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- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students construct ratios using the hand as data. They use examples of cortical and trabecular bone found in the long bones to measure circumference, diameter, length, and weight of long bones. They perform computations using growth chart data. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students, during this twelve week series of lessons, learn basic anatomy through life sketches of human skeletons and shells. They learn fundamentals of line and convey life through sketches learning science through art. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students learn the correct names of various bones in the human body by using locomotor skills. They, in groups, move to the "pile of bones" to get the specified piece of the skeleton and the label required and return to the group. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students identify bones, muscles and joints. They explore and investigate the interaction between bones, muscles and joints, and movement of the hand or foot. They, in groups, construct a skeleton together. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 8th
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Students create and construct human skeletons by rubbing casts of bone impressions on paper, and then label most important components of human skeleton. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students determine how a stop animation movie is created. They compare the similarities of a stop animation movie to a flip book and construct a flip book showing fluid motion. They examine the different theories about why when a series of images are viewed in succession our eyes translate it into motion. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students study bone size, structure and shape. They use various geometrical shapes to make a skeleton and produce a poster depicting the skeletal system and its functions. They arrange the pictures into the five sections, glue on poster paper and color and use magic markers to write facts next to each section. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore about the function of the skeleton and comprehend the names of the bones of the human skeleton. They compare bones of the human skeleton to a dinosaur skeleton and graph to compare these bones. Students sort bones to experience what a paleontologist does on expedition and use the vocabulary to name bones. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students determine the relationship between bone length and height. In groups, they are told the race and gender of the individual and discuss how this affects height. They measure the lengths of the bones in metric measurements and infer the height. They develop bone/height relationship charts. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students investigate the parts of the human body and examine the symmetry of body parts like arms and legs. They measure the body parts and take individual height and weight to compare the quantities. Student examine whether the measurements are proportional to each other. Full Review »