Microquests

MICROQUESTS TEACHING GUIDE

DNA.

Bacteria and viruses are all around you. If they get inside your body, they can make you very sick. Fortunately, your body is built to keep illness-causing invaders out. If some do get in, special cells inside your body come to the rescue. They track down and destroy anything that might cause you harm. See how the daring cell defenders that make up your immune system keep you healthy. Are you ready for this microquest?

Do you realize there are about 100 trillion cells in your body? That's a lot of cells to manage! It's a good thing they are organized into systems that all work together. This book takes you on a journey inside your body to see many types of cells skin cells, blood cells, muscle cells, and more magnified hundreds or thousands of times larger than their actual size. You'll find out how groups of cells work together to keep your body running. Are you ready for this microquest?

Through close-up photographs of cells and cell parts, this book explains what special talents your cells--and the cells of other animals--have.

You probably know that all living things need food to survive, including plants. So where do plants get their food? They make it themselves! This book takes you inside plant cells and shows you up-close photos of all the different cell parts. You'll also discover the secrets of how plants make seeds and how plant cells are strong enough to hold up giant redwood trees. You might be surprised to find out just how powerful plant cells are. Are you ready for this microquest?