Body Business

Subject(s): Biology | How science works | Age: 9-11 | Type: Textbook | Publication Year: 1990 - 1999

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The Ginn Science level five students’ book Body Business was written for students in Year Five (Primary Six) (aged 9 to 10 years) and published in 1990. It relates to the content strand Ourselves and healthy living. Using full colour drawings and photographs, the book provides information about the function of the eyes and nose. It includes stories about the discovery of lenses and instructions for things to make and do relating to vision. It describes how and why we breathe and the importance of fresh clean air.

Contents
Introduction
Mini-Olympiad - activities
Poem
Successful at sport
Successful at music
Body matters
The nervous system
How hand and eye co-ordination develops
Poem
How light helps us to see
How do eyes work?
Short and long sight
Colour vision - activities
Why do we have two eyes? - activities
Optical illusions
School for the blind:
• RNIB New College, Worcester
A visit to an optometrist
Helping the eyes to see
Eye! Eye! Eye!
The magnifying lens:
• The discovery of the magnifying glass
Why we breathe
Poem
How do we breathe?
Air pollution and your lungs
Up the nose
Super smells!
Poems
Glossary and index

URL: http://stem.org.uk/rx799

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