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Newsletter Date: 2-28-06

The Skeletal System

Western Carolina University

Editor : Deanna Kulesz

http://www.iit.edu/~smart/sheajan1/systems.htm

The Skeletal System Has a Purpose!

Special points of interest:
The skeleton is a system in the human body
13 major bones of focus
Bones serve the purpose of support, protection, and locomotion
Joints provide different kinds of movements
How technology can impact

Hello friends! My name is Deanna Kulesz and I am a student-teacher at Swain East Elementary.
In my Skeletal System Unit, I plan on teaching my students through visual, audio, and kinesthetic activity. We will identify the skeleton as a system, the students will discover the boney facts of bone functions, and learn about the necessity of joints.
As we view the skeleton as a system composed of bones, we will create and label skeletons. We will construct our own skeletons as well as research the internet and books for models of skeletons. There will be a large model in the class and the students will actually have a partner trace their bodies for labeling areas of major bones. We will focus on 13 major bones and will further the practice of bone location by playing “Teacher Says.” During the game that is similar to “Simon Says,” I will have the students reveal the location of major bones upon request. So if Teacher Says, “show me your phalanges,” the students should be waving their cute little fingers.
Along with the emphasis of bone location, the bone functions of support, protection, and locomotion will be explored. We will identify and exemplify these functions. I will even have student groups compose bone function songs with movements! They will be waving their humerus and stomping their tarsals in no time!
Bones aren’t the only composition of the skeletal system. Joints have a purpose, too! During the unit, the students will be able to identify the purpose of a joint and focus on the joint functions: ball and socket, gliding, and hinge . Fun in-class and at-home scavenger hunts for joints in the world around us will help further the students’ knowledge of the purposes of joints.
As the students research the skeletal system; I will use the computer program called Kidspiration for expansion and documentation. I will also use Blackboard.com to guide the students through their internet exploration.
Much of the student compositions and presentations will be typed on the computer or presented through Power Point.

What would happen if humans didn't have bones?

You'd be floppy like a beanbag. Could you stand up? Forget it. Could you walk? No way. Without bones you'd be just a puddle of skin and guts on the floor. Bones have two purposes. Some, like your backbone, provide the structure which enables you to stand erect instead of lying like a puddle on the floor. Other bones protect the delicate, and sometimes soft, insides of your body. Your skull, a series of fused bones, acts like a hard protective helmet for your brain. The bones, or vertebrae, of your spinal column surround your spinal cord, a complex bundle of nerves. Imagine what could happen to your heart and lungs without the protective armor of your rib cage!
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000124.html

The Skeletal System

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Can you build a skeleton?

http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio105/bone.htm

Creepy Bones have a vital function!

Ball and Socket joint

Hinge joint

http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/grossanatomy/learnem/bones/main_bone.htm

Gliding Joint

http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/BioBookMUSSKEL.html#Joints

http://www.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/strauss/anatomy/skel/skeletal.htm

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