Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Soccer: Dribbling and Tackling

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore how to dribble the ball and tackle the players in possession of the ball. A drill for practice is included.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Dinosaur Body

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students investigate how body design affects balance. They make simple models of dinosaur bodies using straws and marshmallows. Before making their models, they discuss the effects of gravity and the importance of balance in body shape.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The effects of microgravity

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are given a scenario in the lesson plan that presents a problem that needs to be solved. They conduct research from multiple sources in order to gather information. This is used to contribute to possible solutions proposed...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Desert Postcards

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students research characteristics of deserts. They present their findings in small groups to the class. Students utilize information learned about desert biomes, geography of the route of the Niger, and expeditions in their writing.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bones or No Bones?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students move to music and study bones and their purpose. When the music plays slow, gentle sounds the students have NO bones and their bodies are like Jello or an egg that has been cracked open on the floor . When the music changes...
Interactive
PurposeGames

Purpose Games: Axial and Appendicular Skeleton Parts Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
41 question quiz relates to medical terms associated with the axial and appendicular skeleton.
Handout
Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Deinonychus Antirrhopus

For Students 9th - 10th
Deinonychus antirrhopus was a small, carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous Period, first discovered in the United States. A study of its skeleton revealed that it was fast-moving, which went against previously held beliefs...
Website
Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons

For Students 9th - 10th
A database with detailed fact sheets for seventeen dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, including illustrations, a map, a timeline, physical characteristics, etc.
Interactive
PurposeGames

Purpose Games: Main Bones of the Skeleton

For Students 9th - 10th
Thirty six question quiz tests the users knowledge of the main bones of the body.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Skeletal System Joints

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize the different skeletal joints in the body and understand their function.
Lesson Plan
University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: My Body My Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teacher's guide introduces children to the human body and the five senses and covers the major body parts and what they do. Children also will use their five senses to learn about the world.
Unit Plan
University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Cytoskeleton Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial you will discover that the cytoskeleton is both a muscle and a skeleton, and is responsible for cell movement, cytokinesis, and the organization of the organelles within the cell.
Article
Science Daily

Science Daily: Earliest Baby Girl Ever Discovered

For Students 9th - 10th
Article provides a good overview of the exciting find of a three-year-old girl skeleton dating from 3.3 million years ago as well as the significant scientific contributions of this find.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Life Science: The Skeletal System

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the components and functions of the skeletal system; the structure of bone, and how bones grow and develop; and the different types of joints, and how they...
Handout
Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Dinosaurs: Archaeopteryx Lithographica

For Students 3rd - 8th
Is it a feathered dinosaur, or the ancestor of birds? Find out about the Archaeopteryx lithographica whose fossil remains show feathers similar to that of a bird, and whose skeleton resembles that of a dinosaur.
Graphic
Curated OER

Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc.: Stan T. Rex

For Students Pre-K - 1st
STAN T. Rex, a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton that was excavated and reconstructed by the Black Hills Institute.
Graphic
Curated OER

Smashing Apps: Nivea Hair Care: Illustration

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The image shows a skeleton in the ground with beautiful red hair to promote Nivea Hair Care products.