Recommended Websites – Human Body: Respiration & Circulation
and Digestion & Motion
The following websites have been reviewed by teachers like you, to add to your resources for
teaching this unit. You will find sites for both teachers and students. Please let us know if you have
any issues with any of the sites or if the links are corrupted. Contact us. Thank you. Rev. 11/2014
Vision:
Addresses aspects of vision, while using common topics, such as "Why are school buses yellow?"
http://www.colormatters.com/kids/yellow.html
Organ:
http://www.smm.org/heart/heart/top.html
http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/14-anatomy.htm
Cell:
http://www.cellsalive.com
Digestive tract:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/digestive_system.html
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/yrdd/
Carbohydrates:
http://nutrition.about.com/od/basicnutritionecourse/a/carbohydrates.htm
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/Carbohydrates.html
Digestion in the mouth:
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/mouth_teeth.html
Digestion in the stomach:
http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/stomach/index.html
Diffusion:
http://www.sv.vt.edu/classes/MSE2034_NoteBook/MSE2034_kriz_NoteBook/diffusion/apps/body.html
http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/michael.gregory/files/bio%20101/bio%20101%20lectures/me
mbranes/membrane.htm
Active transport:
http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/michael.gregory/files/bio%20101/bio%20101%20lectures/me
mbranes/membrane.htm
Breathing:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/RSmovie.html
http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=152&id=2406
http://www.smm.org/heart/lungs/top.html
Cellular respiration Glycolysis:
http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/Bio231/glycolysis.html
http://www.johnkyrk.com/glycolysis.html
Aerobic respiration:
http://www2.nl.edu/jste/aerobic_respiration.htm
Anaerobic respiration:
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/mitochondria/mitochondria.html
http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_mito.html
The Heart General:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/
http://www.fda.gov/hearthealth/healthyheart/healthyheart.html
http://www.mydr.com.au/default.asp?Article=3178
Venae cavae:
http://www.ivy-rose.co.uk/References/glossary_entry350.htm
Aorta:
http://www.ivy-rose.co.uk/References/glossary_entry353.htm
S.A. node:
http://www.cvphysiology.com/Arrhythmias/A004.htm
Heart murmur:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/heartmurmur/hmurmur_what.html
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/heart-murmurs/DS00727
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/heart/heartmap.html
Closed circulatory system:
http://www2.gsu.edu/~bioasx/closeopen.html
http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/michael.gregory/files/Bio%20102/Bio%20102%20lectures/Circ
ulatory%20System/circulat.htm
Heart Rate and Pulse Blood pressure:
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HighBloodPressure/AboutHighBloodPressure/AboutHigh-Blood-Pressure_UCM_002050_Article.jsp
http://www.lifeclinic.com/focus/blood/whatisit.asp
Hypertension:
http://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/guide/blood-pressure-basics
http://www.faqs.org/nutrition/Hea-Irr/Hypertension.html
Hypotension:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/hyp/hyp_whatis.html
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/low-blood-pressure/DS00590
Arteriosclerosis:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/arteriosclerosis-atherosclerosis/DS00525
http://www.ucsfhealth.org/adult/medical_services/heart_care/cad/conditions/arterios/signs.html
Atherosclerosis:
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Cholesterol/WhyCholesterolMatters/Atherosclerosis_U
CM_305564_Article.jsp
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Atherosclerosis/Atherosclerosis_WhatIs.html
Aneurysm:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001122.htm
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/arm/arm_what.html
http://www.strokeassociation.org/STROKEORG/AboutStroke/TypesofStroke/HemorrhagicBleeds/Wha
t-You-Should-Know-About-Cerebral-Aneurysms_UCM_310103_Article.jsp
Stroke:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/stroke.html
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stroke/DS00150
Musculoskeletal System General:
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/HumanBody/BodyMuscles.htm
Joints:
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/bones_muscles_joints.html
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec05/ch058/ch058f.html
Tendons:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-tendons.htm
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5732
Ligaments:
http://www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article1268.html
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-ligaments.htm
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/L/ligament.html
http://www.becomehealthynow.com/article/bodyskeleton/836/
Joints and Movement:
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/chb/lectures/anatomy4.html
http://moon.ouhsc.edu/dthompso/namics/joints.HTM
http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/sci_Ed/grade10/manphys/joints.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/factfiles/joints/ball_and_socket_joint.shtml
Muscle size and strength:
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/M/Muscles.html
http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/lc/humanbio/5/lchb5_4a.html
Muscle fatigue Motor unit:
http://www.getbodysmart.com/ap/muscletissue/nervesupply/motorunit/tutorial.html
http://moon.ouhsc.edu/dthompso/namics/mu.htm
Synaptic cleft
:http://www.biologymad.com/NervousSystem/synapses.htm
Actin and myosin:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=cooper.section.1790
http://actin-myosin.com/
Slow-twitch and fast-twitch:
http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/anatomyandphysiology/a/MuscleFiberType.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/factfiles/fastandslowtwitch/soleus.shtml
Diseases:
http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/