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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...
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Activity
Curated OER

Kids Health: My Body

For Students 2nd - 7th
For elementary school children, this page presents information about lungs, muscles, digestive system, teeth, skin, tongue, hair, heart, and more.
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Activity
Biology Corner

Biology Corner: Anatomy: Skeletal System: Flash Cards

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Printable collection of drawings of bones in the human body, suitable for testing knowledge of particular structures.
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Unit Plan
Other

Institute of Human Origins: Classifying Life

For Students 9th - 10th
In this exercise you will build two skeletons, one of an ape and one of a modern human being. The bones have been completely mixed up so its up to you to find the right fit. In this exercise you will learn about the unique...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Skeleton

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes the human skeleton and its bones.
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Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Skeletal System Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
This site helps you understand the human skeletal system, a body system composed of bones and cartilage that performs critical functions for the human body.
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Interactive
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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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Forces and Torques in Muscles and Joints

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on Statics and Torque in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter provides an in-depth discussion of forces and torque in the human body. We learn about muscular force, the importance of posture in preventing back...
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Activity
Other

Dr. Saul: Biology in Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive site provides animations and activities in several areas of physiology. The images are simple, but clear. The accompanying text provides a good description of the process being shown.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.10 Skeletal Muscles

For Students 5th - 9th
Learn about the skeletal muscles of the human body.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Forced to Fracture

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners learn how forces affect the human skeletal system through fractures, and why certain bones are more likely to break than others depending on their design and use in the body. They learn how engineers and doctors collaborate to...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Anatomy, Appendicular Skeleton

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart presents the names of the bones in the human body. It includes an activity in which students label the bones after they have studied them.
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Activity
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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Graphic
Curated OER

Leg Bone From the Ragsdale Gunshot Wound Study, 1984

For Students 9th - 10th
Various pictures of parts of the human anatomy showing gun shot trauma are found on this interesting site. .
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Graphic
Curated OER

Leg Bone From the Ragsdale Gunshot Wound Study, 1984

For Students 9th - 10th
Various pictures of parts of the human anatomy showing gun shot trauma are found on this interesting site. .
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Could We Survive Prolonged Space Travel?

For Students 9th - 10th
Prolonged space travel plays a severe toll on the human body: microgravity impairs muscle and bone growth, and high doses of radiation cause irreversible mutations. As we seriously consider the human species becoming space-faring, a big...
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Handout
Other

Chiro web.com: Medial Collateral Ligament Sprain

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an in-depth look at sprains of the Medial Collateral Ligament, the ligament located on the innermost part of the knee which connects the bones of the leg and offers stability to the knee.
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Lesson Plan
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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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Skeletal System Quiz

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over the human skeletal system, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
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Interactive
Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Skeletal System Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
Test your knowledge of the human skeletal system with this interactive labeling exercise.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Albinus Table 1 A

For Students 9th - 10th
Images from the 18th century anatomy text, "Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani" by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus. There are drawings of individual bones, skeletons and musculature. The text on the images is in Latin. Title and...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Albinus Table 1 A

For Students 9th - 10th
Images from the 18th century anatomy text, "Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani" by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus. There are drawings of individual bones, skeletons and musculature. The text on the images is in Latin. Title and...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Albinus Table 2 A

For Students 9th - 10th
Images from the 18th century anatomy text, "Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani" by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus. There are drawings of individual bones, skeletons and musculature. The text on the images is in Latin. Title and...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Albinus Table 2 A

For Students 9th - 10th
Images from the 18th century anatomy text, "Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani" by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus. There are drawings of individual bones, skeletons and musculature. The text on the images is in Latin. Title and...

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