Your breathtaking lungs and rocking respiratory system
Subtitle: find out how your body works!
By: Paul Mason
Series: Your brilliant body!
Publisher: Wayland
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780750293884; 9780750293891
Subjects: Respiration; Juvenile literature; Lungs; Physiology
Other titles: Your brilliant body :
Description: Packed with amazing facts and eye-grabbing images, Your Breathtaking Lungs and Rocking Respiratory System takes a different approach to teaching the reader about the lungs and how and why we breathe. Every spread opens with an amazing science fact about the human body - for example - An average person breathes around 8,000-9,000 litres of air in a day! - then goes on to explain how scientifically this is possible. By exploring these attention-grabbing sections, readers will build up their understanding of how the body's lungs and respiratory system work. Detailed diagrams and amazing images illustrate the lively, factual text. Your Breathtaking Lungs and Rocking Respiratory System looks at the structure of the lungs and the process of breathing. What happens when we breathe in? What actually is a sneeze? Why is breathing in harder than breathing out? Why does talking depend on breathing? Answers to all these questions and many more can be found in this fascinating title. The Your Brilliant Body series includes: 'See for Yourself' features - practical activities that help readers understand key ideas Amazing fact panels to intrigue the reader Advice on keeping in good shape, and warnings about common health problems.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Age 8-12.

Grade 4 to 6.
Table of contents: title: Human body basics; title: Your breathtaking lungs; title: Nostrils and mouth; title: Journey to the lungs; title: The alveolus oxygen exchange; title: Oxygen delivery, waste collection; title: Breath Control; title: Breathing; title: not that simple!; title: Relax; title: and breath out; title: The Lung Protection squad; title: What's in a sneeze?; title: Without Lungs you can't talk; title: Lung Trouble; title: Maintenance and servicing; title: Breathing Words; title: Oxygen for your brain.