeletal system does and show some of the major bones.
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Kids Health: Urinary Tract Infection
KidsHealth suggests ways to avoid getting a urinary tract infection (UTI).
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Kids Health: Your Heart and Circulatory System
Get an overview of the function of the whole circulatory system by watching this video. [2:29]
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Kids Health: The Urinary System
Watch this movie from Kids Health to learn all about the urinary system including where pee comes from.
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Kids Health: Smoking Stinks
Don't smoke. That's the message from this article from KidsHealth. Find out the effects of smoking and why you shouldn't start this harmful habit.
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Kids Health: What It's Like to Be Color Blind
Very basic overview and what occurs for people with color blindness. Contains many links to related articles.
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Kids Health: The Bones and Skeletal System
This animated video will give you a quick overview of the skeletal system.
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Kids Health: Urinary Tract Troubles
KidsHealth explains how people get a urinary tract infection and provides related medical terms.