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| Why we need a skeleton | I'm not sure how much of a skeleton the blobfish actually has, but I imagine this is what you or I would look like if we didn't have any | 5 Star | |
| A line drawing of the human skeleton. The skeleton can be rotated. |
From freezeray.com How many bones can you label? |
3 Star | |
| Interactive introduction | Useful | 4 Star | |
| Intreactive overview of the parts and function of the skeleton | It's worth checking it out in advance of teaching it so see which parts to include in a class | 4 Star | |
| Animaniacs - The Bone Song | YouTube - 2 mins | 4 Star | |
| Dancing skeleton pinpoints injury hotspots | YouTube - 1 min. From New Scientist | 4 Star | |
| Activities-based workbook | Involves comparing lengths of bones | 3 Star | |
| Antagonistic muscles | |||
| Explaining antagonistic muscles | Using Body-Painting. YouTube - 1 min | 5 Star | |
| Interactive look at antagonistic muscles | From freezeray.com | 3 Star | |
| What makes muscles grow? | Link | YouTube - 4 mins from TED-Ed | |
| Joints | |||
| Animation of the various joints | 3 Star | ||
| A demonstration of the movement of a ball and socket joint (the hip joint). | The femur can be moved forwards and backwards as well as from side to side by moving the trackball. From freezeray.com | 3 Star | |
| This shows the more limited movement of a hinge joint (the wrist). | The hand can be moved up and down but not from side to side. From freezeray.com | 3 Star | |
| Animation of ligaments and cartilage | YouTube - 30 secs | 3 Star |