Circulatory System

Cardiovascular System - Reading Level 4th grade
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000131.html
Short description of the cardiovascular system, factoids
Reading level about 6th

Circulatory System
A site written by students for students.
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5777/cir1.htm

NOVA Online: Cut to the Heart - Reading level 6th grade
NOVA Online features pioneers of heart surgery and a map of the human heart. High graphics may lead to slow loading. Text version is available from the site.
Animation of the heart function.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/heart/heartmap.html

Circulatory System: The Life Pump - Reading level 5th grade
Diagram and brief facts from the Science Fact File. Additional body systems can be found here also.
http://www.imcpl.org/kids_circ.htm

Hilldale Health page on the circulatory system- Reading level about high 4th grade
http://hes.ucf.k12.pa.us/gclaypo/circulatorysys.html

Tips for keeping your heart Healthy -Reading level beyond the first page is about 6th
http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/healthy/healthy.html

Circle of Blood - Reading level about 6th
The body's circulatory system really has three distinct parts: pulmonary circulation, coronary circulation, and systemic circulation. Or, the lungs (pulmonary), the heart (coronary), and the rest of the system (systemic). Each part must be working independently in order for them to all work together.
http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/systems/circulation.html

My Body web site created by a fourth grade class
http://www.ashland.k12.or.us/morgan_cottle/body/body.htm

Simple outline of information on the heart - Some vocabulary will need to be supported.
http://www.mnu.edu/~mithelem/The%20Circulatory%20System.html

Very brief facts about the circulatory system
http://www.msms.doe.k12.ms.us/biology/anatomy/circulatory/circulatory.html

Human Body Adventure - The Heart
http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/heart.html

All About the Heart
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/heart_SW.html

Kids' Heath - How things work- the heart
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/kids/heart.shtml

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Digestive System

The Digestive System
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/digest_SW.html

Digestive System
http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/digestivesystem.html

The Digestive System
This site is written by students for students.
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5777/dig1.htm

Digestive System -
Short description of the digestive system, factoids
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000126.html

Kids' Heath - How things work- eating and digestion
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/kids/eating.shtml

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Muscular System

The Muscular System
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/muscles_SW.html

Welcome to the Muscles
For students by students
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5777/mus2.htm

Human Body Adventures - Muscles
http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/muscles.html

Muscular System -
Short description of the muscular system, factoids
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000123.html

Kids' Heath - How things work- the muscles
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/kids/muscles.shtml

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Nervous System

Human Body Adventure - The Nervous System
http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/nervoussys.html

The Nervous System
A site written for students by students
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5777/ner1.htm

Nervous System -
Short description of the nervous system, factoids
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000136.html

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Respiratory System

Inside the Human Body - the Respiratory System
http://www.lung.ca/children/index_kids.html

How to Keep Your Lungs Healthy
http://www.lung.ca/lunghealth/index2.html

The Respiratory System
This site is written by students for students.
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5777/resp1.htm

Looking at your Lungs
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/lungs_SW.html

Human Body Adventure - Respiration
http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/respiratory.html

Respiratory System
Short description of the respiratory system, factoids
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000138.html

Kids' Heath - How things work- breathing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/kids/breathing.shtml

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Skeletal System

	See the amazing Spine. Learn facts about the spine http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4131/index.htm?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0220
	The Human Body - Reading Level: 3-6 Skeletal System An illustrated and labeled human skeleton, including close up graphics. http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~bioman/index.html
	Human Body Adventure - The Skeleton http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/skeleton.html
	Skeletal System Short description of the skeletal system, factoids http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000124.html Skeleton System By students for students http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5777/ske1.htm

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Teacher background

Virtual tour of all body systems
http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_intro.html

This site was developed by fourth and sixth grade students for a Thinkquest competition.
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5777/tour.htm

How the Heart works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/heart.htm

Tips for keeping your heart Healthy
http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/healthy/healthy.html

A look inside the Human body
http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/amcgann/body/

Heart online
http://www.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html

The Whole Body
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/mybody_SW.html

Printable activity for helping students test lung capacity
http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/body/lungs.shtml

Additional Activities for helping students explore the human body
http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/body/