Ace Your Human Biology Science Project

How do joints work? How do sense receptors work? What type of personality do you have? Learn the answers to these questions and more with the fun experiments in this book. Young scientists will explore human body systems and behavior. Many experiments include ideas you can use for your science fair. Learn about the scientific method, too!

Robert Gardner is an award-winning author of science books for young people. He is a retired high school teacher of physics, chemistry, and physical science. Barbara Gardner Conklin is a special education teacher.

Introduction	p. 5
Science Fairs	p. 5
The Scientific Method	p. 6
Science Projects	p. 8
Safety First	p. 8
The Human Body	p. 11
How Does Skin Help Regulate Body Temperature?	p. 13
Locating Parts of Your Skeleton	p. 16
How Do Joints Work?	p. 23
Dissecting a Chicken Wing	p. 30
Looking Inside Bones	p. 34
Locating Your Muscles	p. 37
The Circulatory, Respiratory, and Digestive Systems	p. 41
Listening to a Heart	p. 45
Finding a Pulse	p. 47
How Do You Breathe?	p. 49
Making a Model of Your Lungs	p. 52
How Is Starch Broken Down in the Mouth?	p. 57
Other Enzymes in the Digestive Tract	p. 60
The Nervous and Endocrine Systems	p. 63
Testing Reflex Actions	p. 69
What Is the Effect of Temperature Changes on the Body?	p. 73
How Do Sense Receptors Work?	p. 77
Human Genetics	p. 79
Looking at Chromosomes Using a Microscope	p. 90
Making Your Own Family Tree	p. 95
Making a Family Pedigree for PTC Tasting	p. 96
Inheritance of Other Human Traits	p. 98
Inheritance of Human Blood Types	p. 103
Personality, Learning, and Memory	p. 107
Personality Testing: Extrovert or Introvert?	p. 110
Revealing Inkblots	p. 112
Conditioning	p. 114
Maze Learning	p. 117
Backward Alphabet	p. 119
Active Memory With Numbers	p. 121
The Stroop Effect	p. 123
Further Reading and Internet Addresses	p. 125
Index	p. 126
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