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Anatomy Adventure InteractiveAnatomy Adventure Interactive
Publisher
American Museum of Natural History
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Grade
6th - 12th
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Science
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30 mins
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Anatomy Adventure

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Sometimes science is puzzling. Using an online animation, individuals manipulate skeletal bones of an ancient species to recreate its skeleton. Learners complete the skeletal puzzle and learn about the process of paleontology in person or as a remote learning activity.

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Concepts

anatomy, fossil records, fossils, archaeology

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Follow the lesson with a lab reconstructing bones of common animals
  • Visit a live archaeological dig in person or virtually

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires individual use of Internet-enabled devices
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Pros

  • Adaptable to different grade levels
  • Highlights similarity between ancient and modern-day species

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  • None

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