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The Living Body: Eyes And Ears

27 minutes 44 seconds

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Closeup of the human eye. Caption: tell us how near or far something is.

This program is devoted to the senses that bring information of more distant events. The camera shows a reckless driver careening down a road—and then takes the viewer inside his eye, where the image of the potential crash site is pictured. The camera enters the ear, showing how the linked bones vibrate in response to a sound, and by using a computer graphic sequence, shows how the eye focuses on an image. Accessibility options on the DVD are: (1) audio description, (2) English subtitles, (3) English subtitles in a black box, (4) closed captions.

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Runtime: 27 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 3
27 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Episode 5
26 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Closeup of a baby's face. Caption: (narrator) Many of these events reflect the astonishing development
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Episode 6
27 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Episode 7
27 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Cross section of the human head and neck in shaded colors. Caption: If you count all the parts of the brain
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Episode 8
27 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Diagram of the circulatory system in the torso of a human. Caption: The body's source of pressure is the heart
The Living Body
Episode 9
27 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Child at the top of an escalator. Caption: We don't suddenly become adults overnight,
The Living Body
Episode 10
26 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
People sitting at a table. Caption: (narrator) We may only eat three times a day,
The Living Body
Episode 11
27 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Human body with the liver shown in the right corner of the abdomen. Caption: An organ like the liver is like an industrial plant
The Living Body
Episode 12
27 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Episode 13
28 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12