THE SKELETON3rd Grade Science Lab

Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dancing Bones

The Skeleton Dance

Mandible

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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??