My first book of my body : discover how your body works with 35 fun projects and experiments / Susan Akass and Frances Butcher.

Includes index.

Introduction -- 1. Your senses. The eye : Investigating eyes ; Pinhole camera ; Other ways to test your eyes -- The ear : Explore your ears ; Helping you balance ; Air pressure and ears -- Taste and smell : Smell test ; Taste test -- Skin : How good is your sense of touch? ; Temperature test ; Our hairy bodies -- 2. Your skeleton and muscles. The skeleton : Draw your own skeleton ; Joint quiz ; Broken bones ; Flexible spine -- How muscles work : Growing bones and muscles ; Meaty muscles -- The hand : A robot hand -- 3. The machine inside you. Your organs and systems -- Your digestive system : Make a model of your teeth ; Plaque attack! ; How to make poop! ; String model of the gut -- Blood and circulation : Make tasty fake blood ; Make a one-way valve ; Find out about your heart ; Make a model of your lungs ; Test your lungs -- Your excretory system : How your kidneys work -- Your immune system : Making snot! ; Model bacteria and viruses -- 4. Your control center. Your brain : Make a brain hat ; How fast are your reaction times? -- Your nervous system : Make a pipe cleaner neuron ; Billions of connections ; Memory game ; A dream diary ; Confusing your brain.

"This fascinating and informative book offers children an amazing insight into how their body works. Susan Akass and Frances Butcher make learning fun with 35 engaging experiments that give a thorough understanding of body systems and anatomy. In Chapter 1, The Senses, activities include finding your blind spot, getting dizzy, and making snot! In Chapter 2, The Control Center, children get to test their reflexes and memories, and trick their brain with optical illusions. In Chapter 3, Your Skeleton and Muscles, they can investigate their muscles, joints, and ligaments. Chapter 4, Fueling the Machine, explains why teeth are vulnerable to a bad diet and includes how to make a digestive system, including the poop! In Chapter 5, All Systems Go, there's fantastic fake blood, pulse-testing, and how to make a simple stethoscope. As well as exciting experiments, children will be informed by the anatomical artworks, mind-boggling facts, and invaluable health information throughout." -- Publisher's description.