Kid’s Discover: Skin

Help! What's Eating My Flesh?: Runaway Staph and Strep Infections! (24/7: Science Behind the Scenes)

Ouch!

p. 34-37 Bee sting

p. 38-39 Suntan

Janice VanCleave's Food and Nutrition for Every Kid: Easy Activities That Make Learning Science Fun

Chapter 21-22

The changes in supportive structures in food

Why milk is an important food

Chapter 23

How dairy products are made

Chapter 24

Why foods spoil

Chapter 25

How to make food last

Blood and Guts

p.11-12

Activities:

Evaporation

Quick cool

Supplies needed:
rubbing alcohol, cotton balls

p.13-14

Activities:

Sweaty palms

Skin prints

Supplies needed:
corn starch, iodine

p.15-17

Activities:

Map the back of your hand

Touchy points

Supplies needed: ice, cardboard, pins

*p.15 depicts some indistinct nudity

p.18-20

*p. 19 shows a drawing of someone's rear

Skin

Bruises

Faces

Hair

Sun Protection

Nails

Touch

The Body Book (Grades 3-6)

Cut/paste skin model

Make the model

p.70-71

Skin deep, how a pimple develops

p.72-73

Sweaty palms, goose bumps and body tissues

p.74-75

Fingerprints, toenails and fingernails

p.82-90

Cut & paste activity: review of all the body systems/organs

Label the parts of the skin with this colorful printout.

Usborne - skin layers

Usborne - sunburn

Cow Bop - After reading about how dairy products are made in the nutrition book, visit this site for a silly and fun game to play. Help Bo get the calcium she needs by jumping on the food items as they appear.