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Saturday, July 30, 2011

The Skeletal System - Get to Know Your Bones!

Picture from this site.
From Core Knowlege Curriculum Sequence for 3rd grade, students need to master:


The Skeletal System, including:
  • Skeleton, bones, marrow
  • Skull, cranium
  • Ribs, ribcage, sternum
  • Spinal column, vertebrae
  • Scapula (shoulder blades), pelvis, tibia, fibula

What do you know about the bones?


1. Click here, and test your knowledge of the names of the bones.


2. Students who are English learners may find this unit tricky if they do not yet know all the general names of the body parts and bones before studying the scientific names of the bones.  Listen (and sing and dance along) to this video to become familiar with the basic names of bones.



3. Read this article about the skeletal system. 


4. Post a comment below naming one bone and what it does for the body.
   Try to post something new that your classmates have not written yet.


5. Learn the names of the main bones here.  Click "show answer" first to review.  Turn up your volume to hear the names of the bones!

6. Learn ALL the bones you need to know here.  You can hear their names and read a little about each bone.  Then play games 1 and 2  at the bottom to continue to review.

7.  Need more practice?  Practice the names of the bones again, here.


8. Quiz yourself!   You may skip numbers 11, 12, 17, and 18.  Or, use them for bonus points!  Print out your final score to the quiz and turn it in to the teacher when you are finished with the lesson. 

Good work!  In class we will work with velcro and 3D model skeletons and continue to study their names and jobs.  Feel free to explore the links at the bottom, especially Skeleton Review Games for extra practice.

36 comments:

  1. This looks great Ms. Boughey! I really like the self-guided idea behind this post!

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  2. THE BRAIN IS WET. THE BRAIN IS DIVIDED INTO 2 SECTIONS:THE LEFT SIDE WICH COMMANDS THE RIGHT SIDE AND THE RIGHT SIDE WICH COMMANDS LEFT SIDE.THE BRAIN WEIGHS LESS THAN 3 POUNDS.THE BRAIN CONTROLS TOGETHER WITH THE SPINAL CORD.THE BRAIN HAS 60 BILLION CELLS ALTOGETHER!


    BEN MARCONI

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  3. yes you can braek your bounse


    leonardo

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  4. If we hadent bons we coulden't walk and be floppy


    F.S

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  5. If you had no bones you would fall down. You would have no muscles eather because muscles stick to bones. You can brake your bones by falling. The back bone helps you to keep your back up.

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  6. If you had no bones you would probebly fall down in a second because if you dont have bones who gona hold you that why youneed bones.BY EGOR V

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    1. The pelvis is really important because it connects to your femur and your backbone. It helps you flex, move, and stand up straight.
      Egor V.

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  7. Your face has 14 bones . When you are born you have more than 300 bones in your body and when you become an adult your bones get together and become 206. The Fibula is the bone in the front of the lower leg. It helps you stand up.
    Vc

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  8. I learned that your Skull protects your brain.


    PB

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  9. The Skull is the bone that protects the Brain.
    BC

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  10. Our skull has 14 bones and in all we have 300 bones. Our bones are alive. We can bend run and move because of our bones. The Tibula is infront of our leg and lets us run.
    LM

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  11. The Ribcage protects the Lungs and the Heart.You can feel your ribcage in your upper torso.



    N.B

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  12. The leg bone whit your ather bones like the foot bone it help you to walk.






    by Georgi

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  13. The skull. If you would fal. down hard your skull will break. If your skull breaks you don't remember almos anything.Your skull helps your head to be up.BY JESPER

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  14. Your Brain tells your body hat to do. gianginator

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  15. Ulna bellongs to your ellbow it helps move your arm.by ev

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  16. The skull protects the brain. The the spinal cord is conected with the pelvis.We have 14 bones in our face.

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  17. The Rib has 12 ribs.The first 7 are called true ribs because they are attached to the spinal cord.8-10 are called false ribs.11-12 are called floating ribs because they are not attached to anything.It protects 2 of the most important bones.




    Ben

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  18. your arm bone helps you move your arm

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    1. (arm bones consists of 3 different bones) The joints ellbow,shoulder and wrist allow you to raise your arm and throw a ball for example.
      J.P.

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  19. With out your BONES you would just fall to the ground!
    Your bones evan keep you body strong, and prevents that some of your body parts don't get hurt, like the lungs you ribs protects the lung.
    GdS

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  20. The Femur is the longest bone of the human skeleton and the stirrup is the smallest.
    LM

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  21. Volentary musles you diside to move them or not



    l.l

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  22. The pelvis protects the bladder and the intenstine.





    chiara

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  23. The foot has 26 bones in it, and carries the whole weight of your body.



    Victoria Haar

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  24. The skull protects your brain so that its liquid will not get out.


    By:Andrey

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  25. The skull protects your brain so that its liquid will not get out.



    By:Andrey

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  26. your ribs protect your hear and your lungs.Also your ribs help you breath


    By:Alex

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  27. Your ribs protect your heart and your lungs.Also your ribs help you breath.


    By:Alex

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  28. The Femur is the only bone in the thigh. The Femur is the strongest, the longest and the heaviest bone in the body. It supports the body in the vertical position and helps us to walk and to jump.

    By Masha

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  29. the skull is very inportant. It protects the brain. A small damage to the brain can kill you. Another name for the skull is the cranium.

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  30. the skull is very inportant. It protects the brain. A small damage to the brain can kill you. Another name for the skull is the cranium.

    by leo

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  31. the ribs protect your heart and your lungs.

    by leo

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