Human Body, Animal Bodies

Each person (and animal) has a body, but what steps should you take in order to make sure your body is healthy? This volume explores the various ways animals and humans can take care of their bodies, including exercising and eating nutritious foods! Through vivid pictures and manageable text, readers can learn essential ways of growing strong and healthy. They also can further their knowledge of scientific concepts, especially those having to do with the animal kingdom. Readers can even put their knowledge to the test by answering the questions posed throughout the text.

Sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing--these five senses help human beings and other animals interpret and interact with their surroundings. Guided by engaging photographs and manageable text blocks, readers will learn the ways each sense works for humans and animals. Their knowledge is put to the test with questions, and the answers can be found at the end of the book. There's no doubt readers' senses will be engaged with this volume about important body science.

Did you know there are 206 bones in an adult skeleton? Readers will learn many interesting facts about bones, muscles, exoskeletons, movements--both human and animal--and much more in this guide to the essential abilities of our bodies. The numerous movements humans can make, including running, jumping, and swimming, are explained and compared to animals through fascinating diagrams and vibrant photographs. Readers will learn about elements of their science curriculum and much more as they read.

Everyone's body has many internal systems and external parts, all working together to ensure they can function properly and be healthy. In this volume, readers will learn about the ways their body works and what happens within each body part. They can compare many human body parts to those of animals as the similarities and differences between the two are explored. Age-appropriate text is paired with eye-catching graphics to teach readers important scientific concepts that further their learning outside the classroom.