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Here is a poem about an important part of your body. Some words have been left out. Read the poem, and fill in the missing words as you go by clicking on the box with your mouse, and then typing in the correct word. Choose the right word for each space from the Word Bank . The last word, for the last verse, is NOT in the Word Bank, but we bet YOU'LL be able to guess what it is!
Don't forget you can visit the work bank
to choose words for the first five verses!
You'll have to get the last one on your own!
The Word Bank! YOU
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The picture below shows a drawing of skin from the human scalp. You have around 5 million hair follicles on your body! The Top layer of skin is the epidermis. The lower layer of skin is the dermis. There are also nerves, sweat glands, oil glands, blood vessels, hair, and hair follicles. Sweat glands help keep you cool. Oil glands keep your skin from getting dry. The outside part of skin is made of flakes of dead cells.
Look at or feel your elbow -- can you figure out why it looks wrinkled sometimes?
The ancient Chinese used fingerprints to identify people more than 1,200 years ago, and the practice still continues.
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| It holds me tight, won't let me go. It covers me From head to TOE! It keeps my insides safe and clean, and keeps out germs not even SEEN! It wrinkles up each time I smile, or cry or frown, once in a WHILE! |
It goes with me outdoors for fun. But it can hurt from too much SUN It comes in shapes and colors, too. Your own is special, just for YOU! Mine's on my face, my arm and shin, my front and back... It is my SKIN! |
| My Health My World Explorations for Children and Adults is a publication of the Division of School-Based Programs, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine , and was made possible by a grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. For more information, contact Center for Educational Outreach, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. Thanks to Baylor for allowing NIEHS to reproduce portions of those articles here on the NIEHS Kids' Pages! |
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