Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

How the Lungs Work

Subject Area

Physical Education

Grade(s)

8

Overview

This TED-Ed learning activity guides students through the explanation of how the lungs work in keeping us alive.

When you breathe, you transport oxygen to the body’s cells to keep them working, while also clearing your system of the carbon dioxide that this work generates. How do we accomplish this crucial and complex task without even thinking about it? Emma Bryce takes us into the lungs to investigate how they help keep us alive.

The activity includes a video, multiple choice and open-ended questions, additional resources to dig deeper, and a guided discussion.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

    Physical Education (2019) Grade(s): 8

    PE19.8.3.10

    Explain how body systems interact with one another during physical activity.

    Link to Resource

    CR Resource Type

    Learning Activity

    Resource Provider

    TED ED
    Accessibility

    Accessibility

    Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
    License

    License Type

    Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives
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