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Applegate, Edith. The Anatomy and Physiology Learning System. 1995. Reprint, Philadephia: Elsevier, Inc., 2006. This is a great book that reviews all the basics about the kidney.
Callaghan, C. A.. The renal system at a glance . 2nd ed. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Pub., 2006. This book provides specific details about kidney functioning. It is much more in depth than necessary for middle school, but still a great source of detailed information.
Friedman, Eli A., and Mary C. Mallappallil. Present and future therapies for end-stage renal disease . New Jersey: World Scientific, 2010. This was a great up-to-date analysis of the state of kidney disease treatment. It provided insight and analysis of how kidney failure has been treated and brings up some of the current issues in medicine.
Hill, Lisa. Cells biology . Chandni Chowk, Delhi: Global Media, 2007. This book provides great explanations of osmosis and diffusion and is very easy to understand.
Kapit, Wynn, Robert I. Macey, and Esmail Meisami. The physiology coloring book . 2nd ed. San Francisco: Addison Wesley Longman, 2000. This is an awesome resource for the classroom. While it is very detailed, the basic material can easily be adapted for the classroom.
University of Rochester. "Kidney Dialysis." Life Sciences Learning Center. lifesciences.envmed.rochester.edu/curriculum/SEPAClass/3.TEACHERKidneyDialysis7-23-09.pdf (accessed August 17, 2011). This is a great unit that focuses on teaching about kidney dialysis in more detail.
"National Kidney Foundation." National Kidney Foundation. http://www.kidney.org/ (accessed August 10, 2011). This website provides lots of up-to-date data regarding kidney diseases. It would be a great resource for kids to use.
Rennke, Helmut G., Bradley M. Denker, and Burton David Rose. Renal pathophysiology: the essentials. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007. This book is written more for medical students, but it has some great sections about kidney dialysis.
Rizzo, Donald C.. Fundamentals of anatomy & physiology . 2nd ed. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Delmar Learning, 2006. This is a tool for learning more background knowledge on the kidney and its structure and function.
Saltzman, W. Mark. Biomedical engineering: bridging medicine and technology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. This is a magnificent resource for up-to-date material on cell biology, kidney function and dialysis.
"Willem Kolff - Telegraph." Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph - Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4604625/Willem-Kolff.html (accessed July 10, 2011). This website provides some interesting biographical information about the first person to perform kidney dialysis
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