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Get to grips with your insides and discover how your gut works!
List of contents
What are guts for? p4
Down the hatch! p6
Slippery saliva p8
The stretchy squishy stomach p10
Experiment: Model stomach p12
The small intestine p14
The large intestine p16
Activity: Measure your guts p18
Helping out p20
What is food used for? p22
Activity: Food group pizza p24
Gut guests p26
Waste disposal p28
Activity: Collect a day's food p30
Glossary p31
Index p32
Summary
Get to grips with your insides and discover how your gut works!
This series takes readers on a visual tour of the gut and digestive system, explaining how food is processed and its journey through your body.
A section on the different food groups help to demonstrate the importance of a balanced diet for digestion.
Fun experiments and activities include making a model stomach and measuring your guts.
Following on from the successful Science Crackers series, Body Works explores the science of the Human Body. Bitesize facts and gross stories make information easy to digest.
Lively and informative text is supported by clearly labelled illustrations and detailed photographs, while questions help children to relate to science and comical cartoons help them to visualise scientific facts.
