The Body

Sites in this section will teach you how the different parts of your body look and work.

Resources in this category:

Blending in but Staying Special
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5777/

Take a tour of the human body here and learn how your body works! Meet a man that had an organ transplant and hear his story.

BrainPOP
http://www.brainpop.com/

Learn about everything from the Harlem Renaissance to the electromagnetic spectrum, movies, comics, and interactive games. For grades 3-8.

Color Photographs of Cryosections from the Visible Human Project
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/photos.html

This page shows full-color photos of left-to-right slices of the human body (but no blood or guts). See sections of a human head, feet, hands, legs and arms. Find out what bone really looks like.

Come to Your Senses
http://library.thinkquest.org/3750/?tqskip1=1

Do you know who has more tastebuds, girls or boys? Who has a better sense of smell, you or your parents? Visit this site, put together by fifth and sixth graders in North Carolina, to find the answers to these questions and more.

Human Anatomy On-line
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

"Human Anatomy On-line, the place for fun, interactive and educational views of the human body. This program contains over one hundred illustrations of the human body with animations and thousands of descriptive links."

Human Body Adventure
http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_intro.html

With the guidance of a robot friend, we are going to travel inside the human body to learn all about muscles, bones and organs! Take a fun quiz after each section to see what you learned.

It's My Life
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife

Need help dealing with friends, family, school, health, emotions, and money? Here you can get advice from older kids and adults, or share your stories. There are also games, quizzes, interviews, and articles.

Learn2 Avoid Frostbite
http://www.tutorials.com/07/0743/0743.asp

"Once the temperatures outside drop below 32 degrees F (0 degrees C), you're in the frostbite zone."

Mind Over Matter
http://teens.drugabuse.gov/mom/index.asp

Learn about the effects of drug abuse on the body and the brain, including Marijuana, Opiates, Inhalants, Hallucinogens, Methamphetamine, Nicotine, Stimulants, and Steroids.

My Body
http://kidshealth.org/misc_pages/mybody_noSW.html

Learn about your bones, your brain, your teeth, your heart, your skin, and all the other parts of your body.

Neuroscience for Kids
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html

Want to learn more about the nervous system? If so, this site is for you! "Enjoy the activities and experiments on your way to learning more about the brain and spinal cord."

Neuroscience For Kids: Sleep
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/sleep.html

Ever wonder why we sleep? This site tells you why. It discusses the different stages of sleep and why each one is useful for our bodies.

Science Experiment: The Nose Knows!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/media/world/9703/nose/inde...

Explore the relationship between smell and taste in this simple experiment you can try with a friend.

Sighting the First Sense - Seeing is Believing
http://thinkquest.org/library/cat_show.html?cat_id=617&cid=1

Learn about your eyes and how you see in this site about vision. Requires Flash.

The Hormone Factory
http://www.thehormonefactory.com/index.cfm?flashOK=1

This site is for pre-teenagers who have questions about puberty and sex.