Upload
denis-mcbride
View
246
Download
1
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
THE SKELETON3rd Grade Science Lab
Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dancing Bones
The Skeleton Dance
Mandible
You
r B
on
es
Phalanges
Number Your Bones Your Hands
27 Bones 8 in the Wrist
Your Skull 29 Bones 8 in the
Cranium 14 in the Face
Smallest Bone stapes (ear)
Largest Bone femur (leg)
Bones in Your Body 300 as a Baby 206 as an Adult
Bone Grows Until… Girls (16-18 years
old) Boys (18-21 years
old)
What Your Bones Can Say… “I’m Male” “I’m Female”
Your Spinal Column Vertebrae, Discs, &
Spinal Cord The “back bone” is
actually is 31 segments.
The spinal cord is the communication pathway between your brain and your nervous system.
45 cm in men 43 cm in women
Disc
Vertebrae
Build a Spinal Column
1 Pipe Cleaner 4 Marshmallows 5 Gummy Life Savers 1 Zip Lock Bag
Thread the marshmallows and life savers onto the pipe cleaner to symbolize your spinal column.
Q-Tip Skeleton
Materials Black Construction
Paper Scissors Paper Skull Q-Tips (3 whole,
18 halves) White Glue Handout w/ Bones
Names
Procedure Glue to skull near the
top of the construction paper
Use the whole Q-Tips for the vertebrae and the 2 femurs
Use the halves to make the shoulders, arms, ribs, hips, and lower legs
Cut out and glue on the bone names
Skeleton Building Race
Study the skeleton handout and the skeleton on the board.
Practice putting the skeleton together .
RACE – which group can get their skeleton together the quickest with no mistakes??