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Unlocking the Endocrine System

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Fifth graders use an analogy to the mail delivery system to study the workings of the human endocrine system. They discover the interrelationships between the human body systems while comparing them to engineering communicating with astronauts.

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hormones, the endocrine system

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body, endocrine, hormone, science
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5th
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Science
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