About this book
Look closer. Discover how the body works.
Explore six body systems through clear explanations, worked examples and drawing. Learners locate organs, label bones, see how muscles pull, follow air, blood and food, and trace messages from the senses to the brain.
- Locate and label key body structures
- Sketch, label and explain what each part does
- Connect body systems that work together
With explained answers for every page
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What you need
Before you start, you should be able to
- Read short labels, or listen while an adult reads them
- Point to the outside parts of the body, like the head, chest and belly
Things to have
- You need a pencil and an eraser.
- Colored pencils are optional.
Notices
This book teaches basic anatomy for learning. It does not give medical advice. Body pictures are simplified models and bodies vary.
Pictures in this book are simplified learning models. Check answers with the explanations at the back of the book.
The steps in this book
- Step 1: Get Ready
Check the skills you need before you begin. If something feels tricky, an adult can help you start in the right place.
- Step 2: Learn It
Read a short, clear explanation of the new idea and the words that go with it.
- Step 3: See It
Watch the idea being used, one step at a time, in a worked example.
- Step 4: Try It Together
Practice with prompts and help cues. The help gets smaller as you get stronger.
- Step 5: On Your Own
Practice on your own with different kinds of questions, and explain your thinking.
- Step 6: Look Back
Look back at earlier learning so it stays strong, then check where to go next.
- Step 7: Check and Fix
Check your answers. Each answer explains why, names a common mistake, and shows how to fix it.
What is in the book
The modules
- Module 1: Body maps and organ locationsPages 5–14
- Module 2: Skeleton and jointsPages 15–24
- Module 3: Muscles and movementPages 25–34
- Module 4: Heart, lungs and circulationPages 35–44
- Module 5: Digestive pathwayPages 45–54
- Module 6: Brain, senses and connected systemsPages 55–64
Contents
- Readiness check, pp. 3–4. Before Module 1. Its table tells you where to start.
- Modules, pp. 5–64
- Checkpoints, pp. 14, 24, 34, 44, 54, 64. The last page of each module.
- Mixed review, pp. 65–68. Questions from across the book, mixed together.
- Exit check, pp. 69–70. A last check across the book.
- Reflect and repair, p. 71
- Try again, p. 72. Fresh questions like those in the exit check.
- Extra practice, pp. 73–88
- Answers and explanations, pp. 89–96. Notes in this part are headed “Why”, “Common mistake”, “Help” and “Look for”.