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Mananatomy.com: Classification of Bones

For Students 9th - 10th
Four different types of human bone classifications are discussed through text and pictures. Shape, development, region, and structure classifications are further divided into the variety of bones each entails.
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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,...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Sticks and Stones Will Break That Bone!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about the strength of bones and methods of helping to mend fractured bones. During a class demonstration, a chicken bone is broken by applying a load until it reaches a point of failure (fracture). Then, working as...
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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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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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OpenStax

Open Stax: Pectoral Girdle

For Students 5th - 8th
Learn here about the pectoral girdle, where the the bones that attach each upper limb to the axial skeleton form. This consists of two bones, the scapula and clavicle.
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Ministerio de Educación (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Cuerpo Humano Interactivo

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a tour of the human skeleton, the senses and the excretory system. The content is displayed with pictures and interactive graphics.
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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...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Motor Responses

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn the structure and function of the descending pathways of the motor commands from the cortex to the skeletal muscles.
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That Quiz

That Quiz: Practice Test: Anatomy

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this practice quiz to test your knowledge of human anatomy. See how fast you can name the different parts of the skeleton from different views: the back, front, skull, or even the arms. By changing the level, it is appropriate for...
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Children's Museum

Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet the Bambiraptor

For Students 9th - 10th
What do the fossils of the "baby raptor" tell us about the Bambiraptor? Learn what paleontologists have learned about this dinosaur's size, diet, and skeletal system.
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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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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: 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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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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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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Curated OER

Kids Health: Osgood Schlatter Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
If you're an active teenager and you frequently experience pain in joints such as your knees, you may have Osgood-Schlatter Disease. Find out more about the signs, symptoms, and treatment in this article. Links to similar sites are also...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Osteomyelitis

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that bacteria can infect bones? Osteomyelitis is when bacteria infects a bone through a wound or through the blood stream. Signs, symptoms, and treatments are included in this site. Links to related articles are also available.
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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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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Our Amazing Skeleton

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson covers the topic of human bones and joints. Students 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 bones...
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PurposeGames

Purpose Games: Humerus Bones

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive tests your knowledge of the landmarks of the humerus bones.
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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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Curated OER

Kids Health: Repetitive Stress Injuries

For Students 9th - 10th
When a teenager overexerts him or herself, pain in the joints can often occur. The injuries usually take place at the ends of the bones where they grow. Check out this article to determine whether or not you're treating your bones...
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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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