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Body Systems for the human body resource guide. This resource guide is geared for students in 4th-6th grade. Some of the websites are more research based if they are going to be doing research and others are fun ways for kids to learn about the human body for research or fun.

Educational website for teachers and kids which offers a variety of activities for various areas of curriculum. The link below is a page designed by kids on the human body! http://www.apples4theteacher.com/elibrary/bodybook.html
 * Apples4theteacher**

This website is run by Nemours which is an organization funded by a grant from Dupont. It is an educational website which has two paths to enter both parents and kids. It is my favorite for learning about each of the body systems. http://www.kidshealth.com/index.html
 * Kids Health**

Discovery Kids is a web site linked to the Discovery Channel media network. It covers nature and science for kids and is home to what’s known as “the yuckiest website on the internet. Students will have a blast finding out about the digestive system. http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/
 * Discovery Kids**

This website is an extension of the children’s magazine. The link below is for a link where kids get to play a game and learn about different disease. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/ActionGames/Nanosurgeon
 * National Geographic Kids**

This is the online version of the encyclopedia and students can search in three different levels. It is a great site for students doing research and needing lots of facts and information. Students will need to get the user name and password from the school. [|www.school.eb.com]
 * Encyclopedia Britannica Online**

This is a great website for kids wanting to learn more about the different parts of the anatomy. http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
 * Human Anatomy Online**

This website is perfect for students studying the heart and the circulatory system. http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/index.html
 * The Franklin Institute**

This is a portal created by a teacher which is a safe way for kids to get information from the internet. Their homepage features a Human Body game that you click on and will take you to the game. http://www.kidskonnect.com/
 * Kidskonnect.com**

This is an online healthcare website that offers a link a feature entitled “Virtual Body” It is a game that allows users to build a skeleton. http://www.medtropolis.com/vbody.asp
 * Medtropolis**


 * Grolier Online**
 * Online subscription source for research materials. They have an excellent source of information on al the different body systems. It works like an on-line encycyclopedia so the user would need to enter “Human Body” in the search field or one of the specific body systems.**
 * http://go.grolier.com/**