This week's topic was Bones and Skeleton. I tried a few activities with my STEAM classes. I start class with the introduction of bones and skeleton, and we discuss functions of bones and frame in the human body and in animals. The first activity was dissected fish head and count bones of a fish head. Students really enjoyed this activity and helped me in examining fish and counting bones.
Skeletal System: All the bones in the human body together are called the skeletal system. The skeletal system provides strength and rigidity to our agency, so we don't just flop around like jellyfish. We have 206 bones in our body. Each one has a function. Some bones offer protection to softer more fragile parts of the body. For example, the skull protects the brain, and the rib cage protects our heart and lungs.
Other bones, like bones in our legs and arms, help us to move around by providing support for our muscles. The skeletal system includes more than just bones. It also includes tendons, ligaments, and cartilage. Tendons attach our bones to muscles so we can move around. Ligaments connect bones to other bones.
In the first half of the class, students learned about different types of bones in the human body. Students did dissection and complete worksheets and read handouts about bones and skeleton. The second half, students draw different bones skeleton in their science project books—Skeleton of dog, fish, bird and many more.
In the end, I played a video for students.
It was a perfect topic, and students participated very well.
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