The Human Skeleton

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The Human Skeleton

• Melanie Funk

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Analyze Learners

• This lesson
• Children 8 to 10 years old
• Third grade level
• Regular education classroom
• May be combined with other systems of the body

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State Objectives

• SC.3.2.1 demonstrate curiosity, initiative and
  creativity by planning and conducting simple
  investigations
• SC.3.4.1 identify the structures of living
  things, including their systems and explain their
  functions (e.g., roots absorb water, circulatory
  system to move materials)

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State Objectives

• SC.3.1.3 explore science careers in the
  community
• SC.3.3.2 use models as representations of real
  things
• SC.3.3.1 identify that systems are made of
  parts that interact with one another

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Materials

• The Search for the Missing Bones by Eva Moore
• Inside the Human Body by Eva Moore
• Corrugated paper
• Tape
• Rubber shelf liner
• Red pompons
• Yellow pompons
• List of major bones handout
• X-rays of bones (if available)
• Body diagram handout
• Processed chicken bones

• Fat plastic straws (two per student)
• Scissors
• Popsicle sticks
• Yarn
• Cloth
• Glue
• Acetate sheets
• Hole punch
• Brass paper fasteners
• Washable markers
• Paper towels

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WebPages

• Scholastic
• Crayola
• The Solution Site
• Teacher Vision

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Utilize Media and Material

• Day 1
• Discuss The Search for the Missing Bones by Eva
  Moore (read during reading sessions)
• Read aloud Inside the Human Body by Eva Moore
• Build bones and learn vocabulary
• Begin KWL chart focusing on what students know
• Journal on the lesson

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Utilize Media and Material

• Day 2
• Local doctors, nurses and safety professionals
  tell students what they know
• Show x-rays of bones and stress bicycle safety
• Give body diagram handouts
• Journal on the lesson

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Utilize Media and Material

• Day 3
• Cut up processed chicken bones and compare to
  x-rays and pictures of bones
• Make straw backbones to simulate spine movement
• Journal on activity

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Utilize Media and Material

• Day 4
• Make Popsicle stick man to review all body
  systems
• Acetate diagrams of all body systems as review
• Short journal entry on all of the body systems
  and why they are important

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Utilize Media and Material

• Day 5
• Complete KWL chart as a class
• Quiz on skeletal system
• Quickly review all other body systems

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Require Learner Participation

• Prepare materials ahead of time when possible
• Encourage student questions and allow them to
  answer each other when appropriate
• Many small activities
• Test knowledge by asking questions

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Evaluate and Revise

• Review journal entries
• Analyze individual participation and effort
• Quiz at the end of the lesson