Boning Up on Your Bones (The Human Skeletal System)

What is the human skeletal system.  "What do you know about the bones in your body? What else would you like to know about the human skeletal system?

1. Open Power Point on your computer. Start a new Power point.

Title of your Power point.

Slide 1 - "The Bones Inside Us" For each new slide click - Insert > new slide.

 Check out the following web sites to find out some great facts about bones and answer the following questions. Write the question and the answers on your power point slide.

 First Destination: www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/bones_SW_p8.html

Slide 2	The human skeleton has 206 bones. Which is the longest?   ____________________
Slide 3	What is the hardest bone in our body?  ____________________________

 Insert a new slide for each slide question I requested. For each new slide you should use a black background. Click "Formats"> go to background> go to color> choose BLACK

Second Destination: www.howstuffworks.com/hearing4.htm

Slide 4.	The smallest bones are those in our ears. What are their names? There are three, and each has a plain and a fancy name.
		Plain Name	Fancy Name
	1.	_________________	_________________
	2.	_________________	_________________
	3.	_________________	_________________

 Third Destination: www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/bones_SW.html

Slide 5	What makes up the inside portion of our bones?__________________________
Slide 6	What is its purpose?_________________________________________________

 Fourth Destination: www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/bones_SW.html

Slide 7.	Joints are what hold our bones together. There are two types:  movable and immovable. A hinge joint is a type of movable joint found in _______________, _____________________, and ________________________.
Slide 8	Why do you think they are called hinge joints? _________________________________________________

 Fifth Destination:  http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/skulls/structure_and_function.html

Slide 9

Another word for the skull is the cranium. What is the most important job of the skull? __________________________

 Sixth Destination:  http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/wa/HWCDA/file?fileid=233472&flt=Middle_School&pathTitles=/History_of_Dentistry/General/George_Washington's_teeth&version=2&tg=Resource

Slide 10

What were George Washington’s teeth made from? (Hint: Not wood!)?_________________________________________

 
Slide 11 - Go to the WEB page below. Click Skeleton - Description of bone: Describe the bones in your arms. Name all of them. 
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html 

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ANVIL	HUMERUS	SCAPULA
CALCIUM	LIUM	SESAMOID
CARPAL	LUMBAR	SKULL
CERVICAL	MANDIBLE	SPONGY
CLAVICLE	MARROW	STERNUM
COCCYX	NASAL	STIRRUP
COMPACT	PATELLA	SUTURAL
CRANIAL	PELVIS	TARSAL
DISCS	PHALANGE	THORACIC
FEMUR	RADIUS	TIBIA
FIBULA	RIBS	ULNA
HAMMER	SACRUM	VERTEBRAE

Place this graphic in your slide AFTER YOU. Highlight the words have found in the list. All these words are bones in your body. Save.

SHOW ME YOUR WORK

 

Newton's Apple:
http://www.ktca.org/newtons/14/bones12.html 

Great ProTeacher Web sites for bones (including a word search):
http://www.proteacher.com/prosearch/search2.cgi?c=nil&s=skeleton&n=1 

Virtual tour of a skeleton game to build a skeleton:
http://www.medtropolis.com/vbody.asp