03: Lungs are Weird
ANATOMY/PHYSIOLOGY
You’ll see how molecules come together to make you. You’ll hear the stories of Galen, Andreas Vesalius, and William Harvey. You’ll learn why you have blood, why you breathe, and solve a timeless riddle: when you lose weight, where does it go?
The five lessons
Lesson 1
What is a houseplant made of?
This is the eleventh official lesson of our 180-lesson Big Course. Along the way to the answer, you'll learn about how much your food weighs, how much you SHOULD weigh, a new kind of atom, and something... shocking, to say the least.
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Lesson 2
What's in your chest?
This is the twelfth official lesson of our 180-lesson Big Course. Along the way to the answer, you'll learn what your lungs actually are, what your ribs really are, and what your heart really is.
...yeah, it's one of those kinds of lessons! ;)
Lesson 3
Why don't you have gills?
This is the eight official lesson of our 180-lesson Big Course. Along the path to the answer, you'll learn why water sticks to a towel (but not to you), how weak these "bonds" really are, and how a towel dries itself.
Oh - you'll also begin to learn something profound about literally everything in your home.
Lesson 4
Who had the first lung?
This is the fourteenth official lesson of our 180-lesson Big Course. Along the way to the answer, you'll learn how your family tree REALLY looks, what the first lung might have been useful for, and (for some reason) how many kinds of fish there are.
Lesson 5
Where did my stamp go?
(I, um, lost it. Up my nose. And it went... fairly far.)
This is the fifteenth official lesson of our 180-lesson Big Course. Along the way to the answer, you'll meet your lungs' three bouncers: a gross one, a VERY gross one, and a HOW DO WE EVEN PRETEND THIS IS FAMILY FRIENDLY one.
Aaaaand you'll draw a map of your whole respiratory system. So that's good.
Lesson 6
Secret Sixth
It's a secret. Get a peek here!