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The Body Book (Grades 3-6)

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My four daughters and I have had so much fun making these models. I've recommended it to several friends and they've also loved it. The Body Book makes basic anatomy more understandable for those who are hands-on learners. The text also includes information about each part of the body studied. All of the student pages are reproducible. I copied ours onto ordinary 24 lb. copy paper which worked okay. But I would recommend using cardstock for at least the skeleton portion of the model if you want it to hold up long term.

If you have been frustrated using a text book to teach your children anatomy, you've got to try this book! It gets the kids involved instead of just reading big words out of a book. I have 13,12, and 8 year old boys, and they all enjoy the making of the models. I highly recommend this book.

Excellent models about the human body. If you are a science teacher like me trying to find low cost proyects that amaze your students. And teach them at the same time. This is your bible!!! love the book. Models for the senses(together and individual), skeleton, brain, muscles, joints, brain, digestive system, respiratory and urinary system.

my 5 yr old loved this book! We studied human anatomy for several months, added in books for each system in the body, and she (and I) would create and build all the models for each system in the body. "Susie", my daughter's 'final project' from this book, a 3-4 ft tall skeletal model of the human body with all the organs in their proper place, was a huge hit! I HIGHLY recommend this book! We loved it!

As a teacher of children with a wide variety special needs, this book has been an invaluable resource. Students are offered loads of hands-on activities (which are by far the most effective teaching tool for both special- and regular-education students), covering all the major systems of the human body - the skeletal, digestive, respiratory, circulatory, and urinary-tract systems. Students cut out and assemble each system, all of which can be assembled on the same human body, which also allows pupils to see how all the systems interact. In addition, students can build separate models of the tongue (sense of taste), eye, ear, and musculo-skeletal joints. Further, the authors offer additional hands-on activities, though these require a little preparation. (Teachers may also want to practice assembling the models beforehand to ensure a smooth lesson.) I would recommend this book for upper-elementary and middle school students; third-graders and students with handicaps in fine-motor activies will have difficulty cutting out some of the components. That criticism aside, I heartily recommend this invaluable resource which my students enjoyed and principal greatly appreciated.

This is a great book for the homeschool family. Hands on approach with many projects for your student to enjoy.

This definitely is geared for the upper end of the age group (3-6th grade). Lots of black & white pictures, not very interesting for the younger child. You must make copies of the cut-out pages or the book is destroyed. I've decided to hold it for a couple of years 'til my grandchild is around 10.

I am a middle-school science teacher and I ordered this book to use in my classroom as we tend to run short on funds and don't have skeletons or torso models to work with. My students enjoyed getting to see and piece together the various parts of the body (I copied the skeleton on cardstock and had them use small brads to make joints), which they labeled as they cut out and put in the correct places. This gave them a better frame of reference for what the parts of the body look like, relative sizes, and placement within the body. I'm impressed! Definitely worth the buy for me!

Awesome book to learn about the human body. When you are done, you have pieced together a skeleton. We are using this for school this year and all our children ask, "When do we get to do the next part". When you have them asking to learn more meaningful information....it's a great book.

terrific book. lots of good material for project and teaching about interrelated systems. The other science teachers in my building want to use it, too.