Human Movement (eBook)

Carla Mooney (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
128 Seiten
Nomad Press (Verlag)
978-1-61930-483-3 (ISBN)

Infos

In Human Movement: How the Body Walks, Runs, Jumps, and Kicks, readers ages 12 to 15 learn the basic anatomy and physiology of the human body and discover how bones, muscles, organs, and nerves work together to make walking, running, and all other movement possible.

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Why do we walk on two legs? How do our muscles know how to work together when we dance? How does our brain work with our hands to sink a basketball? In Human Movement: How the Body Walks, Runs, Jumps, and Kicks, readers ages 12 to 15 learn the basic anatomy and physiology of the human body and discover how bones, muscles, tendons, and nerves work together to make movement possible. Bones give the body structure and the ability to stay upright. Muscles make possible the movement of the bones. The brain tells the muscles what to do and when to do it. And your heart, lungs, and other organs provide the fuel that powers movement. Human Movement takes a look at all of the components of the human body and examines how they allow you to move and interact with the world around you. Readers also learn what they can do to keep their bodies healthy and fit and moving well.Combining hands-on activities with biology, chemistry, biomechanics, and nutrition, Human Movement offers entertaining graphic novel illustrations and fascinating sidebars to illuminate the topic and engage readers further. Human Movement integrates a digital learning component by providing links to primary sources, videos, and other relevant websites to deepen readers' experiences and strengthen practical connections to the material.Projects include building a hand model with working muscles and tendons, testing what makes bones strong, examining how changing your center of gravity affects balance and motion, identifying how different types of joints work, and using yeast to investigate how the body metabolizes food into energy. Additional materials include a glossary, and a list of current reference works, websites, and Internet resources.

Autor

Carla Mooney is the author of several Nomad Press books including Comparative Religion: Investigate the World Through Religious Tradition, The U.S. Constitution: How Democracy Works, and The Industrial Revolution: Investigate How Science and Technology Changed the World. Carla lives in Pittsburgh, PA.Sam Carbaugh has illustrated several books for Nomad Press, including Forensics: Uncover the Science and Technology of Crime Scene Investigation and Shakespeare: Investigate the Bard's Influence on Today's World, and he wrote and illustrated Comics: Investigate the History and Technology of American Cartooning. Sam lives in Grand Rapids, MI.

Inhalt

Timeline

Introduction: Forces and Motion in the Human Body



Chapter 1: The Skeleton

What Makes Bones Strong?

Build a Model of the Arm



Chapter 2: The Muscular System

Build a Working Hand Model

Working in Pairs

Finding Levers in the Body



Chapter 3: The Brain-Body Connection

Test Your Reaction Speed

Involuntary Reflex



Chapter 4: Help from the Organs

Hormones: The Body’s Communicators

The Endocrine System: Fight or Flight?

Breathe In, Breathe Out



Chapter 5: Fuel to Move

Not Enough Fuel: Muscle Fatigue

Extracting Energy From Sugar

How Much Chemical Energy Is In Your Food?



Chapter 6: Moving On

The Effect of Exercise on the Brain

The Effect of Exercise on Lung Capacity



Glossary

Resources

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.3.2017
• Illustrationen: Samuel Carbaugh
• Zusatzinfo: Color photos throughout, color illustrations throughout, charts throughout
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Körper / Sexualität
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Spielen / Lernen ► Lernen / Lernspiele
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Schlagworte: anatomy • anatomy and physiology for teens • anatomy of the human body • anatomy physiology • Biology • body brain connections • body movement • body movement middle school book • body movement teenage books • body movement teenagers • body system books ages 12-15 • body system books for kids • body systems • Bone Density • Bones • build a hand model with working muscles and tendons • Chemistry • Energy • fitness and exercise middle school • forces and motion in the human body • hands on biology projects • hands on science • how gravity affects balance and motion • how joints work • how the body metabolizes food into energy • how the body works • Human Anatomy • human body projects for middle school • human movement • human movement science books middle school • Inquiry based science • Kinesiology • life skills middle school • Metabolism • middle school anatomy • middle school health • middle school kinesiology book • middle school physiology • middle school physiology projects • middle school scence projects • middle school science • muscle books for teens • muscles • muscular system • nerves • Neuromuscular • physics and scientific method • Physiology • project based learning • science activities for kids • Science Fair Projects • science for grades 6-9 • science for kids • Science for middle school • science projects • skeletal system • stem • STEM for kids • teaching anatomy • tendons • the brain body-connection • the skeletal system • what makes bones strong
• ISBN-10: 1-61930-483-X / 161930483X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61930-483-3 / 9781619304833