"First published 2015 by A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc."
Audience
Ages 10-13.
Grades 7 to 8.
Summary
"What Makes Your Body Work? explains the inner workings of some of the body's major organs and systems. Readers can perform fun easy experiments that will help them measure their own lung volume or understand why the brain can decipher ltteers in the wrnog oredr in a wrod. Entertaining illustrations and explanatory diagrams give details that help reveal what really makes the body work."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 60) and index.
Contents
The skin -- The heart -- The blood system -- The gut -- The lungs -- The brain -- The nervous system -- The nose and tongue -- The ear -- The eye -- The skeletal system -- The muscle system -- You can't try it yourself -- The urinary system -- The female reproductive system -- The male reproductive system -- The lymphatic system -- The hormone system -- The immune system -- Experiments.
