Twenty five engaging experiments in this Little Labs The Human Body Science Experiment Kit from Thames and Kosmos teach youngsters about the human body and how it works. Hands-on experiments teach about taste and touch, sight and smell, muscles and organs and much more. Here are just some of the fun, easy experiments that, combined with the 48-page, full-color, illustrated, step-by-step manual, will help little scientists understand the human body a little bit better:
- Examine fingerprints to learn how everybodys fingerprints are unique
- Build a stethoscope and listen to heartbeats to learn how the heart pumps blood
- Learn what a gurgling tummy can teach about how the stomach works
- Play a listening game to learn about how the ears work
- Plan a menu and learn about nutrients, digestion, and how the body uses energy
- Put on a blindfold and learn about eye-hand coordination
- Take a tickle test to learn about how the sensory receptor on the skin works
- Check a pulse to learn about your how your blood circulates through the body
- Play a smell memory game to learn about the sense of smell
- Take a blindfold taste test and learn about how the tongue perceives flavors
- Balance on one foot and learn about muscles and bones and how the ears can affect balance
- Find out what optical illusions have to tell about the sense of vision and how eyes work
Ages 5 & up.