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Inside the Human Body - The Respiratory System

Grades 7-12

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Indoor Air Pollution Most people spend about 90% of their time indoors, so it is extremely important to keep the indoor air clean! What can you do to help?
Planes, Trains and Automobiles There are lots of things we can do to improve the quality of our indoor air but how can we improve outdoor air?
R2000 Housing What is an R2000 home and why have many Canadians decided to live in one?
R-2000 Housing:Building a Healthy House What kinds of things should we think about when building our R2000 home?



Our lungs are amazing machines that can supply large amounts of oxygen to our blood. Sometimes the lungs don't work as well as they should. This can be because of a disease, allergies, or simply a cold or the flu.
Diseases A-Z For information on other lung diseases, including: croup, histoplasmosis, pleurisy, sarcoidosis plus many others.
Fill the Holes What can you do to avoid getting Emphysema?
What are the symptoms of chronic bronchitis?



The Respiratory System Take a look at the different parts of the respiratory system complete with definitions.
Crossword Use what you have learned about lung health to do this crossword puzzle.
Respiratory System
Follow See if you really know your respiratory system by following the path air takes to get to your lungs in this challenging game.
Guesswork Just for fun. See if you can guess the secret color combination to keep this strange machine working.
Word Search More word searches than you can shake your cilia at. Do them right here on your computer.



Effect of Smoking Experiment You've read about how smoking affects the lungs, but here is your chance to see first hand some of the things smoking does to lung function.
Pulse Rate Experiment Smoking is bad news for your lungs, but it also affects the heart. Prove it with this experiment.
Tar Collection Experiment If you are trying to convince someone to quit smoking, showing them the results of this experiment may help.
Are you alarmed? Smoking has some alarming consequences. Are you alarmed?



CDC leaf This digital collection was produced under contract to Canada's Digital Collections program, Industry Canada. The web site was produced by a youth team at the Saskatchewan Lung Association.