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Use the internet resources found in this table, plus health books and other resource materials (don't forget www.discoveryeducation.com for video sources (cse.s1 - both username and password), and the Columbus Library site at: http://webpac.columbuslibrary.org/cgi-bin/wpws1041.shtml?bookbag_number=0&helptype=Basic for non-internet sources).

In class, we will design our research questions, and determine our goals for the research project & end product, so take notes!

BRAINPOP!  Access www.brainpop.com - username csia, password brainpop, to watch videos located in the HEALTH, BODY SYSTEMS section of the site (specific videos listed in the boxes below).  ALL SHOULD WATCH BRAINPOP - HEALTH- BODY SYSTEMS- HUMAN BODY.

 

All systems can be researched on the following sites:

http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html  Simply choose the body system you would like to explore.

http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/index.php  Click & go!

http://www.biology4kids.com/map.html  Scroll to "Animal Systems" and choose your topic.

http://www.stcms.si.edu/hbs/hbs_student.htm  All are offered, but be careful- muscular & skeletal are grouped into 'musculoskeletal', and respiratory and circulatory systems are listed together.

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-body/  Lots of options, so be sure to explore a bit.

Don't forget to click on links within each site for more information!

Skeletal System

http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000124.html

http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/ballnsocketjoint.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/ske1.htm

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/bones_SW.html

http://depts.washington.edu/bonebio/index.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/skeleton/Skelprintout.shtml

http://www.getbodysmart.com/ap/skeletalsystem/skeleton/introduction/tutorial.html

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/biology/humananatomy/skeletal/skeletalsystem.html

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Muscular System

http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000123.html

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/muscles_noSW.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/factfiles/skeletalsmoothandcardiac/heart_beat.shtml

http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/muscularsystem.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/2935/Natures_Best/Nat_Best_Low_Level/Muscular_page.L.html

http://www.biology4kids.com/files/systems_muscular.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/10348/find/content/muscular.html

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Digestive System

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/yrdd/

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/digest_noSW.html

http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000126.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/digestive/

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/dig1.htm

http://www.yext.com/chiropractors/articles/the-digestive-system.html

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Respiratory System

http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000138.html

http://www.fi.edu/biosci/systems/respiration.html

http://www.lung.ca/children/grades7_12/respiratory/respiratory_system.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/resp1.htm

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/lungs.html

http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/systems/respiration.html

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Nervous System

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/brain_noSW.html

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000135.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/ner1.htm

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/word/n/word_nervous_system.html

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/brain.html

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/brainandsenses/brain.asp

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html (search links at left)

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Circulatory/Cardiovascular System

 

 

 

www.smm.org

http://web.buddyproject.org/web019/web019/

http://www.besthealth.com/besthealth/bodyguide/reftext/html/cardio_sys_fin.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/cir1.htm

http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000131.html 

http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/circulatorysystem.html

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/heart.html

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Immune System

http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/immunity/immune-overview.html

http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/immune.html

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/immune.html

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/immuneSystem/Pages/structure.aspx

http://www.cyh.sa.gov.au/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=152&id=2402

http://nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/immunity/

 

(graphic from www.drstandley.com/images/immune.bmp)

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