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Resources for students

 


1000 Facts On: Human Body - John Farndon, Consultant: Steve Parker

A Drop of Blood - Paul Showers

Blood - Herbert S. Zim

Bones: Our Skeletal System - Seymour Simon

Controls in Your Body - Navin Sullivan

DK Guide to the Human Body - Richard Walker

I Wonder Why: I Blink and Other Questions About My Body - Brigid Avison

Health for Life (textbook) - Julius B. Richmond; Scott, Foresman and Company 1992

Lifeline: The Story of Your Circulatory System - Leo Schneider

Science Experiences: The Human Senses - Jeanne Bendick

The Endocrine System: Hormones in the Living World - Dr. Alvin & Virginia B. Silverstein

The Human Body: The Brain - Kathleen Elgin

The Human Body: The Heart - Kathleen Elgin

The Human Body: The Muscles - Kathleen Elgin

The Human Body: The Skin - Kathleen Elgin

The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body - Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen

The Nervous System: The Inner Networks - Dr. Alvin & Virginia B. Silverstein

The Sense Organs: Our Link with the World - Dr. Alvin & Virginia B. Silverstein

The Senses: Seeing, Hearing, Smelling, Tasting, Touching - John M. Scott

The Skeletal System - Helen Frost

The Skeletal System: Frameworks for Life - Dr. Alvin & Virginia B. Silverstein
 
The Story of Your Blood - Edith Lucie Weart

The Story of Your Bones - Edith Lucie Weart
 
The Story of Your Brain and Nerves - Edith Lucie Weart

The Story of Your Respiratory System - Edith Lucie Weart

What’s Inside of Me? - Herbert S. Zim

You and Your Body: A Book of Experiments to Perform on Yourself - Aaron E. Klein

You Can’t Make a Move Without Your Muscles - Paul Showers

Your Busy Brain: An All About You Book - Louise Greep McNamara & Ada Bassett Litchfield

Your Wonderful Body - Robert J. R. Follett

http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Science/Anatomy/index.htm http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/yrdd/#1 http://hes.ucf.k12.pa.us/gclaypo/digestive_system.html#digestive%20system http://hes.ucf.k12.pa.us/gclaypo/skelweb/skel04.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/11965/html/cyber-anatomy_systems.html
http://medtropolis.com/VBody.asp
http://nccsc.k12.in.us/hackerr/brainpack.html
http://nccsc.k12.in.us/hackerr/passpack.html
http://www.ask.com/
http://www.classbrain.com/index.htm
http://www.google.com/
http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/respiratorysystem.html
http://www.kidinfo.com/Health/Human_Body.html
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/mybody_noSW.html
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/closet/movies/how_the_body_works_interim.html
http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/337/27/
http://www.lung.ca/children/grades4_6/respiratory/index.html
http://www.stcms.si.edu/hbs/hbs_student.htm
http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000008.html


Resources for Teachers

 


Health for Life (textbook) - Julius B. Richmond; Scott, Foresman and Company 1992
 
Science: See learning in a whole new light (IN) (textbook) - Scott Foresman, Pearson 2006
 
The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body - Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen

http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L635
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=L659 
http://illuminations.nctm.org/Lessons/BodyMeasurements/BodyMeas-AS-MyMeasure.pdf
http://illuminations.nctm.org/lessons/HowLong/HowLong-AS-BodyParts.pdf 
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/activity/bio/bio-5.html 
http://www.adprima.com/sci-respsystem.htm
http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/cur/mybody/content.htm
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/TheHumanBodyCorporation.htm
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/1185.html
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/99.html