Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Inside the Human Body: Human Respiratory System


You will have to find out more about the parts of the human respiratory system and waht each part serves:
  • Nose
  • Windpipe
  • Lungs
1) Please visit the website
http://lung.ca/children/grades4_6/respiratory/index.html
to find out why we need to breathe.

2) Then go back to the main page to click on how mammals and fish get their oxygen.

3) Find out how we take in air by clicking on 'The Anatomy of Your Respiratory'.

4) If possible, you can tour http://www.lung.ca/children/games/index.html for some fun.

Monday, April 02, 2007

Mind Benders - Math Challenge

Let's us try this:

- Use four 9's in a math equation that equals 100.

Math equation means ( 1 + 2 x 4 = 9)

Now, go to this website for some mind-blogging math challenges.

1) http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/math/archive-elm.html

2) http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/grade5.html

3) http://www.newtonswindow.com/getting_started.htm

4) http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/index.asp

5) http://www.ababasoft.com/kids/index_math.html