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Learning Objective: To explore human and animal skeletons.
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Health and Movement Learning Objective: To explore human and animal skeletons. NEXT www.planbee.com What do you know about bones and skeletons? Why do you think we have bones? BACK NEXT www.planbee.com Our bones are very important! We
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Our bones are very important!
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We have bones to support our bodies, to protect all the important organs inside our bodies and to help us move. Without our bones, we would not be able to stand, walk, sit
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just be a puddle of skin and muscle!
We each have a framework
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inside our bodies called a skeleton.
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Feel the bones in your hands and wrists. Try feeling them when your fingers are straight and when they are bent.
What can you feel? What are the bones like?
Did you know...
There are 27 bones in the human hand!
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Can you name any of these bones in the human skeleton?
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skull collar bone shoulder blade ribs pelvis vertebrae (spine) thigh bone (femur) tibia fibula Were you right? Can you find each of these bones in your
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Lots of other animals have internal skeletons like humans do. What similarities and differences do you think there would be between a human skeleton and a dog skeleton? Think, pair, share your ideas.
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What about the difference between a human skeleton and a fish skeleton?
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All animals (including humans) with internal skeletons are called VERTEBRATES. One thing all vertebrates have in common is a backbone. They may be bigger in some animals than in others but all animals with a skeleton have a
- backbone. Why do you think this is?
Can you identify these vertebrates and spot where their backbones are?