How Breathing Works
Science · The Human Body · conceptual
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
What mastery looks like
- 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
Check your understanding
After running around, can How Breathing Works notice their faster breathing and explain that their lungs are taking in air that the body needs?
Prerequisites
None — this is a foundational concept.