Skeletal System Unit with Word Wall and Craft

With this unit students will learn about the skeletal system, what organs are protected by bone, how muscles, tendons, and cartilage work to make the body move, the different type of bone cells, and much more!

 

Includes:

independent reading about the skeletal system
questions regarding the skeletal system
identifying protected organs by bone
labeling a skeleton with key words spine, arms, pelvis, skull, chest, etc.
drawing and labeling how ligaments, joints, muscle, and tendons work in an arm
drawing and labeling how ligaments, joints, muscle, and tendons work in a leg
drawing and identifying the different types of cells and how they work when bone fractures occur
key vocabulary term diagram
1 set of bones to build a skeleton (unlabeled)
1 set of bone to build a skeleton (labeled)
handout for skeletal system vocabulary
14 large size word wall flashcards (2 terms in 1 page)
answer key
 

When students build the printable skeleton included it will be about 2.5 ft. long!

Whether you are learning about the skeletal system or getting ready for Halloween, this is sure to prove a fun time.

 

The student will build the skeleton while reading the parts:

 

clavicle
humerus
radius
ulna
hands
sternum
ribs
lumbar vertebrae
cranium
mandible
cervical vertebrae
pelvic bone
sacrum
coccyx
femur
tibia
fibula
feet

Includes a handout which students can use as a guide.

The skeleton comes with a labeled version in which body parts will have the names on them and a non labeled version to allow for a fun puzzle or quiz.

 

Vocabulary terms included for the handout and word wall flashcards include: blood vessels, cartilage, cells, collagen, joins, ligaments, marrow, minerals, muscles, nerves, organs, skeletal systerm, tendons, vertebrae.

 

The skeleton by itself is available for purchase here.

 

Enjoy!