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Katharine Lady Berkeley's School: The Human Skeleton

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is an interactive exercise where students drag labels to the various bones of a skeleton as a timer counts the seconds. There are two links at the bottom of the page that take you to another page with a labeling exercise, and a...
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National Health Museum

Access Excellence: The Living Skeleton: A Tour of Human Bones

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a tour of the human skeleton and see computer images of various bones of the body, including the normal bone and bones that have anomalies.
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PurposeGames

Purpose Games: Main Bones of the Skeleton

For Students 9th - 10th
Thirty six question quiz tests the users knowledge of the main bones of the body.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Skeletons and Bones at Enchanted Learning

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Enchanted Learning site, teachers and students will find great skeleton crafts, activities, and printouts.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Forced to Fracture

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars learn how forces affect the human skeletal system through fractures, and why certain bones are more likely to break than others depending on their design and use in the body. They learn how engineers and doctors...
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Read Works

Read Works: Bones on the Go!

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the human skeleton and some of its stronger bones. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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eSkeletons

E Skeletons Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Funded by the National Science Foundation, the eSkeletons Project provides interactive views of bones. Various menus allow you to review the bones of the human skeleton and compare them to the bone structures of nine primates.
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Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Medical Education Network: Welcome to the Bone Box

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive site that provides a picture of a skeleton segment. On the picture is a number with a line pointing to a part of the skeleton. When you click on the number the part is identified.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineering and the Human Body

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The Engineering and the Human Body unit covers the broad spectrum of topics that make up our very amazing human body. Students are introduced to the space environment and learn the major differences between the environment on Earth and...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Fascinating Friction!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students use wood, wax paper and oil to investigate the importance of lubrication between materials and to understand the concept of friction. Using wax paper and oil placed between pieces of wood, the function of...
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Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Super Skeletons

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learn more about the bones that make up your internal framework. This site provides learning opportunities through games, experiments, activities, and songs.
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SEN Teacher

Sen Teacher: Label a Skeleton: Free Education Software

For Students 3rd - 8th
You can download free software here for Windows, Mac or Linux that presents the human skeleton, with or without flesh, with labeled skeletal parts. There is a quiz mode where students must match the labels to each bone as a timer goes.
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University of Texas at Austin

E Fossils: Juvenile Modern Homo Sapiens [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
This life-sized printout will help students learn about the human skeleton and identify some of the important bones of the human body.
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University of Wyoming: Make Learning Real: Virtual Skeleton

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of images of bones in the human skeleton, captured with QuickTime VR, can be rotated and viewed from different angles.
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University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Anatomy Image Bank

For Students 9th - 10th
Hundreds of anatomy diagrams for classroom or medical use. Each image represented is a simple black-and-white professional drawing of a specific part of the human body.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Our Amazing Skeleton

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan covers the topic of human bones and joints. Learners learn about the skeleton, the number of and types of bones in the body, and how outer space affects astronauts' bones. Students also learn how to take care of their...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Mexico: What Is a Skeleton?

For Students 1st - 3rd
Isabel celebrates the Day of the Dead in Mexico, for which many people dress up like skeletons. She wants to teach her brother Carlos about the skeleton and some different bones. This interactive module helps young learners understand...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Diving School: How Do We Move?

For Students 4th - 6th
Mariven lives in Barbados. He is going on a diving adventure to learn all about bones and muscles of the human body.
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PurposeGames

Purpose Games: Axial and Appendicular Skeleton Parts Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
41 question quiz relates to medical terms associated with the axial and appendicular skeleton.
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SEN Teacher

Sen Teacher: Skeleton Labels

For Students 3rd - 6th
This skeleton labeling worksheet can be customized for different levels of difficulty, and then printed.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Prosthetic Party

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Student teams investigate biomedical engineering and the technology of prosthetics. Students create a model prosthetic lower leg using various materials. Each team demonstrate its prosthesis' strength and consider its pros and cons,...