SCIENCE/BIOLOGY
A comprehensive database that allows teens (and those who care about teens) to research health-related issues important to their well-being. It’s both a research/report tool and a self-help resource.
Your source for science news. We gather news from wherever science is happening, including directly from scientists, college and university press offices, popular and peer-reviewed journals, and dozens of National Science Foundation science and engineering centers.
A comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text, science-oriented content.
Body Systems
The Human Body
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body - Awesome medical resource with drawings and engravings of the human body. Includes details on embryology, bones, veins, joints, muscles, the nervous system, and all the organs of the body.
Guided Tour of the Visible Human - This tour offers a simplified path to viewing this mammoth undertaking of the National Library of Medicine, which a wealth of detailed graphical "slices" of every part of the human anatomy.
Muscular System
Welcome to Muscles - This Think Quest page will teach you the difference between smooth, skeletal, and cardiac muscles!
Muscular System - Picture and overview of system on a commercial site. Stay away from the banner ads!.
Your Multi-Talented Muscles - Do you ever think about what body parts let you pick up and play your musical instrument with ease? Or what parts help you smile at your friend when you see him heading down the hall? Or what parts help your heart pump blood all day, every day?
Digestive System
Digestive System - Pictures and an overview of the system on a commercial site. Stay away from the banner ads!
The Digestive System - A Think Quest tour of the digestive system.
Your Digestive System - If you've ever wondered what happens to the food you eat, you'll be able to find out here. You can read about the mouth, stomach, and even the intestines.
How the Body Works - The Digestive System - Explains the parts and functions of this system.
Skeletal System
The Skeletal System - Read all about your bones and joints on this Think Quest page!
The Skeletal System - No bones about it! A website with lots of detailed information and labeled photos of the human skeleton.
Skeletal System - Picture and overview of the system. Again, a commercial site with banner ads that you should avoid.
Circulatory System
Circulatory System - This Think Quest page will teach you how the blood makes its way from your heart to your toes without getting tired.
The Heart and Circulatory System - Diagrams and descriptions of the parts of the system and their functions from the National Health Museum.
The Circulatory System - A site from the American Medical Association with an illustration of the circulatory system and access to additional information.
Circle of Blood - explains arteries, veins, and capillaries along with the three parts of your circulatory system: pulmonary (lungs), coronary (heart), and systemic circulation (blood vessels).
Cardiovascular System - Pictures and overview of the system and its components.
Nervous System
Neuroscience for Kids - Explore the human nervous system and the most important tissue in the body, the brain!
Brain Facts and Figures - Interesting facts concerning the brain and spinal cord.
Brain Fitness - Your Guide to Good Brain Health
Nervous System - Diagram and facts about the different parts of the nervous system and their functions. On a commercial site. Stay away from the banner ads!
Nervous System Tour - Take a tour of the system that helps you think and feel, from a Think Quest site.
Brain POP - Nervous System- Animated answers and information from a fun site.
Respiratory System
How the Body Works - The Respiratory System - Explains the parts and functions of this system.
Welcome to the Respiratory System - Take a tour of the organs that help you breathe, from a Think Quest site.
The Respiratory System - Short description explaining how the respiratory system supplies blood with oxygen.