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Them Not-So-Dry Bones

From Schoolhouse Rock! · 1979

Them Not-So-Dry Bones
3 min2nd3rd4th5thScienceHealth
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Summary

A toe-tapping tour of the human skeleton, naming bones from head to feet and showing how the skeleton holds the body up and protects it.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

A toe-tapping tour of the human skeleton, naming bones from head to feet and showing how the skeleton holds the body up and protects it..

  1. What jobs does your skeleton do for you?
  2. Why are some bones, like the skull and ribs, shaped to protect?
  3. What lets your bones bend and move?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: skeleton, bone, joint.

Try it: Name three bones and what each one protects or supports.