Young scholars explore oxygen properties by conducting a cell experiment in class. In this respiration lesson, students discuss the process of breathing and how oxygen is inhaled before carbon dioxide is exhaled. Young scholars utilize...

What is the relationship among the heart, circulation, and exercise? Your class members will explore first-hand how different physical exercises affect an individual's heart rate. They will begin by learning how to measure their own...

Students play tag using science terms.

Students explore the cardiovascular system. Through the use of video, students observe the heart pumping an oxygen-enriched blood supply through arteries to the muscles in use during exercise. They participate in activities to explore...

What happens in the muscles during anaerobic and aerobic exercise, and how does this affect the heart and our overall health? A cross-curricular lesson that introduces learners to the lifelong benefits of exercise, including the...

Students divide into two groups facing each other; tossing the bean bags to each other. The teacher calls out names of unhealthy food and students start to throw beanbags back and forth to their partner. When students hear a healthy...

Students experience what it feels like to strain for air in order to empathize with people who have asthma. They create a simple model of the respiratory system to measure the effect of narrowed airway channels.

Fifth graders discover how blood moves around the body.  In this circulatory system lesson plan, 5th graders feel their pulse before and after exercise.  Students count their heart rate. Students use the scientific method to...

Use this site to find out why your body needs blood with this quick fact sheet. You can also try an experiment with your pulse.

Kid's learn about the science of human breathing and the lungs. How we get oxygen into our blood and remove carbon dioxide.

What do you know about the respiratory system? Check out this site to learn more about this fascinating body system. This resource features slides of the different parts of this system.

Do you know the parts of the lung? Check out this lung diagram that can be printed out for students to label the various parts.

Come and explore this internet workshop that was designed to introduce you to a study on the respiratory system. Students and teachers will benefit from this resource.

This lesson provides an overview that explains the respiratory system in humans. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Animals: Human Respiratory System."

This lesson provides an overview that explains the respiratory system in humans. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Animals: Human Respiratory System."

This lesson provides an overview that explains the respiratory system in humans. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Animals: Human Respiratory System."

What do you know about the respiratory system? This site gives a detailed description of this integral human body system. Don't miss out.