In Cells and Systems: Living Machines, Dr. Heather Ayala explores the fascinating depths found in the smallest of God’s creations – the cell. The complex fabric and workings of the human body are presented vibrantly and clearly so that students can come to understand how they were created, from the division of their cells and the DNA instructions within them, to their muscles and bones, to their cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous, and other systems, to their five senses, to understanding why eating healthy foods and getting plenty of exercise is good for them.
Did you know . . .
- If you stretched out a single chromosome, it would be about 6 feet long.
- Our skin is our largest organ.
- A typical adult has 206 different bones in their body, from the largest, the femur in the leg just under twenty inches on average, to the smallest at only a few millimeters inside our ears.
- The human body has over 600 different muscles.
- A protein called hemoglobin found inside the red blood cells is what gives blood its red color.
- Taste and smell are deeply connected.
Catholic Permeation: In addition, your students will: meet heroic figures such as Saint Peregrine and Saint Damian; encounter amazing true accounts of Eucharistic miracles in which human flesh was found within the Sacred Host; explore biblical stories, including Jesus healing the blind and deaf and Ezekiel’s vision of the dry bones; and receive lessons on the virtues, likened to spiritual muscles.
- Publication Date:
- 10/14/2022
- Product Format:
- Set
- Height:
- 11.00
- Width:
- 8.50
