The rise and rise of asthma
Activities
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.
Page updated December 2009.