The Human Body System
General Human Body Websites:
- Discovery Kids – Body Systems
- Kids Health for Kids – Articles and interactive activities.
- All Systems Go – An interactive site highlighting four of the Human Body Systems.
Sites for looking up Health Information and illnesses:
Our School Databases:
Specific System Websites:
Circulatory System
- Your Gross and Cool Body - Cardiovascular System - From the “Yuckiest Site on the Internet” sponsored by DiscoveryKids.com
- All About the Heart - Explains the parts and functions of this system
Skin and Muscular System
- Your Gross and Cool Body - The Muscular System - From the “Yuckiest Site on the Internet” sponsored by DiscoveryKids.com
- Your Gross and Cool Body - Skin - From the “Yuckiest Site on the Internet” sponsored by DiscoveryKids.com
- Needs JAVA might not open in computer lab - Muscular System Picture and overview of system
- Your Multi-Talented Muscles – Written for kids from Kid’s Health
- Human Body Adventure - Skin – Brief information and diagram
- The Whole Story on Skin -- Written for kids from Kid’s Health
Nervous System
- Neuroscience for Kids - Explore the human nervous system and the most important tissue in the body, the brain!
- Needs JAVA might not work in computer lab - Nervous System - Diagram and facts about the different parts of the nervous system and their functions
- Your Gross and Cool Body - The Nervous System - From the “Yuckiest Site on the Internet” sponsored by DiscoveryKids.com
- Word! Nervous System -- From “Kids Health” -- be sure to follow the hyperlink for the “brain”
- http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/brain_SW_p8.html
- A Science Odyssey: You Try It: Probe the Brain – From PBS
Digestive System
- Needs JAVA might not work in computer lab - Digestive System - Digestive - Picture and overview of system
- The Real Deal on the Digestive System - Explains the parts and functions of this system
- Your Gross and Cool Body - Digestive System - From the “Yuckiest Site on the Internet” sponsored by DiscoveryKids.com
Skeletal System
- Your Gross and Cool Body - The Skeletal System - From the “Yuckiest Site on the Internet” sponsored by DiscoveryKids.com
- Bones, Muscles, and Joints – From Kid’s Health
- Might not work in computer lab - Skeletal System - Skeletal - Picture and overview of system
Respiratory System
- Looking at Your Lungs - Explains the parts and functions of this system
- Your Gross and Cool Body - Respiratory System - From the “Yuckiest Site on the Internet” sponsored by DiscoveryKids.com
- The Respiratory System - Short description explaining how the respiratory system supplies blood with oxygen
- Inside the Human Body - The Respiratory System - Grades 4-6 - Respiratory System – Research first, then try the fun and games. (Some might not load in the computer lab.)
Think Quest Sites by Students (Fun to look at, but not for taking notes):
- Welcome to Muscles - This Think Quest page will teach you the difference between smooth, skeletal, and cardiac muscles!
- Welcome to the Respiratory System - Take a tour of the organs that help you breathe, from a fun Think Quest site
- Circulatory System - This Think Quest page will teach you how the blood makes its way from your heart to your toes without getting tired
- Nervous System Tour - Take a tour of the system that helps you think and feel, from a Think Quest site
- The Digestive System - Think quest tour of the digestive system
- The Skeletal System - Read all about your bones and joints on this Think Quest page
