Understanding Your Body’s Filtration System

Science answers plenty of questions about the world, but it’s truly a wonder when it answers questions about ourselves—particularly our bodies. This BioBox is an exploration of the kidneys, two essential organs that keep the body healthy and free of toxins. Through a kidney filtering experiment, your students will discover not only how their kidneys work, but also how doctors use this knowledge to treat patients every day.

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With this BioBox, your students will be able to answer a few fundamental questions about the kidney:

• What parts of the body work with the kidney?
• What are the microscopic structures of the kidney?
• How does the kidney filter blood?
• How do doctors use urinalysis?

Let the Epic Experiments begin!