Published by Australian Academy of Science
Activities | The rise and rise of asthma

1. Structure and function of the human breathing system

2. Measure the volume of air you can exhale

3. The effect of exercise on breathing

4. How an asthma attack causes breathing difficulties

Other activities

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • ABC Health and Wellbeing IQ - Asthma - a quick quiz to test your asthma knowledge.

• Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, UK
  • Breathing and asthma - provides information and then asks a series of questions about the respiratory system and asthma.

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, USA
  • Asthma awareness - provides a list of activities about asthma.

• Minnesota Department of Health, USA
  • Asthma education: An integrated approach - provides a range of activities for teaching about asthma. Activities are aimed at primary age students but could be used with older students.