The amazing human body
By: Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone ; illustrations by Steve Harpster.
Contributors: Johnstone, Leslie.; Harpster, Steve, ill.
Series: First science experiments; First science experiments (Sterling Publishing)
Publisher: Sterling Pub. Co.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781402724374
Subjects: Science -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature; Body, Human -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Why is my hair straight when my friend's hair is curly?; title: How good is my memory?; title: Why do things look all fuzzy when they get close to my eyes?; title: Can my nose get tired of smelling things?; title: Do people with big ears hear better than people with small ears?; title: Why do I get dizzy when I spin around in circles?; title: Why do things taste funny when I have a head cold?; title: Why do I have spit?; title: Why are my teeth different shapes?; title: Does my skin ever fall off?; title: Why is milk good for my body?; title: How much air can I take in when I breathe?; title: What kinds of sounds does my heart make?; title: Why does the doctor thump on my chest when I have a cold?; title: How can I tell how fast my heart is beating?; title: Are my fingerprints the same as my "toeprints?"; title: Which grows faster-fingernails or toenails?; title: If a mosquito is so tiny, why can I feel it land on my leg?; title: Why does my tummy growl or grumble when I am hungry?; title: What happens to food after I eat it?; title: Why does my knee jerk when the doctor taps it with a rubber hammer?; title: How fast am I growing?