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SUPERCHARGED SCIENCE
Unit 19:
Biology Part 2
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Appropriate for Grades:
Grades K-8
Duration: 4-30 hours, depending on how many activities you do!
Your body does a tremendous number of things all the time. In these
sections, you’ll learn about your skeleton, bone joints, muscle tension, blood
cells, lungs, ears, eyes, and so much more!
We will go over integumentary, skeletal, and muscular systems by beginning
with a general overview of the body. We’ll also learn about what should we
eat, what happens to food once we swallow it, and how your digestive
system works, and why the standard American diet of fries, shakes, and
sodas wreaks havoc on our digestive system. Another system we’ll cover is
the respiratory system, which is responsible for providing your organs with
the oxygen it needs and removing the carbon dioxide it doesn’t. Speaking of
things your body doesn’t need, our next topic will be the excretory system,
the one responsible for getting rid of all waste from the body. We’ll talk
about how your body allows you to do all the things you do. In order to do
those things, your body must stay healthy, and keeping you healthy is the
job of the immune system.
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