Can you remember how many bones we have in our body?
Can you name any bones?
What does the skeleton do for us?
Dictionary Time
Vertebrates - Creatures with a back bone.
Joints - A joint is where two bones meet.
Brittle - Breaks very easily. Not very strong.
Characteristics - What makes something different from something else.
Contract and relax - Get tight and then loosen.
Exoskeleton – Bones outside the body.
Muscles - Are attached to bones. They make bones move by contracting and relaxing
Skeleton - Is made up of 206 bones that support your body and protects your organs.
Invertebrates - Creatures without a back bone
Calcium - Helps to build strong bones.
Play this skeleton game to help you remember where all the bones are in the body.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/health/anatomy/skeleton/Skeleton_game_1.htm
Check out this powerpoint about Skeletons
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/bones.swf
Can you label the skeleton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/podsmission/bones/annie02.shtml
Haunted House
http://www.bonesandharry.co.uk/main/main.html