Human Body Learning Lab: Take an Inside Tour of How Your Anatomy Works

2024 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books Winner

Pediatrician Dr. Betty Choi invites kids ages 8 and up to explore the marvels of the human body with lively hands-on projects and activities, including shaping bones from salt dough, creating a moving model of the eyes, crafting a 3d skin model, making a blow-up model of how a bicep muscle contracts, tracing capillary action, and even setting up a working model of the urinary system to show how pee is produced.

Packed with colorful diagrams of how each major body system works, fun facts, and easy tests that kids can use to learn about and evaluate their own body functions—from touch sensitivity to colorblindness, taste perception, lung capacity and more—The Human Body Learning Lab makes biology more exciting and engaging than ever.

Betty Choi, MD is a pediatrician, medical writer, and former homeschooling parent. From her roots at Harvard's Boston Children's Hospital to over a decade of work in education, her passion is making learning memorable and meaningful for all ages. Dr. Choi's advocacy for connected, interactive learning as well as diversity and inclusion has inspired thousands of parents and teachers worldwide through her website, chalkacademy.com. Her debut book, Human Body Learning Lab, teaches kids about their amazing bodies through fun, hands-on activities. Dr. Choi lives in California with her husband and children.