Facts about hair:

1. Hair grows from ‘roots’ beneath our skin.
2. Blood flowing through our bodies feeds the hair roots and makes the hair grow.
3. Blood vessels carry the blood to the hair roots.

Objective:

Examine human hair. Sketch the root of a hair.

Materials:

Pencil and paper.

Procedure:

• Examine another person’s scalp. Look at where the hair exits the skin.
• Look for blood vessels under the scalp that carry blood to feed the hair roots.
• Use the picture from above as a guide to draw a hair root. Draw a hair sprouting from the root.