Summary
Almost everyone has tiny, worm-shaped mites living in the pores of their face -- and they've been there your whole life. Deep Look introduces the harmless roommates you never knew you had.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Talk about it
Face mites are microscopic relatives of spiders with long, skinny bodies that fit inside skin pores. They eat oil and mostly cause no trouble. Their thin shape is a perfect match for the narrow tunnels they call home.
- Where on the body do face mites live?
- How does a mite's long, thin body fit its home?
- Why is it okay that these mites live on almost everyone?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: mite, pore, microscopic, harmless.
Try it: Draw a big circle as a skin pore with a skinny mite inside. Write how its shape fits such a tiny space.