Book 1, is a complete gamified journey of the human body. Students can explore all their body organs and functions with an interactive augmented reality experience. Includes skeletal, nervous, digestive, circulatory, respiratory and urinary systems. The book is “hosted” by two friendly animated characters, Sarah and Adam whom interact with the reader to offer engaging insight.
Augmented Reality app included with each book
Grades 2-9
Poo, pizza, and disgusting germs! Why do we poo and how does digestion work? Who was Louis Pasteur and how did he help?
Mark arrives at the studio with terrible stomach pains and asks The Shrinking Scientists to find out what’s wrong with him. In their toughest mission yet, Dr. Sensible, Professor Small, and Junior get ready to fly up Mark’s nose to investigate.
What nasty invaders live in our homes and on our bodies? Fleas, parasites, worms, and every tiny, disgusting thing in between.
Mark can’t stop itching, but no one knows what’s causing it. The Shrinking Scientists get on the case and investigate. Microscope expert Robert Hooke joins them in the studio.
What is the brain and how does it work?
Mark arrives in the studio with a new part of pants – ‘Smarty Pants.’ He has bought them off the Internet and claims that they will make him smarter. Lucy is exasperated and has to try and convince him it’s a load of old rubbish. Professor McTaggart claims that chewing gum is good for your brain.
Bang, crash, wallop! What is a sound? How do we hear? How do our ears work?
Inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell joins the team in the studio to talks telephones and… er… metal detectors?!
Flesh-eating plants & dancing flowers are all packed into the show this week.
Mark and Lucy both bring in their favourite plant but, as always, Mark thinks his is the best… until it starts to die. It’s left to Ancient Greek plant expert Theophrastus to explain what is happening.
The Doctors head into the lab to demonstrate how your cranium and the cerebrospinal fluid in your skull protects your brain.
In Operation Takeover, the Doctors discover the importance and difficulty of being a hospital receptionist.
In the Ouch Patients segment, we have followed four children along their daily lives throughout the season to learn what it’s like to be a regular hospital outpatient. In this episode we check in with Millie as she has her weekly injection that helps ease the pain of her polyarticular arthritis, and then we catch up with Bolu as she shows us how she deals with the pain caused by sickle cell anaemia.
The Doctors show us the proper first aid for someone who is having a serious allergic reaction.
In Accident & Emergency, one patient sprained his leg on a trampoline and another patient stuck a fake diamond up his nose.
The Doctors head into the lab to demonstrate where tears come from and what the different types of tears do.
In Operation Takeover, the Doctors discover the importance and difficulty of being a lifeboat crew member.
During Ouch & About On Call, Dr. Chris explains what a pacemaker is for and what a ureteropelvic stricture is, while Dr. Xand explains why fizzy drinks are bad for you.
The Doctors investigate how a humanoid robot is helping children with autism spectrum disorder learn how to decipher facial expressions.
In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a busted lip and grazed shoulder after a scooter accident and another patient chopped her hand with a craft knife.
Dr. Chris and Dr. Xand show us some of their favourite segments from past episodes.
The Doctors head into the lab with a contortionist and then outside with a crane to show us how flexible and strong our tendons are.
In Operation Takeover, the Doctors discover the importance and difficulty of being a member of an air ambulance team.
In the Ouch Patients segment, we have followed four children along their daily lives throughout the season to learn what it’s like to be a regular hospital outpatient. In this episode we check in for the final time with Maisie, Kaden, Millie, and Bolu to see how their hospital visits have helped them.
The Doctors demonstrate the proper first aid for someone who has been rescued from drowning.
In Accident & Emergency, one patient has been airlifted to the hospital after falling on his neck during a rugby game and another patient with brittle bone disease has a sore hip.
In this special episode of Operation Ouch!, Dr Chris and Dr. Xand turn back the clock and look at what medicine was like in the First World War, where medics and doctors had to treat things like broken bones, trench foot, and body lice.
The Doctors also look at how maggots were used to treat wounds, meet a paralympian runner who swaps her awesome blade for a WWI-era leather leg, and then set up a massive experiment to show you how soldiers’ bodies had to cope with the intense pressure from huge explosions.