Essential Questions supporting topic/theme
- What is the function of the skeletal system?
- How do bones provide support, protection and movement?
- What are the parts of the skeletal system?
- What is the make up of bones?
- What are the different joints and how do they work?
- Why is it important to have a healthy skeletal system?
Books/Online text/Poetry
How they support the topic/theme
Dem Bones by Bob Barner
The book introduces the skeletal system through a fun quirky song and informational text.
The Skeleton Inside of You by Phil Balestrino
This book provides factual information about the skeletal system by using Text to Self connections.
Scholastic Reader: Skeletons by Lily Wood
Another supplemental book with factual information about the skeletal system .
Dem Bone Lyrics
song-sheet-dry-bones.pdf | |
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Reading the lyrics as the song is sung is good for the visual learners as well as the other students.
Dr. Jean CD: Better Bodies and Brains, Let's Move
Song: Head, Muscles, Baby 1,2,3
Song: Head, Muscles, Baby 1,2,3
dr._jeans_head_muscles_baby_.pdf | |
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The song helps students name muscles and bones and where they are on the body. It gets them moving too.
Provides basic information about the make up of skeletal system and how it works.
Online Text: What Are Bones Made Of?
http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?lic=1&article_set=54029&cat_id=20607#a_What_Are_Bones_Made_Of_
http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?lic=1&article_set=54029&cat_id=20607#a_What_Are_Bones_Made_Of_
Provides information about the make up of bones. Also shows a diagram to help reinforce the given information.
Ballad of a Boneless Chicken Poem by Jack Prelutsky
the_ballad_of_a_boneless_chicken.pdf | |
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This poem is a fun way to engage the students for a lesson on the make up of bones and the fact that hollow bones have more strength then solid bones.
Online Text: How Bones Grow
http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?lic=1&article_set=54029&cat_id=20607#a_How_Bones_Grow click on page 2
This text provides information about How Bones Grow such as the fact that babies have 300 bones and grown ups have 206. A video about Getting an X-ray is also on the site.
Online Text: Your Joints
http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?lic=1&article_set=54029&cat_id=20607#a_Your_Joints click on page 7
Provides information about the different kinds of joints and how they work. A animated diagram shows how the joints move.
Online Text: Taking Care of Your Bones
http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?lic=1&article_set=54029&cat_id=20607#a_Taking_Care_of_Bones click on page 8
Provides information about the four ways to take care of your bones. Has information about treating broken bones.
Interactive feature in Xpedition Hall called The Dig http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/hall/index.html?node=48
Students view a 1.6 million-year-old human skeleton and associate the parts of a fossil with the parts of their own body.
Internet websites for student research:
- https://homes.bio.psu.edu/faculty/strauss/anatomy/skel/skeletal.htm
- http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/skeleton
- http://kidshealth.about.com/kids/
- http://www.abcya.com/skeletal_system.htm
- http://www.proteacher.com/110075.shtml#
- http://www.superkidz.com/humanbody.html
- http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000124.html
- http://42explore.com/skeleton.htm
These are all very resourceful sites for the students to use for their research.