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Handout
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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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: The Human Body: Skeletal System

For Students 3rd - 8th
Self-playing slideshow, with an accompanying quiz, explains the major functions of the skeletal system: support, protection, and movement.
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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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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
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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Handout
Other

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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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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Website
Other

U.s. Department of Health and Human Services: Best Bones Forever!

For Students 4th - 8th
Lesson plans and activities to encourage girls to get physically active and to snack on foods that make healthy bones. Gives basic facts about bones and relates how eating foods with calcium and vitamin D gives a person strong bones....
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Graphic
eSkeletons

E Skeletons: Human

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Studying the skeletal parts of a human? Click on various parts of the human skeleton and proceed to select the items to view in detail.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Bone Up!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this instructional activity students will learn the basics about the skeletal system. They will be able to identify the major bones of the human body and explain the functions of the skeletal system. The students will have the...
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Interactive
Other

Katharine Lady Berkeley's School: The Human Skeleton

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is an interactive exercise where students drag labels to the various bones of a skeleton as a timer counts the seconds. There are two links at the bottom of the page that take you to another page with a labeling exercise, and a...
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Graphic
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: The Living Skeleton: A Tour of Human Bones

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a tour of the human skeleton and see computer images of various bones of the body, including the normal bone and bones that have anomalies.
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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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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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Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Skeletons and Bones at Enchanted Learning

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Enchanted Learning site, teachers and students will find great skeleton crafts, activities, and printouts.
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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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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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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Bones on the Go!

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the human skeleton and some of its stronger bones. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Interactive
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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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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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Science for Kids: Bones and Human Skeleton

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of bones and the human skeleton. How they keep us together and protect us from harm.
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineering and the Human Body

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The Engineering and the Human Body unit covers the broad spectrum of topics that make up our very amazing human body. Students are introduced to the space environment and learn the major differences between the environment on Earth and...
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Biology for Kids: List of Human Bones

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about all the human bones in this list and pictures of the skeleton.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Human Skeleton

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart simply explores the names of the bones in the human body.