How Breathing Works
Know that we breathe air into our lungs through the nose and mouth, that our lungs take in oxygen from the air which our body needs to stay alive, and that we breathe out carbon dioxide as waste
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After running around, can your child notice their faster breathing and explain that their lungs are taking in air that the body needs?
Know that we breathe air into our lungs through the nose and mouth, that our lungs take in oxygen from the air which our body needs to stay alive, and that we breathe out carbon dioxide as waste
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- Trace the path of air: nose/mouth → windpipe → lungs
- State that lungs take oxygen from the air, which the body needs
- State that we breathe out carbon dioxide, which the body doesn't need
“After running around, can your child notice their faster breathing and explain that their lungs are taking in air that the body needs?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- The Human Body
- Age range
- Ages 5–7