Skeletal System Teacher Resources

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Skeletal System

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this skeletal system worksheet, students place the phrases that are associated with the skeletal system on the concept map at the bottom of the worksheet.
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The Skeletal System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify the different parts of the skeletal system. In this biology lesson, students put together a skeleton using an interactive website. They evaluate the accuracy of their own answers.
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Human Traces

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create and construct human skeletons by rubbing casts of bone impressions on paper, and then label most important components of human skeleton.
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Comparing Human and Avian Skeletons

For Students 5th - 8th
In this human and avian skeleton review worksheet, students read about both skeletal systems and respond to 10 fill in the blank and drawing questions.
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Three Dimensional Art of Vertebrates and Invertebrates

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, during this twelve week series of lessons, learn basic anatomy through life sketches of human skeletons and shells. They learn fundamentals of line and convey life through sketches learning science through art.
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University of Arizona

The Leg Bone Is Connected to The...

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discover the names of 13 major bones in the human skeletal system. They construct their skeleton using paper plates and other simple products. Links to templates are provided within the resource.
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Protection, Support, and Locomotion

For Students 7th - 8th
In this skeletal system worksheet, students will read a graphic organizer and complete 1 short answer question about the five functions of the skeleton. Then students will use a graphic organizer about muscle types to fill in a table...
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Label the Skeleton

For Students 7th - 10th
In this skeleton activity, students label 26 bones of the skeletal system including bones in the appendicular skeleton and the axial skeleton.
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Moving and Growing: Joints

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Introduce the three types of joints found in the human body. Hinge, ball and socket, and sliding joints are discussed, examined, and defined in this short, yet informative presentation. There are a few pair-share opportunities suggested...
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Moving and Growing

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore the types of skeletons in various animals. For this skeletal systems lesson, students watch a video clip about skeletons, view a human skeleton, compare the skeletons of humans, chickens and fish, and learn about...
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Skeletal System

For Students 8th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, students locate twenty-four terms dealing with the skeletal system. Answers are provided in various formats.
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Human Skeleton

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this science related worksheet, students piece together sixteen parts of a jigsaw puzzle that deals with the human skeleton.
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The Skeletal System - Bones

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify the common bones in the human body. In this biology activity, 7th graders research two bones assigned to them. They explain why bones are important to us.
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Biomechanical Modeling

For Students 5th - 12th
What does modeling have to do with bones? A video introduces us to Dr. Prinold, a biomechanical engineer. Dr. Prinold is working at modeling the forces incurred on a child's ankle. The idea is that the model will help doctors understand...
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Studying Fossils

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students compare and contrast key skeletal differences between chimpanzees and humans: brain size, teeth, hand and thumb, trunk, pelvis, lower limb, foot and big toe. They then sort and group a set of mixed "fossil bones" of chimpanzee...
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The Ultimate Guide: Human Body

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the body systems and their functions.  In this human body lesson plan students research the Internet on body systems and write a description of them. 
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Human Anatomy- How Do We Move?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the muscular system. For this muscular system lesson, students first draw a realistic representation of their leg or arm bones. Students do several activities to attach these bones to "joints" with string to...
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The Skeletal System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify bones off a skeleton during quizzes; assemble disarticulated skeletons; bird, frog and rat. They dissect frogs, remove the muscle tissue, and identify of bones.
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Dem Bones, Dem Bones are Going to Walk Around: The Human Body

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore human anatomy by creating a science book in class. In this skeletal structure lesson, students identify the different body systems such as muscular, nervous, skeletal, and digestive. Students create a picture book which...
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Bone Transformations

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars create a picture from the shape of a bone. For this life science and art lesson, students discuss their bones and their purposes, then use a picture of a bone as a starting point for an artistic transformation. Lesson can...
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Identifying trophic levels and the skeletal system through Owl Pellets

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils identify a food chain sequence. They compare, identify, and record the rodent skeletal parts to a rodent skeletal diagram. Students construct a rodent skeleton from the skeletal parts found in the pellet. They are given the...
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Skeleton Puzzle

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this elementary science worksheet, students practice putting the six pieces of a puzzle together to create a picture of a human skeleton.
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Skeletal System

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders describe and identify the parts of the skeleton and how they support the body. They observe two chicken bones that have been soaked in vinegar for 5 - 7 days. They observe the bone's appearance after it has been removed...
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Academy of American Poets

Teach This Poem: "My Skeleton" by Jane Hirshfield

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Jane Hirshfield's poem "My Skeleton" asks readers to pause and think about the amazing, often taken-for-granted structure that protects and gives form to human bodies. After observing the human skeleton's image, class members read the...