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78 resources with the concept skeletons

Model of Prosthetic Leg Lesson Plan

Model of Prosthetic Leg

5th
New ReviewGive the class a leg up in their understanding of engineering. A STEM activity has learners design a prosthetic leg that can kick a ball. They build a prototype of the prosthetic, keeping track of the design costs associated with their...
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Bones in your Body
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Bones in your Body

3rd - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
The ankle bone's connected to the leg bone. The leg bone's connected to the knee bone. The knee bone's connected to the...  Bones play a very important role in the function of our bodies. They protect our organs and provide support for our bodies. Use this collection of lessons, videos, and worksheets to deliver instruction and practice to upper elementary and middle school students.
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Skeletons Reveal Human and Chimpanzee Evolution Interactive

Skeletons Reveal Human and Chimpanzee Evolution

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Ardipithecus ramidus shares features with both humans and chimpanzees. Learn about where Ardi, humans, and chimps fit in the tree of life by comparing anatomical features including the foot, pelvis, and teeth. After exploring those...
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Stickleback Film with Quiz: Evolving Switches, Evolving Bodies Video

Stickleback Film with Quiz: Evolving Switches, Evolving Bodies

15 mins 9th - 12th
The pelvic bone's connected to the...nothing in the stickleback fish, because it doesn't have one. Young biologists watch a video about the evolution of the stickleback fish living in Alaskan lakes. It turns out that they lost their...
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Chicago Adventure, Part Four: Rodents of Unusual Size (And Other Mammals, Too) Video

Chicago Adventure, Part Four: Rodents of Unusual Size (And Other Mammals, Too)

7 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
The Chicago Field Museum is home to some amazingly large creatures! The installment from a larger mammals playlist takes young biologists on a tour of the mammal curation labs. Experts explain the specimen collection in terms of their...
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Chicago Adventure, Part Three: Little Skeletons Video

Chicago Adventure, Part Three: Little Skeletons

6 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
How do museums keep up with all of the tiny creatures they collect? Go behind the scenes through a video from a larger playlist covering mammals. The narrator shows how skeletal parts are numbered, then examines the museum's collection...
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The First Brachiosaurus Video

The First Brachiosaurus

6 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
How do scientists know when they've discovered something new? Travel back in time to when dinosaurs roamed the earth using an interesting video, which is part of Brain Scoop's Fossils and Geology playlist. The narrator examines the...
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Siats Meekerorum Video

Siats Meekerorum

8 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Scientists find and name 30-40 new dinosaurs every year. A timely video discusses the siats meekerorum, one relatively newly discovered dinosaur. It explains the pieces scientists found and how they use those to better understand the...
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What Can You Learn From Ancient Skeletons? Video

What Can You Learn From Ancient Skeletons?

4 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Skeletons may not be able to speak, but they can still tell us a lot. High schoolers watch a short video about the ways biological anthropologists can use a skeleton's bone structure to determine age, gender, place of birth, and social...
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Space, Gravity, and the Human Body
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Space, Gravity, and the Human Body

5th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
What happens to the human skeleton when it has been in space for an extended time? What does a reduced-gravity environment do to our bodies? Can we learn about our own skeletons by taking apart a chicken carcass? Explore the concepts of space and human physiology through a series of labs, lessons, and research in these 10 resources. Pick and choose or do all of them!
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Day of the Dead (Printable Craft) Printables & Template

Day of the Dead (Printable Craft)

K - 6th
Cut, color, and build are the skills scholars use to create a paper dapper skeleton, or La Calavera Catrina, in honor of El Dia de los Muertos.
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Biomechanical Modeling Video

Biomechanical Modeling

3 mins 5th - 12th
What does modeling have to do with bones? A video introduces us to Dr. Prinold, a biomechanical engineer. Dr. Prinold is working at modeling the forces incurred on a child's ankle. The idea is that the model will help doctors understand...
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Bones, Muscles, and Joints Lesson Plan
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Bones, Muscles, and Joints

Pre-K - 2nd
What is the hip bone connected to? Learn about body parts and the human skeleton with a game of Simon Says, skeleton puzzle, and five question quiz.  
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How Are the Skeletons the Same? Handouts & Reference

How Are the Skeletons the Same?

3rd - 6th
Frogs and humans are very different—or are they? Compare the skeleton of a frog, including its skull, finger, spine, knee, and leg, to the corresponding parts of a human skeleton.
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Human Skeleton Anatomy Activity Worksheet

Human Skeleton Anatomy Activity

5th - 10th
CCSS: Adaptable
Young biologists piece together the puzzle of the human body with this simple anatomy worksheet. Presented with a picture of the human skeleton, students are challenged with the task of correctly identifying the 27 bones indicated on the...
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Classroom Dinosaur Dig Unit

Classroom Dinosaur Dig

3rd - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Young paleontologists roll up their sleeves and get a little dirty in this hands-on unit on dinosaurs. Over the course of these seven lessons young scientists learn about these giant reptiles while excavating and assembling a T-rex...
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Skeletal Structures Lesson Plan
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Skeletal Structures

5th - 8th
What better way to study the structures of organisms than by creating a new being? After considering different types of skeletal supports (exoskeleton and endoskeleton), budding biogeneticists work together to create their own animals -...
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The Skeletal System Video

The Skeletal System

7 mins 9th - 12th
Discover the importance of your skeleton. Its different purposes are described and the various types of bones are shown. The animation in this clip clearly introduces the human skeletal system and its parts. A great resource for your...
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The Human Skeleton Video

The Human Skeleton

5 mins 9th - 12th
Sculpture animation is used to build the skeletal system. Beginning with a single vertebra, more and more of the skeleton is added on while the animation spins and music plays. Show your anatomy class this animation and have them name...
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The Skeleton Lesson Plan
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The Skeleton

5th - 8th
Don't be chicken to try a lesson plan that compares the anatomy of birds to humans. Read the background information so you don't have to wing it when it comes to the anatomy of a chicken. Prepare cooked chicken bones by soaking them in a...
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Human Body Series - Bones, Muscles, and Joints - Dem Bones Printables & Template

Human Body Series - Bones, Muscles, and Joints - Dem Bones

4th - 8th
Ten pieces that make up a human skeleton are printed on this handout. Anatomists cut them out, affix them to another sheet of paper, then label the major bones. With this assignment, pupils review the skeletal system and you will find...
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Fossils in Utah Presentation

Fossils in Utah

4th - 6th
Science students will stay engaged with these bright slides, relevant and modern images, and clear text.  This PowerPoint is designed for a student to work independently. By clicking on the star on the map, a slide will activate...
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Dinosaur Skeletons Lesson Plan

Dinosaur Skeletons

K
Students discuss that a skeleton is bones that are put together in the right order. They told that they can tell how and where scientist found dinosaur bones. Students describe a skeleton. They arrange pretend bones in a way that...
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Human Body Lessons Lesson Plan

Human Body Lessons

3rd - 5th
Students read "The Magic School Bus in the Human Body" and discuss the importance of maintaining a healthy body. They create a hinge and joint paper skeleton, follow the journey of a hamburger through the digestive tract, jump rope and...
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