Ligaments are the tough, fibrous connecting tissue between bones that form joints. Explore this connecting tissue with the 20th video in a series of 47 videos on the human body. The narrator first reviews the anatomy of the skeleton and then moves into joints - what they are made of and what they do. 

Concepts

joints, the skeletal system, movement, the human body

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• After teaching joints and their movements, call out a joint type and have pupils move their bodies the correct way for that specific joint

Classroom Considerations

• Turn on closed captioning so learners can follow along despite the speed of the narrator's speech
• Video ends at 8:25; the rest is a summary of concepts and credits

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Engaging due to the wittiness of the narrator and his ability to relate to high schoolers (his dancing at prom, in this case)
• Can view closed captioning in English, Arabic, and German, or it can auto translate to a plethora of languages

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.9-10.1