Proportion of water in various organisms © Siemens Stiftung 2021 CC BY-SA 4.0 international

Proportion of water in various organisms

Interactive

Animation:
Water is the original building block of all life on Earth. This is also shown by the relatively high water content in humans, animals and plants.

Available in: English, Spanish (CREA), German
Type of media: Interactive (544.5 kByte)
Last update: 2021-06-25
License:

This medium is made available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 international license.

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Media package:
Experimento | 10+: B1 Water cycle
Description:
People are about 70% water – babies even 75%. Water is in every body cell, it forms the basis for our blood, for every type of tissue cell and for the entire human brain.

Information and ideas:
Students can first guess how much water there is in humans, animals and plants.
This interactive graphic can be the starting point for working on the topics "role of water in the body" and "water intake and loss in people".
Related media:
There are no other media directly related to this file.
Learning resource type:
Animation
Subjects:
Biology; Personal, social and health education (PSHE)
Grade levels:
Grade 1 to 4; Grade 5 to 6; Grade 7 to 9; Grade 10 to 13
School types:
Elementary school; Middle/high school
Keywords:
Chart; Water; Water cycle; Graphics; Water (manifestation); Water (vital for life); Water circuit; Whiteboard-compatible
Bibliography:
Siemens Stiftung Media Portal
Author:
MediaHouse GmbH
Rights holder:
© Siemens Stiftung 2021
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