Human Body Website
Bibliography
Brainpop - Colorful and active
website designed for kids with movies, comics, and activities relating to the
human body.
(visited February 2002)
http://brainpop.com/
Science
Fact File: Inside the Human Body
This site provides a brief look at the systems of
the body with several easy to read facts and an illustration of each system.
(visited February 2002)
http://www.imcpl.org/kids_body.htm
Your Gross
& Cool Body - Advertised as the "Yuckiest Place on the
Internet" this website provides answers to kids' questions
on all bodily functions such as pimples, burps,
farts, zits, etc.
Good source
of information covering the body systems.
(visited February 2002)
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000008.html
Kids Health is the largest and most visited Web source of
doctor approved health information about children.
Its goal is to provide families with accurate, up to
date, jargon free medical information.
Kids' Health - My Body
- links to body organs and digestive system information. (visited February
2002)
http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/mybody_noSW.html
Kids' Health - Everyday
Illnesses & Injuries - large link index of illnesses & injuries.
(visited February 2002)
http://kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/index.html
Kids' Health -
Kids' Health Problems - link index arranged by body part affected. (visited
February 2002)
http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/index.html
Kids' Health - People,
Places, & Things that Help Me - Link index to careers, locations, and
technologies to restore the body to balance.
(visited February 2002)
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feel_better/index.html
Body Systems
Circulatory
System - Good source with 7 links
for heart and circulatory system. (visited February 2002) http://www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/Living_Things/Biology/Anatomy/Circulatory_System/Heart__The/
Digestive
System
- excellent source with 14 links to the stomach and digestive system. (visited
February 2002) http://search.yahooligans.com/search/ligans?p=digestive+system
Endocrine
System - 6 links to websites about the endocrine system.
(visited February 2002) http://search.yahooligans.com/search/ligans?p=endocrine+system
Excretory
System
- 4 links for kidneys and excretory system.
(visited February 2002)
http://search.yahooligans.com/search/ligans?p=excretory+system
Integumentary System - 1 link for the skin.
(visited February 2002) http://search.yahooligans.com/search/ligans?p=endocrine+system
Muscular
System - 6 links for muscles and muscular system.
(visited February 2002)
http://search.yahooligans.com/search/ligans?p=muscular+system
Nervous
System - excellent source of 15 links to the brain and nervous
system.
(visited February 2002) http://search.yahooligans.com/search/ligans?p=nervous+system
Neuroscience for Kids
- WOW! This site is the one to see for the Nervous System! Includes careers, technology, diseases and
links to more. (visited March 2002)
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html
Respiratory
System
- good source of 9 links for the lungs and respiratory system. (visited February 2002) http://search.yahooligans.com/search/ligans?p=Respiratory+System
Skeletal
System - excellent source with 10 links for bones and skeletal
system.
(visited February 2002)
http://search.yahooligans.com/search/ligans?p=skeletal+system
Diseases and Health
Conditions
Yahooligans!
Directory: Diseases and Conditions
An alphabetical website directory of links to many
human diseases.
(visited February 2002)
http://www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/Health_and_Safety/Diseases_and_Conditions/
Technology
Medical Technology -
The Artificial Human
This website was produced by NOVA. Click on a part of the human body and recent
medical technologies are briefly described.
(visited February 2002)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eheart/manmade.html
Careers
Excellent alphabetical listing of careers. Many careers related to human body systems.
(visited February 2002) http://www.whatdotheydo.com/
Neuroscience Careers
- site specifically for careers associated with the nervous system (visited march 2002) http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chjob.html
US Govt.
Occupational Outcome Handbook - the government's handbook of what employees
do on the job, their working conditions, and pay range. This information is revised every 2
years. (visited March 2002)
Think Quest Projects -
Youth Centered Learning on
the Internet
A ThinkQuest site produced by 10-12 year olds about
the human body. Included in the website
are the accounts of an organ donor and an organ recipient. (visited February 2002)
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5777/site_map.htm
Written by three sixth grade students as a Think
Quest Internet Challenge project. It
provides a diagram and brief information about organs and systems in the body
in kid friendly writing. Good example
of Bibliography credits. (visited February 2002) http://library.thinkquest.org/J001614F/