Information
This section is devoted to internet sources, materials, books, interactive CD's and any other resource that will enhance the student's information to succeed on their projects. Some of the resources will have a critique and/or feedback.
Internet Resources
www.kidshealth.org/kid/body
Excellent section called" The Big Story on Bones".
www.thehumanbody.escd.net/student_gallery.htm
Pictures of body parts
www.eskeletons.org/panel.cfm
Interactive learning page
www.enchantedlearning.com
$20.00 per year, some sample activities for free, worth the money.
www.teachervision.com
Fun Brain Quiz Lab "Know the Bones", 25 multiple choice questions about the skeletal system.
www.inside-mexico.com/decorate.htm
Used in section 8 Multicultural section, easy directions and fun even to use for Halloween.
www.mnsu.edu
Excellent, easy to read, very informative with great definitions and examples.
www.mediniche.com
Excellent for section 3, discussion of fractures, healing, and minimizing risks of fractures.
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com
Question and answer format, easy to read, fun and games, "gross" section students will like.
http://classroomclipart.com
Illustrations and pictures of any body part. Great to use for Poster project section 5.
www.ask.com or www.google.com
Source for images to use in poster project.
http://home.earthlink.net/~dayvdanls/bonecell.html
Pictures of bone cell for use in section 3.
www.human-anatomy.com/human-anatomy/sh214.htm
Pictures and order form for purchase of life like body parts. Skull $729.95!!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Roetgen-x-ray-von-kollikers-hand.jpg
X-ray picture of German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's wife's hand. Roentgen invented the x-ray in 1895
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http://www.microsoft.com/education/BoningUp.mspx
Projects for grades3-5, lesson plans on all systems, power point rubric.
http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/skeleton.html
Has a nice skeletal system self quiz.
www.scienceforkids.org/articles
"If Only Bones Could Speak" is an article about fossils and old bones.
www.innerbody.com/images/skelfov.html
Uses the mouse to move over parts of each system, naming the area. Great for self quiz.
www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/skeletalsystem.html
Lists fact files about all the systems. Lists other resources for students to research.
www.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/strauss/anatomy/skel/skeletal.html
Best site, real photographs, excellent quiz, uses scientific vocabulary.
Teacher Resources
Human Body, Quick & Easy Internet Activities for the One-Computer Classroom, Scholastic, Laura Allen, 555Broadway, New York, NY. 10012, 2001, ISBN: 0-439-27857-0, $9.95
Visit the website, use the book to gather facts, and then complete interactive projects.
"Beastly Bone" compares human to animal skeletons. The students use information to invent a new animal with a skeletal system they create.
The Human Body; Thematic Unit, Teacher Created Materials, Inc. P.O. Box 1040, Hungington Beach, CA.92647, 1993, ISBN 1-55734-235-0, $10.50
Includes The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body, by Joanna Cole.
Video available "The Magic School Bus: Inside Ralphie", Scholastic, Kid Vision, ISBN 1-56832-430-8, 1995.
"Human Body", CD-Rom, Snap Everyday Solutions, Topic Entertainment, Renton, WA., 2001, ISBN 1-931102-82-1
Uses MS Windows 95, 98 to show 3D graphics.
Science: The Human Body Systems and Functions, Rainbow Horizons Publishing
Projects on all the systems
Skeletal system provides information that is easy for students to understand and includes fact files on each page. The projects ate engaging and fun. Some include puzzles and games. Check out the website: www.relyontherainbow.com
ISBN: 1-55319-065-3 $16.00
Easy Make & Learn Projects: Human Body, Donald M.Silver and Patricia J. Wynne, Scholastic Inc., 555 Broadway, New York, NY. 10012, 1999.
Easy to make models, projects, mini-books and posters
Great step by step directions for grades 2-4
"Where are my bones" is an activity where students make a human skeleton with windows that when opened expose a section at a time.
"Grow a bone" is an activity where students make a model to show how bones grow. Great for supplemental activity to go with part 3 in the unit (Let's Make a Bone)
ISBN: 0-439-04087-6
Books/Reading Material for teacher and student
(These are the books I feel are the best resources for teachers.)
The Skeletal System, Dr. Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein, Robert Silverstein, Twenty-First Century Books, Brookfield, Ct. 1994
Great teacher reference, describes each section and function of the skeletal system.
ISBN: 0-8050-2837-4
Eyewitness Books: Skeleton, Steve Parker, DK Publishing, Inc., Great Britain, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2004
Compares human skeleton to animals. Great pictures, real. Interesting facts about the system.
Great for teachers and students
ISBN: 0-7566-0727-2
Kids Discover: BONES, Volume 11, Issue3, March 2001
Subscription, but worth the money. May order individual magazines.
Great for grades 4 and 5
Many visuals
Compares human and animal bones
A New True Book: Your Skeleton and Skin, Ray Broekel, Children's Press, Chicago Regensteiner Publishing Enterprises, Inc. 1984
Great for grades 1-3 or lower level readers
The Big Book of Bones: An Introduction to Skeletons, Claire Llewellyn, Peter Bedrick Books, N.Y., NTC Contemporary Publishing Group, Inc., 1999.
ISBN: 0-87226-546-3
How Your Body Works; How Do We Move?, Carol Ballard, RSVP, Raintree Steck Vaught Publishers, Austin, Texas. 1998
ISBN: 0-8172-4741-6