Nutrition for Kids
KIDS: Your goal here is to learn how to take good care of yourself by seeing food as fuel for the body. By setting up a few things in the right way,Read More…
Category: Health
Daily Exercise Rituals for Kids
Kids are naturally excited about running around, chasing each other, and trying out that new bike. Especially when they are younger! The goal is tRead More…
Robotic Hand
Your body moves when muscles pull on the bones through ligaments and tendons. Ligaments attach the bones to other bones, and the tendons attach the boRead More…
All About Kidneys
Although urine is sterile, it has hundreds of different kinds of wastes from the body. All sorts of things affect what is in your urine, including lasRead More…
Stethoscope
Stethoscopes are instruments used to amplify sounds like your heartbeat. Your doctor is trained to use a stethoscope not only to count the beats, but Read More…
What’s Your Lung Capacity?
Today you will make a calibrated, or marked, container that you will use to measure your lung capacity. You will fill the calibrated container with waRead More…
Working Lung Model
Food and air both enter your body through your mouth, diverging when they reach the esophagus and trachea. Food goes to the gastrointestinal tract thrRead More…
Heart Rate Monitoring
When you exercise your body requires more oxygen in order to burn the fuel that has been stored in your muscles. Since oxygen is moved through your Read More…
Detecting Carbon Dioxide
An oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange takes place in your bloodstream. When you breathe air into your lungs it brings in oxygen, which is carried fromRead More…
Chemical Fingerprinting
Did you know that the patterns on the tips of your fingers are unique? It’s true! Just like no two snowflakes are alike, no two people have the sameRead More…