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Curated OER

Crazy Crazy Bones

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students practice labeling the bones of a human skeleton. Students reword the song "Dry Bones" with the accurate names of the bones listed.
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Identifying trophic levels and the skeletal system through Owl Pellets

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify a food chain sequence. They compare, identify, and record the rodent skeletal parts to a rodent skeletal diagram. Students construct a rodent skeleton from the skeletal parts found in the pellet. They are given the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Envelope Please

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students examine and research the importance and functions of the skeletal system in vertebrates. They construct a 10-foot geodesic dome to illustrate the importance of architectural frameworks and create a clay animation movie.
Worksheet
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Going Places

For Students 6th - 8th
In this going places instructional activity, students read the passages provided and answer the given questions. Students answer questions as it relates to the skeletal system, puberty, and microorganisms.
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Comparing Fossils

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore early hominid evolution as they analyze bones that share characteristics of both apes and humans. Students compare and contrast key skeletal differences between chimpanzees and humans. In groups, they sort and group a...
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F.L.A.S.H. Introduction

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
F.L.A.S.H stands for Family Life and Sexual Health, it's a program specifically focused on providing special needs learners with vital information regarding personal and sexual health. This is an overview of the program, complete with...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Protection, Support, and Locomotion

For Students 6th - 8th
In this vertebrate skeleton worksheet, students will read a paragraph about the function of bones, muscles, and skin. Then students will complete 6 short answer questions.
Lesson Plan
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Superhumans and Bionics: Building Hi-Tech Exoskeletons

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students explore how the body works. Students experiment and participate in activities to compare speed to stride length. Using the data collected, students draw conclusions about the biology of dinosaurs, their speed and stride length.
Unit Plan
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It's All About Me!

For Teachers 1st
Students study the five major body system in this unit. They examine how to keep themselves healthy.
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Nerve Cell Informercials

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research the structure and function of the nervous system. They prepare a model or representation of neural transmission. Students create an infomercial about nerve cells.
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Mathematics In You

For Teachers 5th - 8th
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...
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Owl Pellets

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars utilize owl pellets to explain part of the natural food chain, and the skeletal system. They construct a rodent skeleton from the skeletal parts foundin the pellet.
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Diversity And Adaptations Of Organisms

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders demonstrate the processes of science by posing questions and investigating phenomena through language, methods and instruments of science. They study the body features or systems of several animals.
Worksheet
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General Science Quiz

For Students 5th - 10th
For this science worksheet, students write short answers for questions on planets, oceans, elements, and more. Students complete 20 questions.
Lesson Plan
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Bat Ecology

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students, through hands on games and activities, discover how bats live and how bats benefit ecosystems. They play a game designed to show them how echolocation works and another to show how mother bats locate their young through their...
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Other

Get Body Smart: Human Anatomy and Physiology: Skeletal System

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can learn about the human skeletal system through this easy-to-access tutorial. Sections include an introduction, organization of the skeleton, appendicular skeleton, and the axial skeleton. Interactive quizzes for each section...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Human Skeletal System

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize the structure and function of the human skeleton.
Website
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Skeletal System

For Students 9th - 10th
Make learning about the human skeletal system fun with full-color diagrams. Read about the structure and function of the body's 206 bones.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Human Skeletal System

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How important is your skeleton? Can you imagine your body without it? You would be a wobbly pile of muscle and internal organs, and you would not be able to move....
Graphic
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.
Interactive
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.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Central Nervous System

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online lesson students will learn an overview of the human skeleton and its functions.
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Other

Bones and Skeletal System

For Students 9th - 10th
This thorough site delves into the structure of the bone, the main bones in the human skeleton (definition and pictures), and a comparison of the male and female pelvis.
Interactive
Other

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...