When you breathe, there are tons of different cells, tissues, and organs in your body working together, and they are all part of the organ system called the respiratory system. In this life science worksheet for middle grades, students will explore the mechanics of the respiratory system with a reading passage and diagrams. Then young scientists will answer a series of reading comprehension questions based on the information from the passage. Students will wrap up by completing a crossword puzzle to build their understanding of the anatomical vocabulary words from the reading!