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How does your heart pump?  How do your bones move?  Join us in January to find the answers to these questions and more!  Explore the amazing Human Body in the Discovery Center – our hands-on work space for elementary school children.  Come in and take apart a model of the human heart, see how bones move with a skeleton model, listen to your own heart pump, and see how it all fits together by taking apart a model of the human body.  There will also be a variety of human body related videos, and books


Suggested Websites

http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/ 
Examine the human body from skin to skeleton in The Human Body Adventure.

http://www.alfy.com/teachers/teach/thematic_units/Human_Body/HB_1.asp  
Learn about the human body with these fun games!

http://americanhistory.si.edu/anatomy/index.html  
Smithsonian Artificial Anatomy.  Take a look at these papier-mâché body parts that look like the real thing.  See if you can match the body parts to the right area on Jerome’s body.

http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp 
Learn about four major parts of the human body – the brain, skeleton, heart and digestive tract - by playing games or taking a guided tour of the Virtual Body.  (También en español)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/heart/  Nova Online: Cut to the Heart contains a map of the heart and a working model of this organ.

http://library.thinkquest.org/J001614F/  Surfing Inside the Human Body.  A website created for kids, by kids.



The Bizarre Body
by Katharine Kenah
            J 611 Kenah

The Body and How It Works
by Steve Parker
            J 612 Parker

From Head to Toe: The Amazing Human Body and How It Works
by Barbara Seuling
            J 612 Seuling

Me and My Amazing Body
by Joan Sweeney
            J 611 Sweeney

The Quest to Digest
by Mark K. Corcoran
            J 612.3 Corcoran

Eyes, Nose, Fingers, and Toes: A First Book All About You
by Judy Hindley
            J PB Hindley

My Body: Head to Toe
 by Lisa Bullard
            J PB Bullard

 







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