THE PAPER TOWER

HOW DID YOU PLAN TO COMPLETE

THIS TASK? IS THERE A LEADER?
WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES YOU HAVE
ENCOUNTERED IN THIS ACTIVITY?
WHAT OTHER WAYS DID YOU DO TO
PREVENT YOUR TOWER FROM FALLING
APART?
WHAT OTHER MATERIALS CAN YOU
THINK OF THAT MIGHT STABILIZE YOUR
TOWER BETTER?
HOW CAN YOU RELATE THIS ACTIVITY
TO OUR BODY? THE STRUCTURE?
The Skeletal System
Structure and Function
A REVIEW OF OUR SKELETAL SYSTEM BASICS

OUR AMAZING BONES

There are ___
206 bones in a grown up skeleton. The

largest bone in our skeleton is called the FEMUR

____ and it
is located on the upper part of our ______
LEG . Our
______
FEET and ______
HANDS have almost half of all of the

JOINTS are where the bones

bones in our body. _______
JOINTS
meet, our____________ allow us to move and
BONE
bend. We have ________
MARROW inside of our bones. The
bone marrow is what makes our ______.
BLOOD Our bones

keep growing until we are about ______

25 years old
Our rib bones are important, they form a _______
RIBCAGE and

it protects our _______,

HEART our ______
LIVER and our

_________
LUNGS . Some people think we have a funny

________
BONE , we dont really have a funny bone. When
people knock their elbow and say theyve hit their
funny bone, they have really hit a nerve that runs along
the _______
HUMERUS bone. Our _______
SKULL is a very important

bone because it protects our ________.

BRAIN We should take
EXERCISING and by
very good care of our bones by __________
MILK and eat ________
making sure we drink lots of ______ DAIRY

products.
ACTIVITY TIME
 HELLO? Could you
mend my broken
bones?

LUCYS BONES
LUCYS BONES
 Thanks!

TRIVIA: DID YOU KNOW THAT LUCY IS BELIEVED TO BE THE

MISSING LINK TO CONNECT THE APE-MAN EVOLUTION.
FUNCTION OF THE
SKELETAL SYSTEM