Interactive Body

Everyone has had a biology, or anatomy and physiology class. If your experience was anything like mine, you probably memorized the definitions and forgot them as soon as the class was over. Personally, I can memorize facts satisfactorily. I obtained great grades because of this, but not as much knowledge as I should have. The textbook pictures just did not do it justice. Recently, I found a website that has an interactive body. You can look at the organs, skeleton, nervous system, and muscles.

The interactive body is a free website, http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/3djigsaw_02/index.shtml?skeleton. When you go to the website, you can choose male or female. Then you choose the system. If you choose the skeleton, for example, you can then choose a bone. The bone will appear, and you have to drag and drop it, to its location. If you do not know the answer, there is a hint box that will help. If you get the correct answer, an information box will appear with more facts about the bone. Also, the bone will appear in the corner of the screen, and you can control the movement of the bone, to see how it operates.

This website is a helpful tool for children and adults, whether they are learning or reviewing. When students learn about the human body, they are usually seeing a two dimension figure. This leaves many unanswered questions. With this tool, the user can explore a three dimension figure. The parts of the body will move and operate, just like they would inside the human body. The interactive body takes the users eye on an authentic journey throughout the human body.