Chapter 1: Living Creatures
An explanation to taxonomy
What are the 5 Kingdoms?
Chapter 2: Cells: The Building Blocks of Life
Before you view the You Tube Videos for this chapter, take a look at this project. I did this with my 6 and 8 yr old. They are using curriculum REAL science by Pandia Press
- Liquid looking stuff is plasma, which moves everything through your veins and arteries.
- Little tiny circular discs are platelets. This is what helps you form a scab so your cut won't continue to bleed.
- Those large white objects are white blood cells. We only have a one white blood cell for every 10,000 red blood cells in our body.
- Lastly, the red doughnut shape without the middle missing, or indented circle, is our red blood cells.