Chapter 7

Teaching Tips

 Each bone of the axial skeleton is described in this chapter. Study of these bones is

easier in the laboratory where students can actually handle the bones.

 Use a team approach to learning the bones. To accomplish this organize the lab time

as follows: The students at each lab table will be assigned by the instructor to one of

four groups, 1-4. At the beginning of the lab period all of the ones will meet in one

corner of the room, all of the twos will meet in another corner of the room, all of the

threes in another and the fours in another. Each group will then learn the structures

assigned to that group for the day. Students should prepare prior to class by reviewing

their assigned structures so that they can help each other within their group master

the structures. After 30-40 minutes each student will return to their original tables and

take turns teaching the other three members of their team the structures they have

learned.

 Consider having your students assemble an entire skeleton from disarticulated bones.

 Students might be asked to bring in bones of the axial skeletal that they have found,

such as animal skulls, and compare those bones with the human bones in the

laboratory.

 Hospital radiographs and photographs of cleft lip and cleft palate, deviated septum,

black eyes, spina bifida, herniated discs, and rib fractures may be obtained to

demonstrate these disorders.

 Use the various multimedia resources to depict the shape, name and location of bones

of the axial skeleton.