For science this winter and spring, we are using Blood and Guts: A Working Guide to Your Own Insides by Linda Allison. This is a Brown Paper School book, a series that also includes some great math titles like Math for Smarty Pants, The I Hate Mathematics! Book, and The Book of Think.

Blood and Guts covers the major body systems, and it has a handful of great experiments and activities, including dissections. The physiology section is good, though the simple line drawings don’t capture anatomy very well.

I am pairing this with The Body Book by Donald Silver. This book is filled with reproducible pages used to make large organ models, and it also includes activities. This book covers anatomy better than Blood and Guts, especially if you decide against dissection. It also covers some physiology.

Together they make a great Human Body Unit for the Middle School years.

Kris is a science-loving, Charlotte Mason homeschooling mom of three. Visit her AtHomeScience blog for more books, tips, and resources.