Microscopic Life Inside Your House

After oversleeping, Bryan scrambles to get washed, dressed, eat his breakfast and rush to school, and the viewer gets a close-up look at the microscopic world that is teeming with life in Bryan's house. Children learn that magnification is used to see things that are invisible to the naked eye, and that bacteria and other microorganisms are not all bad, but often useful, and even essential to life on earth. Viewers will see the dust mites who clean up the dead skin cells in Bryan's bed, and get an up-close look at a louse, a flea, and the eye of a fly. Since many children in grades 3-6 are curious about "gross" things, they will no doubt be fascinated by the color footage of a dust mite eating breakfast, or the louse and flea who suck blood for a living. Microscopic Life Inside Your House provides a good introduction to the "invisible world" and is sure to promote questions and further study. Recommended. Aud: E, I, P. (L. Stevens)