Tag: skeletal

  • Reinforcement: Overview of the Body Systems

    Reinforcement: Overview of the Body Systems

    One of the biggest challenges when teaching anatomy is helping students move beyond memorizing lists of organs and instead understand that every body system works together to keep us alive. Students may know that the lungs belong to the respiratory system or that the kidneys are part of the urinary system, but they often struggle…

  • Explore the Skeleton  of the Rat with Coloring

    Explore the Skeleton of the Rat with Coloring

    Students learn the skeletal system by coloring a diagram of a rat skeleton. Worksheet includes descriptions and locations of each of the bones of the skeleton. The rat skeleton is similar to the human skeleton!

  • Data Analysis – Stature and Bone Length

    Data Analysis – Stature and Bone Length

    Does the length of a person’s legs and arm bones correlate to the height of the person? The following graph shows a scatterplot of lengths of the humerus, tibia, femur and tibia. Examine the graphs shown below. What CLAIMS can be made to answer the question? Summarize the EVIDENCE shown in the graphs. Develop a…