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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Genyornis Newtoni

For Students 9th - 10th
Genyornis newtoni was a gigantic, non-flying bird that lived in Australia during the Pleistocene Period. It is sometimes referred to as a 'thunder bird' due to its large size. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Gallimimus Bullatus

For Students 9th - 10th
Gallimimus bullatus was a theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Diprotodon Optatum

For Students 9th - 10th
Diprotodon optatum was a prehistoric marsupial from Australia that lived during the Pleistocene Period. The wombat and the koala are descendants. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Anhanguera Blittersdorffi

For Students 9th - 10th
Anhanguera blittersdorffi was a carnivorous pterosaur that lived during the Cretaceous Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Tarbosaurus Bataar

For Students 9th - 10th
Tarbosaurus bataar was a large, meat-eating theropod from the Late Cretaceous Period, discovered in Mongolia. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Talarurus Plicatospineus

For Students 9th - 10th
Talarurus plicatospineus was an herbivorous ankylosaur from Mongolia that lived during the Late Cretaceous Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Amargasaurus Cazaui

For Students 9th - 10th
Amargasaurus cazaui was an herbivorous sauropod first found in Argentina. It lived during the Early Cretaceous Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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University of Guelph

University of Guelph: Structure of the Skeleton

For Students 9th - 10th
A small amount of comparative anatomy specifically focused on the anatomy of animals used for meat.
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Website
Biology 4 kids

Biology4 Kids: Skeletons Inside and Out

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore the skeletal system. Identify the differences of the endoskeleton and exoskeleton, what the system does, how it interacts with other systems, and how it might vary genetically.
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Graphic
eSkeletons

E Skeletons: Boneviewer: Mouse Lemur

For Students 9th - 10th
Identify the parts of the skull belonging to a Mouse Lemur.
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Graphic
eSkeletons

E Skeletons: Tarsier

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine the skeletal anatomy of the Tarsier's skull illustrated through the University of Texas at Austin's eSkeleton lab.
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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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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Bf Skeleton Tower

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This problem is a quadratic function example where students analyze how many cubes are used to build a multi-dimensional tower of different heights. Aligns with F-BF.A.1.
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Interactive
Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Medical Education Network: Welcome to the Bone Box

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive site that provides a picture of a skeleton segment. On the picture is a number with a line pointing to a part of the skeleton. When you click on the number the part is identified.
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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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Other

Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc.: Stan T. Rex

For Students 9th - 10th
Stan T. Rex is the name given to a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton that was excavated and reconstructed by the Black Hills Institute. Stan is sixty-five percent bone and among the most complete T. Rex skeletons in the world that scientists...
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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.
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Interactive
Inner Body

Innerbody: Skeletal System

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a skeleton with points to click on. Each click brings up information on that part in a separate window. If the windows are resized next to each other, it's point, click, and read.
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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.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Get Some Practice at 'Fossil' Reconstruction With Owl Pellets

For Students 9th - 10th
Although this project is not based on actual fossils, you will get good practice at reconstructing an animal's skeleton from individual bones. The goal of this science project is to identify the types of prey that are consumed by owls by...
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Horror Stories of Stephen King; Teacher's Guide. [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Fourteen-page teacher guide for Stephen King's horror short stories includes selections from three books: "Night Shift," "Nightmares & Dreamscapes," and "Skeleton Crew." Features in-depth overview of King's life and writing. Provides...
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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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Unit Plan
PBS

Wgbh/pbs: Explore Your Inner Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
Click on a highlighted portion of the skeleton to open up a brief video presentation and written summary explaining how that part of the human has come from our ancient ancestors.
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Interactive
Inner Body

Innerbody: Interactive Skeletal System (Posterior View)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a skeleton with points to click on. Each click brings up information on that bone in a separate window. If the windows are resized next to each other, it's point, click, and read.

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