ACCEPTABLE: The book's pages and covers are intact, but the dust jacket has a tear at the lower spine. Some of the pages have stains, but the text remains readable. If a book's usefulness were rated by its condition, this one would rank extremely high, indicating that it has high educational value.
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This is a book of discovery. Parents and kids work together to make all kinds of models of the human body. For instance, they can make a set of lungs from a 2-liter soda bottle, balloons, and plastic tubing you can get from an aquarium supply store. Pull the balloon diaphragm and watch the balloon lungs inflate! There are many, many more such activities that make learning human anatomy engaging and fun.
There's a list of supplies you'll need for your "home laboratory," consisting of safety equipment, tools, craft supplies, and typical items that you'll find in a home. Each experiment gets its own list of needed supplies, including alternatives. The use of a microscope is recommended and the author provides advice on its set-up and use.
Several projects are provided under the following sections:
