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How the Endocrine System Works

From How the Body Works

How the Endocrine System Works
6 min2nd3rd4th5th6thScienceHealth
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Summary

Chloe and Nurb introduce the endocrine system — the network of glands that make hormones, the chemical messengers that quietly control big things like how you grow, how you use energy, and how your body changes over time.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Watch, then talk it over.

  1. What does the endocrine system make and send around your body?
  2. Why does the video call hormones "messengers"?
  3. Name one thing hormones help control in your body.
  4. Even though you can't see or feel it working, why is this system so important?

Quick work-a-long

Words to know: endocrine system, glands, hormones, messengers, growth

Try it: Draw a hormone as a tiny messenger carrying a note. Write what the note tells the body to do (for example, "grow" or "use energy").