Just the Facts: The Human Body DVDs - Set of 3

Grades 6 and up.

A learning series that brings you the finest in educational programming with a fast-paced format that makes learning fun! This set of three DVDs cover the musculoskeletal system, the nervous system, and major systems and organs. With commentary from medical experts and specialists in sports medicine, the program on the musculoskeletal system offers viewers a unique perspective on the body system which allows us to walk, run, dance, and move through life. In the program about the nervous system, viewers explore the five senses: our eyes, which transform shades of light into the phenomenon of sight, our ears, which convert variations in air pressure into hearing, our nerve endings, which translate contact to touch, our tongues and noses which give us taste and smell, plus, the sixth sense - balance - is also explained. The fascinating third part in the series examines the incredible machine, from simple cells, to DNA, the body’s building blocks of life, to the major systems and organs. Set of three DVDs with a total running time of 150 minutes. Copyright 2001.