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My Body: Skin
Skin covers the outside of my body.
Skin grows as I grow.
Skin can be thick or thin.
My skin has a pattern on the tips of my fingers.
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Our bodies are covered with a waterproof skin.
It is one of the body's organs, just as the heart and the lungs are body organs.
Skin holds the body together.
It keeps water and blood inside and it keeps out things such as germs and dirt that might harm us.
Skin is elastic. It stretches as we grow.
Skin senses how things feel and the temperature of things.
It can tell you when you have been hurt (pain).
Skin is loose at our knees and elbows so they can bend. Skin is tighter on the palm of the hand so we can grip things.
Skin is very very thin on our eyelids and it is thick on the soles of our feet.
On our fingertips our skin has little ridges in a pattern.
Each person has a different pattern. These are called fingerprints.
You can look at your fingerprints through a magnifying glass.
Protect your skin
You need to protect your skin from the sun's harmful ultra-violet (UV) rays. They can cause skin damage and cancer. It is not just on hot sunny days that you need to protect your skin: even on cloudy or cold days the UV rays can be damaging your skin.
wear a hat
cover up
wear sunscreen
wear sunglasses
look for the shade
Read about these five ways you can protect your skin and why
http://www.sunsmart.com.au/sun_protection
Read more about skin here
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/skin_noSW.html
If you use any part of this in your own work, write the source in your bibliography like this:
Sydenham, S. & Thomas, R. Skin [Online] www.kidcyber.com.au (2007)
updated July 2009© kidcyber