Living Science book needed – the human body

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  • June 5, 2012 at 9:42 pm
    Evergreen
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    My kids have been reading a book they were assigned as part of a CM-inspired curriculum, which was mostly made up of living books. This human body book, however, is an illustrated book with little blurbs around the plarge ictures, sort of DK-style, and it’s very difficult to retain information from, and nearly impossible to narrate. Does anyone have a suggestion for living books focusing on the human body, appropriate for 11-year-olds?

    Thanks,

    Aimee

    June 5, 2012 at 9:50 pm
    Heather
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    What about the Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body book?  It might be a big young, though.

     

    http://www.amazon.com/Magic-School-Inside-Human-Body/dp/0590414275/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338932967&sr=8-1

    June 5, 2012 at 10:19 pm
    Evergreen
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    Hey, thanks, Heather, I have it on my science shelf and didn’t even think of it. It is a bit young, but at the same time, has a lot of good info and won’t hurt them to give it a read-through. If nothing else, perhaps it’ll help some of the other info to stick. I’d love to hear any other ideas, keep ’em coming!

    Thanks!

    Aimee

    June 5, 2012 at 11:22 pm
    pslively
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    We read the Christian Liberty Press Nature reader, book 5.  It has a whole section about the human body that we are learning a ton from.  One of my kids reads it aloud and then we all listen and discuss.  The older book that the CLP nature reader was taken from is available for free online if you want to see what it’s like.   It’s called the Child’s Book of Nature for the Use of Families and Schools by Worthington Hooker.    http://books.google.com/books?id=f8YVAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+child%27s+book+of+nature&hl=en&ei=iF6WTtfCEILX0QHj_pDPBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CEMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

    June 5, 2012 at 11:49 pm
    crazy4boys
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    Here are the books we used.  We particulary enjoyed The Big Book About the Human Body by Joe Kaufman.  Here is the original list I made, but wasn’t able to find a lot of them at my library.

    June 6, 2012 at 12:17 am
    Evergreen
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    I do have the Christian Liberty Nature Reader 5 as well, and just pulled that out today thinking it might augment our studies. It didn’t have the particular information I was looking for, but you’re reminding me how much good stuff it does have in it. And thanks, crazy4myboys, for all those book recommendations. You’re inspiring me to go see what my library has!

    Blessings,

    Aimee

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