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This cardiovascular/respiratory unit provides high school students with a scientific basis for understanding “fitness” — especially why it varies between individuals, and how one can improve his/her fitness.

This cardiovascular/respiratory unit provides middle school students with a basic understanding of how the heart and the lungs work together when someone exercises.

This is a blank KWL worksheet that can be used for student self-assessment. Students fill in what they Know about the topic/question, what they Want to know about the topic/question, and what they Learned about the topic/question.

These KWL worksheets help students and teachers use credible Internet sites explore the effects of exercise on the body using a KWL format (what you Know about the topic/question, what you Want to know about the topic/question, and what you Learned about the topic/question).

This comic book explains how physiologists' work benefits people and animals.

This classroom or laboratory activity explores how the heart rate responds to sitting and standing.

This classroom or laboratory activity explores the muscle's response to intermittent contractions and sustained contractions.

This classroom or laboratory activity explores the various volumes of air that go in and out of the lungs.

A collection of inexpensive and effective classroom activities from PhUn Week 2007 that can be used to teach students about physiology.

In this unit, students learn about their skin and the importance of protecting it.

In this unit, students learn about the water their body takes in and releases each day and how water is essential to health.

This student activity includes background information, procedures, and data sheets to allow students to measure their lung capacity using everyday materials (milk jugs, measuring cups, straws, tubing).