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| | | Description: | | With this hands-on kit and tour guide, kids enter the twisted world of the human body! Complete with removable squishy vital organs as well as representative skeletal, vascular and muscular systems, kids explore the complex inner workings of the human body and literally see how they all go together! Includes: 12-inch plastic human body model
nine removable squishy vital organs
skeletal, vascular and muscular systems
forceps and tweezers
tray to organize your organs
32-page fully illustrated book | | | Features: | |
• Look inside the book Watch what happens as a bite of pizza travels through your body
• Take a tour of the human body from the inside out
• Each SmartLab package contains everything kids need to explore and understand the mysteries of science
• More than just a toy and book, SmartLab products satisfy and engage a child's curiosity
• Science becomes an adventure
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 10.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 3.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 13.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.59 pounds | | Package Length:
| 13.54 inches | | Package Width:
| 10.08 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.83 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.59 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 42 reviews |
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41 of 41 found the following review helpful:
 HUMAN BODY MODELDec 26, 2008
By C. Barth
We bought this toy for our 4 1/2 year old grandson who is always asking questions about how his body works. The smile on his face when he opened this gift was priceless! There are many small parts included, but with adult assistance, he enjoyed taking the body parts out and examining them. The pieces are made of a very soft plastic that almost feels slimy, but isn't. The "touch" added to the mystery of the organs and generated many more questions...a very good learning toy! A chart is included, labeling the body parts for easy identification. The molded outer body is made of two pieces of see-through hard plastic that snaps together easily. (Lay the backside of the body on the table while you replace the body parts and then snap the frontside in place to hold everything together.) A fun, fact-filled book is also included - full of great pictures and facts that are fun to read. This toy was perfect for our inquisitive grandson who is able to safely play with small parts. TOY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
SmartLab You Explore It Human Body Model
23 of 23 found the following review helpful:
Big hit for this homeschooling physician!Apr 05, 2011
By Brandi Hyde
"Mommy, M.D."
This is a fantastic tool for a homeschool unit on the human body. I use it with my 6 and 4 year olds, but it is probably intended for 8-10 year olds. (I'm a physician trying to homeschool, and so my unit on the human body is probably far from typical!)
If you don't homeschool, this is still worth having. Use it with your kids to review what they are covering in their lessons. (I believe that's technically called 'afterschooling'!) I don't think it would work well in a classroom, though. Way too small; it needs to be used with maybe 2-3 kids max at a time.
I get it out for every lesson of our human body study. We look at the system we are studying, and it is a tremendous visual aid to understand the physiology.
For example: Today we talked about respiration. The diaphragm can be tricky to explain, so I used this model. With the forceps I pushed the diaphragm piece up and down while making exaggerated sound effects. "What happens to the lungs when I push this up? What about if it pulls down? Where does the air go?" and they were able to see clearly how the diaphragm pulls air in and pushes it out. Never would've gotten that from a textbook.
I also use this model for a Charlotte Mason style of narration. I can take all of the pieces out, and as I put them back in place ask "Hand me the stomach. Which piece is it? What does it do?" The youngest child gets the first shot, and then the older can add what he knows. For review I can hand my son the forceps and ask him to "tell me what happens to food." He can trace the path of an apple through the model and explain what happens in each spot.
Visual aids are a huge asset when learning anything, but especially something that can be hard for a child to visualize, such as the inside of a body. Illustrations in a book are helpful, but this goes several steps beyond. A line sketch of "my digestive system" is good, but too abstract for a young child to really make any meaningful connection with the actual human body. This model is that connecting piece between books and the physical world.
Just a warning: this is fairly delicate. Keep away from the littles. It needs to be kept put away and gotten out for school. Let it get mixed in with other toys and kiss your kidneys goodbye!
If you are doing a human body unit, I also really like How Your Body Works, Grades 1-3 and First Encyclopedia of the Human Body (First Encyclopedias). Good luck!
21 of 21 found the following review helpful:
Really neat modelOct 21, 2009
By Rocker
"K"
This is a model of the human body that can be taken apart and re-assembled. The internal organs are soft to feel more real. It comes with a chart identifying each organ and instructions (mainly for older kids and parents) which show how to put it back together. Paired with a children's anatomy book it's a great lab companion. It's geared to older children (8 and up) but my 4 year old niece loves to take it apart and have Mom & Dad help her put it back together. She is demonstrating an amazing understanding of basic anatomy. Both her parents tell me they now know more about anatomy than ever before. It has turned out to be quite educational for the whole family.
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
kids had lots of funAug 08, 2009
By homeschoolmom
I ordered this to teach my children about anatomy. Two days after it arrived, I found my daughters and a friend of theirs playing with it. They actually played with it for a good hour, and then they played with it again the next day for a couple of hours. It is one of their favorite toys now. They don't even realize that it was meant to educate!
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Fun hands-on toolSep 18, 2009
By J. Gooder
I bought the SMARTLAB; You explore it - Human Body for my homeschool elementary anatomy class. My kids (Pre-K - Grade 7)love taking the body parts out and placing them on the "organ"ization sheet and then reassembling them in the model. The organs have a squishy, sticky feel to them while they are new, but I fear that all the handling will have them looking dirty and fuzzy eventually. It's been a couple week and they still look new.
It is a good hands-on tool for elementary anatomy students.
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