Useful Links

Circulatory System Links

 

Cardiovascular System (Movie)

KidsHealth.org/kid/closet/movies/how_the_body_works_interim.html

 

All About the Heart

KidsHealth.org/kid/body/heart_noSW.html

 

Why Exercise Is Cool

KidsHealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/fit/work_it_out.html

 

CPR: A Real Lifesaver

KidsHealth.org/kid/watch/er/cpr.html

 

Heart Disease

KidsHealth.org/kid/grownup/conditions/heart_disease.html

 

Heart Murmurs

KidsHealth.org/kid/health_problems/heart/heart_murmurs.html

Digestive System Links

The Real Deal on the Digestive System

KidsHealth.org/kid/body/digest_noSW.html

Why Drinking Water Is the Way to Go

KidsHealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/water.html

Are Your Bowels Moving?

KidsHealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/body/bowel.html

What’s Puke?

KidsHealth.org/kid/ill_injure/sick/puke.html

Indigestion

KidsHealth.org/kid/ill_injure/aches/indigestion.html

Belly Pain

KidsHealth.org/kid/ill_injure/aches/abdominal_pain.html

What’s a Fart?

KidsHealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/fart.html

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Book Order Online Link

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Thinking Routines

Attached you will find a list of thinking routines we use in our classroom. Please consider integrating thinking routines into your family activities. When students are given multiple opportunities to think critically, they will begin to internalize the routines.

Mixtures & Solutions Online Resources

Resources, sample lessons, and activities to try at home to deepen student understanding about mixtures and solutions.

All 3-6 Foss Science Unit Resources

As we get closer to science TCAP in the spring, this online database of information will help students activate background knowledge about each science investigation they have performed at GRE.