Your growing body and clever reproductive system : find out how your body works!
Mason, Paul, 1967-2015
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Packed with amazing facts and eye-grabbing images, Your Growing Body and Clever Reproductive System takes a different approach to teaching the reader about the human life cycle - how we are born, grow, age, and about the reproductive system. Every spread opens with an amazing science fact about the human body - for example - Babies have around 60 more bones than adults! - 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 growth and reproductive systems work. Detailed diagrams and amazing images illustrate the lively, factual text. Your Growing Body and Clever Reproductive System looks at the body's developmental stages through life and how humans reproduce. How do babies grow inside the womb? What happens at puberty, and how is it different for boys and girls? Why are the first years of learning so important? How likely is it that a woman will have twins or triplets? 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.
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Imprint:
London : Wayland, 2015.
Collation:
32 p. ; 265 x 210mm.
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Contents:
Human body basics -- A new human -- What made you...you? -- The start of your story -- From start to story -- From cell to human -- Into this world -- Twins: two types -- Being a baby -- From toddling to childhood -- Growing up: Puberty -- Females after puberty -- Males after puberty -- Getting older -- Staying fit and healthy -- Growing words! -- Growing your mind.
ISBN:
9780750292498
Dewey class:
612.6
Language:
English
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BRN:
251913
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Junior Non-Fiction Health & Wellbeing | J 612.6 MAS | Available |