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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...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Skeletal System Overview

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students will learn about bone structure, bone development and growth, and bone functions. Later, students will apply this understanding to answer the Challenge Question presented in the "Fix the Hip" lesson and use the acquired learning...
Graphic
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.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Forces and Torques in Muscles and Joints

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to explain the forces exerted by muscles; state how a bad posture causes back strain; discuss the benefits of skeletal muscles attached close to joints; and discuss various complexities in the...
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.
Article
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.
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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...
Interactive
PurposeGames

Purpose Games: Bones of the Body

For Students 9th - 10th
How well do you know your bones in your body? Test your knowledge by clicking on the correct dot corresponding to the correct bone of the body.
Activity
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.
Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: Everyday Mysteries: What Is the Strongest Muscle?

For Students 3rd - 8th
There are a variety of ways one can look at what might be the strongest muscle in the body. This site defines the various types of muscles and goes on to explain which would be considered the strongest.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Smooth, Skeletal, and Cardiac Muscles

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of the three types of human muscle tissues.
Handout
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]
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Organ Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
A video lesson explaining the structure and function of the human body's major organ systems. [5:58]
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Animals: Human Muscular System: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides an overview that explains the muscular system in humans. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Animals: Human Muscular System."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Animals: Human Muscular System: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides an overview that explains the muscular system in humans. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Animals: Human Muscular System."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Animals: Human Muscular System: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides an overview that explains the muscular system in humans. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Animals: Human Muscular 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.
Handout
Curated OER

Kids Health: The Facts About Fractures and Broken Bones

For Students 6th - 8th
What's the big deal about broken bones? This website tells what happens when a bone breaks and explains how you should take care of yourself, even after the cast comes off.
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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.
Interactive
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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University of Kansas Medical Center

University of Kansas Medical Center: Muscular System

For Students 9th - 10th
Study several microscopic specimens taken from the three different types of muscle tissues: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac.
Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Biomedical Engineering and the Human Body

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Human beings are fascinating and complex living organisms-a symphony of different functional systems working in concert. Through a 10-lesson series with hands-on activities students are introduced to seven systems of the human...
Interactive
Curated OER

Kids Health: How the Body Works

For Students 3rd - 8th
A colorful, interactive site for kids and teens. A holistic approach to learning about your body, including topics such as feelings, drugs, injuries, and other health issues. Available in Spanish.

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