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Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Human Biology: Musculatory System

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the three types of muscle tissue, how a muscle contracts, and how muscles are adapted for exercise. [3:40]
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eSkeletons

E Skeletons: Human

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Studying the skeletal parts of a human? Click on various parts of the human skeleton and proceed to select the items to view in detail.
Interactive
eSkeletons

E Skeletons: Baboon

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive, digital laboratory provides students with a way to examine and learn about the skeletal anatomy of the Baboon.
Interactive
eSkeletons

E Skeletons: Slow Loris

For Students 9th - 10th
This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the slow loris.
Interactive
eSkeletons

E Skeletons: Lesser Bushbaby

For Students 9th - 10th
This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the lesser bushbaby.
Interactive
eSkeletons

E Skeletons: Gibbon

For Students 9th - 10th
This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the gibbon.
Interactive
eSkeletons

E Skeletons: Orangutan

For Students 9th - 10th
This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the orangutan.
Interactive
eSkeletons

E Skeletons: Ruffed Lemur

For Students 9th - 10th
This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the ruffed lemur.
Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Embryonic Development of the Axial Skeleton

For Students 9th - 10th
The axial skeleton begins to form during early embryonic development. However, growth, remodeling, and ossification continue for several decades after birth before the adult skeleton is fully formed. Knowledge of the developmental...
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National Institutes of Health

Nih Curriculum Supplement for Middle School: Looking Good, Feeling Good

For Teachers 6th - 9th
A great resource from the Office of Science Education which provides a curriculum for teaching about the musculoskeletal system, the skin system and how they interact. This curriculum emphasizes choices teens can make to ensure good...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Bones, Muscles and Joints

For Students 9th - 10th
The anatomy of the musculoskeletal system and what the bones, muscles and joints do in our bodies are explained. Interactive diagrams show the internal structure of a bone, and how muscles and joints work together. Major disorders of the...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Bones, Muscles, and Joints

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from Family Doctor.org provides in depth terminology and helpful diagrams. This site has links to related articles to learn more about the musculoskeletal system.
Website
Other

Nauticus: Bones an Exhibit Inside You: Skeletal Structure

For Students 3rd - 5th
A list of facts about the skeleton. Includes audio for hearing how to pronounce the names of bones, and links to a labeled drawing of the skeleton and to a bone facts quiz.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Your Multi Talented Muscles

For Students 3rd - 8th
At this site you will learn what muscles are made up of and find out about the different types of muscles in the body. A great illustration of a skeletal muscle is also provided. Available in Spanish.
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BBC

Bbc: Applied Anatomy and Physiology: Muscles and Movement

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn what muscles are, how they are classified, and how they are attached to the body's skeletal system. This site contains several definitions, illustrations showing the parts of muscles, and a quiz to test your knowledge of muscles...
Website
Other

Cystic fibrosis.com: Reference Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Cystic fibrosis is defined and a summary of its symptoms is provided. Includes an explanation of sweat tests, blood tests, and CF's effects on the digestive, respiratory, skeletal, and reproductive systems.
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eSkeletons

E Skeletons: Tarsier

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine the skeletal anatomy of the Tarsier's skull illustrated through the University of Texas at Austin's eSkeleton lab.
Activity
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.
Unit Plan
Other

Biology Guide: Human Life Span

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about the human life-span. Some topics investigated in the tutorial are reproduction, nervous system, skeletal muscle, and homeostasis.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Bone Development

For Students 9th - 10th
Skeletal System - Passage 2.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Biology: Human Body Worksheets and Quizzes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Test your understanding of the human body and all of its complexities with these interactive worksheets, games and quizzes.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Go Public: Osteoporosis Brochure

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students will answer the Challenge Question and use the acquired learning from Lesson 1, "Fix the Hip Challenge" and Lesson 2, "Skeletal System Overview"to construct an informative brochure addressing osteoporosis and the role biomedical...
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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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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Fluid Statics: Pressures in the Body

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to explain the concept of pressure in the human body; explain systolic and diastolic blood pressures; and describe pressures in the eye, lungs, spinal column, bladder, and skeletal system.

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