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Curated OER

Learning Bird Traits

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students draw and label a bird. In this bird traits lesson plan, students learn what traits make a bird different from other animals. Students are taught how to draw a bird and are expected to label the various body parts they drew.
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Curated OER

AUSTRALIA

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the different types of barrier reefs and how they are formed.  In this barrier reef lesson students complete several activities on coral reefs.
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Curated OER

Skeletal System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
  Young scholars discuss the need for humans to have a skeletal system and what would happen if we did not have bones.  In this skeletal system lesson, students label each bone in the human skeletal system as a group, and then...
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Curated OER

The Skeletal System - Bones

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

The Great White Shark

For Students 4th - 7th
In this online quiz learning exercise, students answer a set of trivia questions about the Great White Shark. Page has a link to submit answers for review.
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Curated OER

Coral Bleaching in the Caribbean

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students use authentic satellite data on the NASA website to determine when the sea surface temperature meets the criteria to induce coral bleaching.
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Curated OER

Exploring Life in the Coral Reef

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study life forms in coral reefs. For this ocean life lesson, students study life in coral reefs as they create a coral reef sculpture.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Embryonic Development of the Axial Skeleton

For Students 9th - 10th
The axial skeleton begins to form during early embryonic development. However, growth, remodeling, and ossification continue for several decades after birth before the adult skeleton is fully formed. Knowledge of the developmental...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Development of the Appendicular Skeleton

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn here about the development of the appendicular skeleton - the appendicular skeleton arises from mesenchyme, a type of embryonic tissue that can differentiate into many types of tissues, including bone or muscle tissue.
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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National Health Museum

Access Excellence: A Tour of the Human Skeleton

For Students 9th - 10th
Click on the interactive skeleton and see actual X-rays of different bones. Compare normal bone x-rays with x-rays of damaged bones.
Interactive
eSkeletons

E Skeletons: Slow Loris

For Students 9th - 10th
This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the slow loris.
Interactive
eSkeletons

E Skeletons: Lesser Bushbaby

For Students 9th - 10th
This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the lesser bushbaby.
Interactive
eSkeletons

E Skeletons: Gibbon

For Students 9th - 10th
This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the gibbon.
Interactive
eSkeletons

E Skeletons: Orangutan

For Students 9th - 10th
This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the orangutan.
Interactive
eSkeletons

E Skeletons: Ruffed Lemur

For Students 9th - 10th
This digital laboratory provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy, in particular the skeleton of the ruffed lemur.
Activity
British Council

British Council: Learn English Kids: Make a Skeleton [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Cut out the parts and fasten them together to make a skeleton.
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Information About the Hydrostatic Skeleton

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what a hydrostatic skeleton is and the types of organisms that have one. Describes examples from six phyla and the advantages and disadvantages of this type of skeleton.
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.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Lucy: The First Hominid Skeleton

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the archaeologists who discovered the first Hominid skeleton and other ancestors of humans.
Handout
Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Deinonychus Antirrhopus

For Students 9th - 10th
Deinonychus antirrhopus was a small, carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous Period, first discovered in the United States. A study of its skeleton revealed that it was fast-moving, which went against previously held beliefs...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Mexico: What Is a Skeleton?

For Students 1st - 3rd
Isabel celebrates the Day of the Dead in Mexico, for which many people dress up like skeletons. She wants to teach her brother Carlos about the skeleton and some different bones. This interactive module helps young learners understand...
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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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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