The Breathtaking Respiratory System

This past month as part of the Moms of Masterbook, I chose to review God’s Wondrous Machine: The Breathtaking Respiratory System.  This book was developed by a homeschooling pediatrician, and focuses on the amazing design and functionality of the human body’s respiratory system. For example, at the top of your nasal cavity is a space the size of a postage stamp with around 10 million small receptor cells. Most people can distinguish over 10,000 different odors!The Breathtaking Respiratory System

About The Breathtaking Respiratory System:

You will discover:

  • An elementary-level exploration of the human body’s respiratory system, focused on structures, function, diseases, and God’s efficient and effective designs
  • Fast facts and important discoveries that help medical professionals understand the mechanisms of our lungs, sinus cavities, and diaphragm
  • Find out why the common cold isn’t so common after all – hundreds of viruses cause over 1 billion cases of the “common’” cold each year!

breathingWith a loud piercing wail, most of us entered this world as a crying baby taking in our first big breath of air. Breathe in. Breathe out. You hardly notice your respiratory system at work every minute, day and night, awake or asleep, without fail. From our first breath to our last, breathing is truly essential to life. What powers the over 23,000 breaths each of us takes daily? Come on a captivating odyssey through the wind tunnels of the body and be prepared to be amazed!

What We Thought:

We have been reviewing this book for a few weeks now and I really like it. It will be perfect for my eight-year old’s upcoming fourth-grade year, but surprisingly my four-year old asks for us to read this daily.  We cover a little at a time as if it’s a chapter book and he is learning so much.  Obviously there are some things he can’t grasp and we are basically reading it for fun (you heard me correctly..I said fun).  I’m sure he’ll be right there joining in when we do this book as a curriculum next year.

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This book is designed so that you can use it with different grades.  The vocabulary list and definitions are broken down into levels.  As your child learning the level 1, then it’s time to go into the level 2, etc.

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We will be combing The Breathtaking Respiratory System with The Electrifying Nervous System along with the teacher’s book as a complete curriculum.

The Breathtaking Respiratory System can be purchased for $14.07.

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